Example sentences of "[conj] his brother 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said after the funeral that his brother 's marriage had been a shot-gun affair never consummated . |
| 2 | Michael saw that his brother 's mind had moved — not far , hardly at ail , but still he had moved . |
| 3 | For some reason , Abel 's offering seemed to go down much better with God than his brother 's did . |
| 4 | All this suggests that when he started work on Clairvaux Richard anticipated the Viscount 's hostility rather than his brother 's . |
| 5 | Notwithstanding , my lords , I here deliver my son — and his brother 's life with him — into your hands , and of you shall I require them before God and man . |
| 6 | The endowment gives a glimpse of Gloucester 's retinue at this early stage in his career and reveals the blurring which existed between his affinity and his brother 's servants . |
| 7 | Hoc 's fever began to return halfway through the task , and Dong ran frantically back and forth between their adjoining rows , working his own and his brother 's trees while Hoc rested . |
| 8 | He owes allegiance to Geoffrey now , but does as little to aid him and as little to harm Stephen as possible , protecting both his own and his brother 's interests there , while Robert does as much for him here . |
| 9 | The endowment gives a glimpse of Gloucester 's retinue at this early stage in his career and reveals the blurring which existed between his affinity and his brother 's servants . |
| 10 | That 's his mum and his grandma and granddad and his dad and his brother and his brother 's wife . |
| 11 | Wordsworth had been exhausted by his efforts as early as 1804 ( see Ode to Duty ) , and he would probably have returned to conventional pieties and religion even if his brother 's death had not accelerated to process . |
| 12 | He seemed to have grown older , more mature — as if his brother 's burden of kingship had fallen on his shoulders also . |
| 13 | Added to which they were not his films she was returning , but his brother 's and Dangerous Liaisons was not among them . |
| 14 | Athelstan had returned but his brother 's body still lay mouldering in some forgotten field in France . |
| 15 | Theo must have known in any case : he was always his parents ' confidant and advisor , as well as his brother 's . |
| 16 | He was her last resort now as well as his brother 's . |
| 17 | The eldest brother refused to have his hands tied but coolly watched as his brother 's carcase was rolled away . |