Example sentences of "[prep] his daughter 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | A father does n't go after his daughter 's seducer with a shotgun — not any more . ’ |
| 2 | During the latest six-day adjournment — to allow two witnesses to be called from abroad — Mr Ward said he had written to Mr Rowland on 31 January , asking for his help and recounting details of his daughter 's death . |
| 3 | Her father , it should be noted , observed only one of his daughter 's friends , who appears in the poetry as ‘ Fidelia ’ [ see ML , 2 , p. xxx ] . |
| 4 | Matilda was a widow , not a minor ; Henry I , being a king , could dispose of his daughter 's hand when her husband died . |
| 5 | James P. Wilkerson , president of the Star Stations of Indiana Inc — a chain of five radio stations in the mid-West — had no idea of his daughter 's political leanings , and was on vacation with his wife in the Caribbean . |
| 6 | The shock of his daughter 's death has left him virtually speechless . |
| 7 | Also like Roman , Borila was of Jewish origin , something which neither of his daughter 's prospective in-laws looked upon favourably . |
| 8 | He was tolerant , too , of his daughter 's passion for the latest Western fashions . |
| 9 | Gaston VII of Béarn thus cast himself in the role of his daughter 's protector against the territorial ambitions of Edward 's seneschal , which were soon to lead to Grilly 's dismissal from his post . |
| 10 | During the Exodus it was left behind , and became an equally revered treasure of the Pharaohs , one of whom gave it as part of his daughter 's dowry when she married a Celtic prince . |
| 11 | It was on his deathbed in this French-style palace , an exquisite architectural tribute to the shared tastes of the Auld Alliance , that James heard of his daughter 's birth and predicted of his realm ‘ It cam ’ wi' a lass , and it 'll gang wi' a lass . ’ |
| 12 | Among those watching the Championships were the Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe ( SHAPE ) General Sir Brian Kenny the President of the Army Winter Sports Association ; Air Chief Marshal Sir Patrick and Lady Hine , he is President of the RAF Winter Sports Association ; Air Vice Marshal Sandy Wilson , Captain Sally Holt , Maj.- General and Mrs John Wilsey , and Colonel Robin McQuoid , very proud of his daughter 's successes . |
| 13 | Everything that I had so far learned about him — except the conflicting stories of his drinking habits — seemed diametrically opposed to the slick business morality of Ingard and his associates and to the way-out politics of his daughter 's husband . |
| 14 | He would persuade her that he loved her , ask her to promise to run away with him if her father refused his consent to their marriage , and , when he finally asked her father for her hand , threaten him with the prospect of his daughter 's elopement — he and Jared Tunstall both knew how self-willed his daughter was , and that any threat from her would not be idle . |
| 15 | Debbie 's tycoon father Paul Raymond , 67 , is trying to come to terms with his daughter 's death . |
| 16 | A seventy-two-year-old boot and shoe maker living with his daughter 's family in Outram 's Yard had the splendid name of Euclid Shufflebottom . |
| 17 | PROUD dad Phil Stancliff lost half his blood after plunging on to church railings before his daughter 's wedding . |
| 18 | In any case Burun thought that there was a wild streak in his daughter 's nature , and he suspected that only a mature man would be able to manage her . |
| 19 | Rather : thin muslin sheets of brown and red were being pulled past his eyes , patterned like the blankets woven by the women , patterned like the rug that hung on the wall in his daughter 's room . |
| 20 | ‘ Virginia 's got other things on her mind , ’ said her father , with a thoughtful glance in his daughter 's direction . |
| 21 | Henry loosened his fingers from his daughter 's shoulder , tucked her under her duvet and , walking lightly on the balls of his feet , moved with a new precision on to the darkened landing . |
| 22 | He was unable to transfer the swag from his daughter 's account straight into a ‘ Prime Gold ’ account , because the former added the injury of a 90-day notice of withdrawal to the insult of a lower rate . |
| 23 | Her father , Stan Silberbauer , said yesterday from his daughter 's hospital bedside : ‘ She does not see us , hear us or know us . |
| 24 | Connon put his arm over his daughter 's shoulder as she shivered at Dalziel 's imagery . |
| 25 | If Philip Leapor had earlier been hostile to his daughter 's poetry fearing it was unprofitable but then left her at liberty , it was probably because she had convinced him that she could earn money with her pen . |
| 26 | When by the third day her father had still not allowed Jessie out of her room , and Agnes confronted him , saying he could n't keep her incarcerated forever , and that if he did n't let her out then she was leaving , and that she meant it , he had gone along to his daughter 's room , taking with him a Bible , on which he made her swear that if he gave her the freedom of the house she would not attempt to leave it . |
| 27 | Now she was asleep , her fists clenched and her hair half-way into a quarter-eaten plate of spaghetti , so Haverford called for il doloroso and to his daughter 's surprise pulled money out of a back pocket , new ten thousand lire notes . |
| 28 | But the most powerful is the father 's reaction to his daughter 's femininity and the part she has to play as ‘ Daddy 's little girl ’ . |
| 29 | How many would lose their lives to his daughter 's marauding unrest , he wondered guiltily , and at whose door would the fault ultimately lie ? |
| 30 | Getting the gentle hint , we produced our contribution to his daughter 's dowry : a small electric blow-heater . |