Example sentences of "[vb past] his brother 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | She caught his brother 's eye . |
| 2 | He developed a tiresome cough which disturbed his brother 's rest , and became listless and depressed . |
| 3 | As he swabbed his brother 's temples with cold water , Mike muttered , ‘ I 'm sorry . |
| 4 | G. K. Chesterton welcomed his brother 's arrival with ‘ now I shall always have an audience . ’ |
| 5 | He shook his brother 's shoulder delightedly . |
| 6 | Then he stood up and kissed his brother 's hand . |
| 7 | Michael watched his brother 's face and guessed immediately what was going through his mind . |
| 8 | Paddy Ryan wiped a tear from his eye as he watched his brother 's son being lowered into the ground . |
| 9 | Terry watched his brother 's face . |
| 10 | Installed in a town house off the Rue St Honoré and accompanied everywhere in his armoured Mercedes by bodyguards armed with automatic weapons , he endeared himself to French society by throwing the kind of party that went out of style with Caligula while continuing to act as front man for the Syrian heroin cartel that underwrote his brother 's fanatical Alawist regime in Damascus . |
| 11 | He would bring news of his dealings with Philip III when he arrived in England , and hoped that his English retinue would suffice for Edward 's needs until he knew his brother 's wishes about the nobles of Champagne . |
| 12 | In his mind 's eye he saw it boring its way into the earth , down , down , until it reached his brother 's face . |
| 13 | In 1864 he unexpectedly took his brother 's place as a missionary priest and was sent to Hawaii . |
| 14 | Then he sniffed the air , took his brother 's arm , and allowed himself to be led away . |
| 15 | Richard Montague-Smith , who was 15 , took his brother 's Escort car without consent and died when it left the road at more than 70 miles an hour on the Birdlip bypass near Gloucester earlier this year . |
| 16 | Richard took his brother 's car that night , and a witness who saw the accident on the Birdlip bypass said it happened in the dark , the car left the road without attempting to follow the curve of the road . |
| 17 | Mike met his brother 's eyes and saw they were like steel . |
| 18 | Addressing a special session of the Cortes ( parliament ) on Feb. 1 , Alfonso Guerra , who at no time condoned his brother 's alleged activities , acknowledged that Juan had used the government office but said that this was because he was helping him as deputy secretary of the PSOE , and he denied that private activities had been carried out in the office in his presence or with his knowledge . |
| 19 | Dr Kavanagh sold his brother 's papers , including letters from Katherine to Patrick , to University College , Dublin , three years ago for £100,000 . |
| 20 | And when Derek emphasized , as he was determined to , that the contents of the letters supported his brother 's protests of his innocence , Golding heard him out with patient inscrutability . |
| 21 | When Gloucester deposed Edward V , by contrast , he apparently carried his brother 's servants with him . |
| 22 | He held a hand to his chest where he carried his brother 's memory . |
| 23 | When Gloucester deposed Edward V , by contrast , he apparently carried his brother 's servants with him . |
| 24 | I knew you would be James because he said his brother 's name and , I know it 's Keith , it must be James |
| 25 | You could say at the last he had his brother 's fibre , but it was manifested in fortitude instead of daring — which is a more admirable thing . |
| 26 | He felt like Jacob in the Bible , who stole his brother 's birthright . |
| 27 | His red hair mirrored his brother 's . |
| 28 | Whilst he missed his brother 's company , he welcomed the opportunity for being alone with his thoughts . |
| 29 | AFTER six years of tortuous legal battles , Mr Thomas Mathew was yesterday granted permission in the High Court for a full trial in his action against the solicitor who held his brother 's will for £4 million . |