Example sentences of "[v-ing] his brother 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mandeville and Southgate appeared , followed by the other secretary , Damien , his pallid face even more ghastly as he stared in terror at the fire enveloping his brother 's room . |
| 2 | Short of employment , barring a difficult business of protecting his brother 's interests here , as Waleran is protecting Robert 's over in Normandy , as well as he can , this one enjoys putting the fox among the fowls , especially two such spurred and hackled cockerels as your prior and Ramsey 's Herluin . |
| 3 | ‘ God 's holy fingernails , ’ burst out Hugh , impatiently interrupting his brother 's flowery passages . |
| 4 | For instance , the marksman is hunting his brother 's murderer , not taking part in army manoeuvres . |
| 5 | Ignoring his brother 's plea that he did n't want any , Bodo ordered beer . |
| 6 | Peter , ignoring his brother 's gibe about missing the sunsets , went to the window and stood gazing out for a long time without speaking . |
| 7 | ‘ Come in , Hari , sure Cleg will be that glad to see you , he 's been wearing his brother 's boots to work in and them pinching him like the devil . ’ |
| 8 | Sarella felt him stiffen as if expecting his brother 's anger to turn to blows , but Marc went on rapidly , ‘ Why ca n't any of us talk without it turning into a slanging match ? |
| 9 | Eb 's hand shot out , clutching his brother 's arm and pulling him closer . |
| 10 | An inquest 's been hearing how a fifteen year old public schoolboy died in an accident after taking his brother 's car . |
| 11 | Catching his brother 's warning frown and on the point of saying ‘ remembered , ’ Richard smoothly changed course . |
| 12 | Dong , sensing his brother 's fear , reached quietly behind him in the darkness with his free hand until his fingers brushed against the face of the malaria victim ; the clammy flesh , already growing cold , was slippery with rain and the sweat of the fatal climatic fever , and in the moment that his hand recoiled from the contact Dong knew that they would not be able to avoid the horror of a burial this time . |
| 13 | Ami Popper , a 21-year-old Israeli civilian dressed in an Army uniform and carrying his brother 's Army-issue M-16 rifle , drove to the area from his home in Rishon Le Zion and rounded up for a bogus security check a group of Gazans , whom he then sprayed with bullets , killing seven and wounding nine others . |
| 14 | Well perhaps his mum do n't want you borrowing his brother 's . |
| 15 | Why would Sara say that she had seen Alfred leaving his brother 's yard at about the time of the crime if she had not ? |