Example sentences of "[subord] his brother 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | For some reason , Abel 's offering seemed to go down much better with God than his brother 's did . |
| 2 | All this suggests that when he started work on Clairvaux Richard anticipated the Viscount 's hostility rather than his brother 's . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He seemed to have grown older , more mature — as if his brother 's burden of kingship had fallen on his shoulders also . |
| 5 | Theo must have known in any case : he was always his parents ' confidant and advisor , as well as his brother 's . |
| 6 | He was her last resort now as well as his brother 's . |
| 7 | The eldest brother refused to have his hands tied but coolly watched as his brother 's carcase was rolled away . |