Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [conj] i [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I took Jimi Hendrix down to meet The Cream and as soon as Jimi started playing , Eric Clapton 's hands fell off his guitar and I saw him kinda reel and leave the stage . |
| 2 | I felt the jolt in his chest as I hugged it in rhythm against mine and for a long second could n't believe it , but then he heaved again in my arms and coughed in my face and a mouthful of dirty water shot out in a spout and he began coughing in earnest and choking and gasping for air … gasping , gulping air down , wheezing in his throat , whooping like whooping cough , struggling to fill his functioning lungs . |
| 3 | and he went straight back to his study and I thought I 'd go and see him because my parents had gone |
| 4 | If I may my Lord there is an issue that was raised in my learned friends reply er which er was a new point er and where I do take issue with him and this concerns the issue of the relevance of the directive here the , the issue relating to er whether or not the er Lloyd 's Act and the society have got any relevance in respect of the directive , his submission as I understood it , was that under article one , eight , nine the directive only addressed itself to states , to the British Government and that therefore the reliance on the directive by the society and in relation to the Lloyds Act was er a misconceived er reliance . |
| 5 | Very pleased to have yours and as I said in my last it 's your money , God has been very kind to you and you must n't fly up in the face of his kindness and I wish you had not taken this step , your Uncle Steve says property 's more trouble than it 's worth . |
| 6 | Erm I do n't know the answer to his question but I think he 's put his finger upon a point . |
| 7 | But it is worth mentioning what a very experienced and established psychiatrist told me about his work when I interviewed him . |
| 8 | One big American came out to do his act and I saw him blanch , and then visibly pull himself together before proceeding . |
| 9 | So they had to get a chap that knew his business and I think he was entitled to get extra money . |
| 10 | I was quite surprised at his reaction when I informed him of the death of ‘ Egg and chips twice ’ . |
| 11 | He was a gentleman doing his job and I bore him no malice . |
| 12 | Well has got to have something to do has n't he ? to justify his job because I mean he 's talked to in the past , he 's talked about everything . |
| 13 | HARRY Mead is entitled to his opinion and I think we might have suffered his first disparaging comment on Bowes Museum and its founders ( Echo June 5 ) without protest . |
| 14 | ‘ I clearly got up his nose when I asked him about a report which disputed his status as a big box-office draw , ’ says Barry . |
| 15 | I ran downstairs to the phone , hearing my father coming to the door of his room as I passed it . |
| 16 | ‘ I did not ask his name before I shot him , no . ’ |
| 17 | It was n't his name when I met him . |
| 18 | Yet I am his wife and I desire him . |
| 19 | Well I was having an affair with his wife and I loved her so much I wanted to marry her , I wanted his land and his money , so I thought if he was out of the way it would be easier to get what I wanted and of course it was . |
| 20 | I zipped back along the M20 , letting Armstrong have his head as I thought it made a nice change for him not to plod through heavy traffic at ten miles an hour . |
| 21 | There was nothing in his wallet when I found him . ’ |
| 22 | Duncan reached up to hand Jamie his pint and I took mine , putting the money down at the same time . |
| 23 | Malleson carried my things down to the other block under his greatcoat and I followed him down the path about twenty yards behind . |
| 24 | I felt something hard in his pocket and I took it out … it was the box with the ring in it ! ’ |
| 25 | ‘ That was because I came from the most stable period of his life and I made him feel secure . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I have known Alain all his life and I find it impossible to believe that he would commit suicide . |
| 27 | When he used to chase his tail and I remember I was walking I was walking round the shops with him and there 's this big alsatian and Roly was giving it cos you know how scared he was of dogs it was barking at him ! |
| 28 | That 's just like my dad — he 's always on about what a struggle he had in the days of his youth and I get it all too easy . |
| 29 | My brother reckons it was Beeney 's fault for not coming off his line but I reckon it was the two centre halfs again . |
| 30 | One officer suggested behind his hand that I visit him at his home after work , and in exchange for this little attention he would write me a six-month permis de séjour . |