Example sentences of "his [noun] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 After a while they clapped , and then his sister walked on to the low platform that was surrounded by a frothy sea of pink and white azalea plants .
2 His policies looked back to the more aggressive activities of his father ; he fought the Alans , and he attacked Arles .
3 But , although the construction company 's overlord continued to stay away , a day or two later a gang of his labourers moved on to the land which surrounded her house .
4 But the rabbi was a very kind man and his heart went out to the poor man .
5 ‘ You will not lose by this , Yin Tsu , ’ he said softly , his heart going out to the old man .
6 His hand slid down over her back , his fingers splaying out over the firm swell of her bottom , pulling her body closer still to his .
7 Apart from certain exceptional cases , a trustee is entitled to no remuneration for his trouble , unless the terms of the trust so direct , and is liable not only for dishonest dealing with the trust property , but for all loss due either to non-observance of the directions in the settlement and the general rules of law , or to failure on his part to act up to the high standard of care which equity and statute law require of him .
8 He pumped a shot into the breech and laid the gun on the portside cockpit settee , covering it with his shirt weighted down against the wind with the coiled stern line .
9 ‘ And with his money tied up in the land he lacked the extra cash necessary to turn it into a paying proposition . ’
10 Then he pulled down the oven door , smelt the sweet , fatty smell of the meat and knew that it was probably this very fact that accounted for his decision to go through with the business .
11 Will the Prime Minister confirm that because of his decision to opt out of the social charter —
12 Will the Prime Minister confirm that because of his decision to opt out of the social charter
13 However , he may not be that popular in England after his ungracious comments before and after the World Cup final and his decision to drop out of the Barbarians game — not to mention the ‘ try that never was ’ against England in the 1987 World Cup .
14 Curtis added after a moment , ‘ I 've got all his clobber spread out in the charge room . ’
15 After the society refused his application he also failed in attempts to have his case taken up by the Building Societies Association and the insurance ombudsman .
16 He was only just back in the house when he heard his Mum draw up in the car .
17 ‘ There 's your Dad now , ’ said his Mum looking out of the window .
18 ‘ Look , ’ said his Mum looking back at the house .
19 ‘ Whoever 's that ? ’ said his Mum going through to the front door .
20 His luck ran out for the French students against their English counterparts when , though captain , he was given his marching orders for , guess what , stamping again .
21 His luck ran out in the early hours of March 4th when French Customs controls identified Sea Rover homing in towards French waters at Ushant after a passage to North Africa for another cargo .
22 Renoir had some of his canvases taken down from the wall so that Modigliani could look at them more closely .
23 Bishop Harris , who has welcomed me so warmly , has expressed his willingness to continue on until the end of the year whilst I complete my own duties in Westminster diocese .
24 ( Actually ‘ Boggers ’ is really called Mister Jones , but his hair stands up like the bristles on a bog er … toilet brush , hence his nickname . )
25 His flat is modernist and bleak , his clothes are grey , she dresses in red and puts enough flowers in his kitchen to make up for the decimation of the rainforests .
26 Carrie looked at him and saw his mouth turning down at the corners .
27 ‘ Come on , ’ he mouthed , his words drowned out by the music .
28 He rang off , and it was only minutes before they heard the chug of the engine of his jeep coming down from the hills in the still of the morning .
29 Calvin and his successors came up with the dark doctrine of predestination to explain the fearful paradox of God 's love and his implacable wrath .
30 I invite er Mr and his supporters to get out of the age of Dickens and into the twentieth century .
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