Example sentences of "his [noun] [vb past] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He and his sister stood on either side of the bed , bending over her as if to protect her from the perils of the night with their own flesh and bone . |
| 2 | His trial appeared to some people to be merely a means to that end . |
| 3 | As he ran , his hair streamed behind that helmet-skull like a plume . |
| 4 | Those of us dropping into Dunedin with a touring international or provincial team could usually rely , if things had not gone well for Otago , on Mains later proclaiming that his side had in some way been unfairly treated either by fate or the referee . |
| 5 | He had left our school in our final year , when his parents moved to another town . |
| 6 | She had hoped his ideas lay in another direction , like an engagement ring . |
| 7 | On 3 September 1939 he still had no criminal record , though his name occurred with some frequency in the secret reports of the Special Branch and M15 . |
| 8 | His appetite whetted by this auction , he was a natural target for Sotheby 's when Irises came on to the market . |
| 9 | His wife came from that way . |
| 10 | This thing that that er his wife said about some women deserve it |
| 11 | Along at Moness House James Flemyng and his wife looked at each other apprehensively and wondered if it was time to bar the shutters . |
| 12 | Though his career had to this point suffered no check , according to Ata'i , he now fell into disfavour with the Grand Vezir Sokullu Mehmed Pasa ( Grand Vezir 972 87/1565–79 ) , who succeeded in accomplishing his removal , with a pension , in Safar 987/April 1579 . |
| 13 | None of them would necessarily call himself a Daleyite , and Mr Daley would deny that he was creating a Democratic machine anything like the one that his father ran with such effect . |
| 14 | Ed missed most of the discussions his father had with these people . |
| 15 | And it was a little later that same night that his lordship said with some gravity , shaking his head : ‘ I fought that war to preserve justice in this world . |
| 16 | Whenever the conference adjourned , I noticed , as no doubt his lordship did with some concern , that Mr Lewis would quickly take M. Dupont away to some corner or other where they could confer quietly . |
| 17 | After all , he had been baptised by John and his authority stemmed from that moment : |
| 18 | Only his secretary knew of this place . |
| 19 | His success led to some intimacy with the Indians , who told him that a vast sea lay off to the west — a sea , and a land , infinitely rich in gold . |
| 20 | His brows rose at this flash of spirit . |
| 21 | … stout Cortez , when with eagle eyes He stared at the Pacific — and all his men Looked at each other with wild surmise — Silent , upon a peak in Darién . |
| 22 | With so little at Gloucester 's disposal , it is striking that most of his grants went to former servants of his brother . |
| 23 | With so little at Gloucester 's disposal , it is striking that most of his grants went to former servants of his brother . |
| 24 | ‘ Travis , do you want us to leave ? ’ his mother asked in some concern . |
| 25 | Jung remarked that when his mother spoke from this part of her nature she could be unnervingly accurate , and in his book gives several examples of this . |
| 26 | He can hardly talk , almost certainly ca n't see and although he was at the funeral probably does n't even realise that his son died in another road accident six months after his . |
| 27 | His solicitor said for some reason he 'd been involved since last December in a campaign of total destruction of both himself and other people , but now there was some hope for the future . |
| 28 | His party stood in these elections pledging to fight the undoubted problems faced by many constituents . |
| 29 | In fact , at the time I was involved with Bromley Theatre , and as some of his interest lay in this field , he wanted me to arrange an introduction . |