Example sentences of "his [adj] [noun sg] [adv] [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Henry stuck his lower lip out and in an uncouth voice , said : ‘ How about a bit of sex ? ’ |
| 2 | It was this vision of order that held his vast empire together and on his death the entire vision collapsed , and the realm rapidly fell into decay and disunity . |
| 3 | Another gesture symbolising true Christian Aid was made by Mr Moore , our dynamic Church Officer , who gave up a week of his annual holiday so as to be with us throughout . |
| 4 | At one extreme , the consumer could spend nothing in the present period and save all of his present income so that in the future period he can spend as much as Y t + 1 ; + ( 1 + i ) Y t ; that is , his future income plus his saved present income plus interest . |
| 5 | ‘ I want Andrew to progress with his own talent rather than on what I achieved in the game . |
| 6 | The start of the last play was delayed as ‘ Jesus ’ had elected to travel in his own car rather than on the lorry , and he became entangled in the mysteries of the town 's traffic system . |
| 7 | So , too , if a man teaches his parrot to slander anyone , that is neither more nor less the ordinary tort of defamation than if he prefers to say it with his own tongue rather than with the parrot 's . |