Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | You see , one of the reasons I mentioned his name last night was that he was n't in the room when I came back — the boardroom , you know , where the party was being held . |
| 2 | We have had our ups and downs , but I have a very great regard for the organization and great affection for the head of the Accident Investigation and prevention Section , Olof Fritsch , who , notwithstanding all the times I twisted his tail , remains for me one of the great professionals totally devoted to improving safety in the air , and a true friend . |
| 3 | We were bunched together in the semi-final of the 1976 Olympic 1500m in Montreal and as we went for the same small gap I felt his spike again my shin . |
| 4 | In my head I heard again his lyrical voice , on my lips I felt his lips , and on my wrist . |
| 5 | He reached into a back pocket and produced an official-looking business card which said his name was Davis . |
| 6 | That such a prolific goalscorer should choose a club renowned for their attacking play demonstrates the practical considerations which influenced his decision . |
| 7 | For example , a car was stopped for speeding or ‘ flying low ’ , and upon returning to the police vehicle the constable related the following considerations which influenced his assessment : |
| 8 | Quite different from the cacophony of patterns and painting styles which characterised his work of a decade ago , they employ greater expanses of pure colour and favour passages of thick impasto laboriously built up in acrylic paints . |
| 9 | The archbishop of 1101 , with a clear command which required his obedience , was a different man from the Anselm of 1097 who asked for nothing better than an opportunity for escape . |
| 10 | He saw her change from a carefree girl into a woman in the space of two seconds , the eyes which met his filled with pain . |
| 11 | The eyes which met his were a stranger 's and Rostov was unable to interpret the expression which he found there . |
| 12 | For his part he noticed , not the dress but the slender-waisted , full-breasted figure it adorned ; the pretty face and the abundant dark hair which the bonnet framed ; the large amber eyes which met his as he helped her in . |
| 13 | The eyes which met his across the table top were bright with horror and with an excitement which was too close to relish to be comfortable . |
| 14 | The blue eyes which held his were glacial and unyielding . |
| 15 | These may take either the form of related drawings , or in Rodin 's case , a free style of drawing which demonstrates his power of vivid creative improvisation with the human figure . |
| 16 | NEWCASTLE 'S John Beresford will make a sentimental return tomorrow to the club which rescued his career . |
| 17 | His work led to the celebrated equation which bears his name , an equation which can be found written down at the start of every book on quantum mechanics . |
| 18 | Pi was filmed in the restaurant , in Cheltenham 's fashionable Montpelier district , as part of a programme which exposed his gang members beating up a business competitor in Manchester . |
| 19 | I rose , broke my fast and slipped the landlord some pieces of silver which made his vinegarish face look more congenial and subservient . |
| 20 | Robert Casey , subject of much cross-channel transfer speculation , showed his class with a couple of well taken second-half goals which brought his tally to five in three games . |
| 21 | Ken himself bared his behind seemingly whenever there was a camera to turn . |
| 22 | He was suffering from the heart disease congestive cardiomyopathy which sent his heart soaring from a normal 70 beats per minute to a dangerous 400 . |
| 23 | A BOY OF five survived a ferry tragedy which killed his brother and sister yesterday — because he cried . |
| 24 | Leonie father 's Jeffery is considering beginning a campaign to help prevent the tragedy which befell his daughter … the best way he says of honouring her memory . |
| 25 | Of course this is a work where even Karajan 's detractors can only suspend prejudice in the face of his two superlative versions on DG , but Rostropovich communicates a sense of stark yet searing tragedy which makes his performance , of the first movement in particular , very special . |
| 26 | One spring Conran went on a tour of sixty shops which sold his furniture . |
| 27 | Visitors to Chris Martin 's house in Cheltenham might be forgiven for shivering at all the slithering going on among the selection of snakes which share his semi . |
| 28 | Whereas the speaker knows that any words which pass his lips will be heard by his interlocutor and , if they are not what he intends , he will have to undertake active , public ‘ repair ’ , the writer can cross out and rewrite in the privacy of his study . |
| 29 | Faced with competition from his own protégés , Mutang'ang'i himself moved his product line to a more specifically agricultural market : maize stalk cutters , fence post nail machines and hand shears . |
| 30 | Believing that a " deal " had been struck between Singh and Lal , a number of Union ministers temporarily resigned , prompting Singh himself to offer his resignation . |