Example sentences of "[noun] that [vb past] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Swallowing his pride , Lexandro inveigled , connived , and bribed his way as a junior shrimp into the very Ducas clan gang which his father had heard would soon be pressed into service — an action that grieved his parents . |
| 2 | He gave me an orange card that advertised his status as PROFESSIONAL SURFER. but he was still a child at heart and surfing was still a game . |
| 3 | Sung , following her , held out his hand and for the first time she let him help her , gripping his hand with a force that took his breath , her fingers tightening convulsively with every little jolt she received . |
| 4 | He did n't look effeminate , even when you considered the plain gold ring that pierced his left earlobe . |
| 5 | The crucial ingredient that turned his clothes into something outstandingly elegant always came from the woman wearing them . |
| 6 | A chronicle that recorded his reign includes this fascinating footnote to history , ‘ Another law that he made , that wives of common men shall be free to the nobles ; and the Lord of the ground shall have the maidenheads of all the virgins dwelling in the same ’ . |
| 7 | It was his cool nerve that saw his club through a nervous semi-final against Coleraine . |
| 8 | He saw the calculation at the back of Weis 's eyes that greeted his comment — saw how he looked for a trap in every word of his — and smiled inwardly . |
| 9 | STEVE REDMOND today goes back to the club that broke his heart aiming to prove Manchester City were wrong to let him go . |
| 10 | Rory went over to the seat that held his jacket . |
| 11 | The man was slight , with stooped shoulders , a pink face and thick spectacles that magnified his eyes , making the sockets look like deep pits in his skull . |
| 12 | In 1973 Waddell admitted to two BBC reporters that he had taken part in the Ayr murder , unaware that one of them was carrying a concealed tape-recorder ; and a programme that included his confession was subsequently broadcast . |
| 13 | His eldest son had a mastoid operation ; there was a big building programme that needed his personal attention . |
| 14 | He probably thought it was the gale that blasted his door open , but for the next hour he was busy dispensing more whisky than he would normally expect to sell in a week . |
| 15 | It was fear that locked his tongue , but mercifully he mistook it for pride , so its bitterness did not poison him . |
| 16 | It was as if , the weeks of turmoil and uncertainty that followed his father 's death having turned into months , the tumultuous turn of events had proved too much for a youth of his years . |
| 17 | He had lost the diffidence and uncertainty that characterised his early leadership of the party . |
| 18 | Ally McCoist , who invited Malta to take that with the two goals that took his tally for Scotland to 15 , also thrived on the good service provided by Pat Nevin , John Collins and Paul McStay . |
| 19 | The agent stopped struggling and hung there , aware of the pain in his wrists and the rasping against his skin , but even more conscious of the massive welts and blisters that covered his throbbing hand . |
| 20 | Wilcox set off in a straight line , indifferent to the snow that covered his thin black shoes and clung to his trouser bottoms . |
| 21 | Mr Jarrett said she saw the four defendants go for Mr Johnson , holding knives and stabbing at him uttering threat of drawing blood.It was a fatal single stab wound to the neck that caused his death . |
| 22 | The following user describes the dilemma that faced his parents : |
| 23 | Here was a living , walking , strutting answer to Hollywood 's prayers , for Cagney 's personality served to sanction the suggestions of violence that characterized his films . |
| 24 | Installed in a town house off the Rue St Honoré and accompanied everywhere in his armoured Mercedes by bodyguards armed with automatic weapons , he endeared himself to French society by throwing the kind of party that went out of style with Caligula while continuing to act as front man for the Syrian heroin cartel that underwrote his brother 's fanatical Alawist regime in Damascus . |
| 25 | Initially ( Chapter 2 ) , I shall trace the progressive development of Nizan 's life and work between 1905 and 1939 by focusing on the three formative structural influences that shaped his existence : the family unit , the schooling system and the communist party . |
| 26 | Life had given him very little , just taught him to snatch any opportunities that came his way and use them to his advantage . |
| 27 | The General wore white tie and tails that accentuated his normal elegance . |
| 28 | On the same day the New York Times carried the review that launched his career , the Times-Picayune of New Orleans had Seth calling himself an ‘ addict alcoholic ’ and ‘ a con man … |
| 29 | But Spurs found the character to come back and equalise through Gordon Durie on 56 minutes , and United manager Alex Ferguson applauded the new competitive edge to a side that ended his team 's run of five straight wins . |
| 30 | He smiled , a slow cynical twist of his lips that left his eyes empty of all emotion . |