Example sentences of "[prep] his [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | The subject is the saint after his martyr 's death , the result of being flayed alive , with his skin over his shoulder like a cloak ; go around behind the statue to see the face , with hair , beard and eye holes . |
| 2 | The author recalls one occasion where the land was bought in three or four bids after his company 's last bid . |
| 3 | Again the two brothers were pushing at each other and as they all mounted the steps Ellen stepped and walked by the side of her son , something she was in the habit of doing whenever they were in company , and which Joe had been aware of from the time she had recovered after his uncle 's death . |
| 4 | THE brother of murdered teenager Julie Dart went off the rails after his sister 's death , a court heard yesterday . |
| 5 | A father does n't go after his daughter 's seducer with a shotgun — not any more . ’ |
| 6 | It does relate , however , that Tawell retained Sara Hart 's services after his wife 's death and rewarded the young lady with a second child . |
| 7 | He felt more duty to his mother too , because she had brought up his own first son after his wife 's death in childbirth . |
| 8 | Dustin 's transition after his wife 's rape from passive to active , from Clark Kent to Superman , comes about too smoothly to be credible . |
| 9 | After his wife 's departure in 1789 , Henry retired to the village of Bolas Magna in Shropshire to escape both the scandal and his heavy gambling debts . |
| 10 | When Freddie returned from compassionate leave in Scotland after his wife 's miscarriage and found the letter waiting which requested him to report to London immediately , he did so with thankfulness , even though he was not yet aware of the full repercussions of his latest extra-marital affair . |
| 11 | Spinner killed himself after his wife 's death . |
| 12 | Shortly after his wife 's death in 1951 he married Dorothy Joyce Ryder , daughter of Frank Bonham Ryder , an electrical engineer . |
| 13 | After his wife 's death in 1899 Machen briefly sought solace in the occult fraternity , the Order of the Golden Dawn , but ultimately found its teachings sterile . |
| 14 | , Arthur Norman ( 1914–1969 ) , philosopher , was born 4 December 1914 in Masterton , New Zealand , the only child of Elizabeth Munton Rothesay Teague ( who died shortly after his birth ) and Norman Henry Prior , medical doctor , who remarried shortly after his wife 's death , and had two other sons and a daughter . |
| 15 | Probyn , who made a television appeal after his wife 's disappearence , was later arrested at his home in Longley near Gloucester . |
| 16 | From his locked cupboard he took out an envelope , which he had received soon after his friend 's death . |
| 17 | ‘ Now , ’ as the naturalist Tomasso Salvadori commented after his friend 's death , ‘ arrived the most important moment in Gould 's life , and the consequences which it had have never been equalled in the annals of ornithology . ’ |
| 18 | Paul would depart early in the morning , leaving Dinah still asleep ; by the time he got back after his day 's reading at the publishing house , had had a meal , and worked on his manuscript , Dinah was long gone . |
| 19 | In a newspaper interview , he 's criticised his father , the Duke of Marlborough as thoughtless and insensitive , for going hunting just 2 days after his daughter-in-law 's accident . |
| 20 | Sunderland .......... 1 Sheffield United .... 1 WHAT gets up Dave Bassett 's nostrils , as he so vividly put it after his side 's draw at Roker Park , are the people who make comparisons between Sheffield United and his former club , Wimbledon . |
| 21 | The Wanderers ' manager , Phil Neal , has some way to go before he can expect to be so honoured but he collected several brownie points after his side 's spirited performance . |
| 22 | The Villa boss was still trying to pick up the pieces after his side 's shock exit from the Coca-Cola Cup in Tuesday night 's fourth round replay at Ipswich . |
| 23 | When Neil Jenkins was asked after his side 's quarter-final victory over Cardiff High School Old Boys ( also known as Cardiff Harlequins ) , which club he would like to see Pontypridd avoid in the semi-finals , he replied that he would like to miss out on Swansea and Llanelli . |
| 24 | MILLWALL boss Mick McCarthy filled the air with superlatives after his side 's thrilling comeback . |
| 25 | DUNDELA boss Mervyn Bell was n't a happy man after his side 's Bass Irish Cup defeat at the hands of Glentoran . |
| 26 | Leeds cut the gap on runaway leaders Manchester United to 12 points but manager Howard Wilkinson refused to discuss the title race after his side 's 3–2 home win over Manchester City . |
| 27 | Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan after his side 's ninth successive league victory |
| 28 | The former French Socialist prime minister shot himself five weeks after his party 's crushing defeat in parliamentary elections . |
| 29 | After his party 's heavy defeat in the subsequent general election , Ellis stayed on as chief whip . |
| 30 | The following day , before the final results were declared , Madani demanded the dissolution of the National Assembly after his party 's surprise victory , although he stressed that he was not calling for the replacement of President Chadli Bendjedid , whose third five-year term would not expire until 1993 . |