Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun prp] [conj] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for de Gaulle , his views were already well-known , and it could only be a matter of time before he attacked Hallstein and his Commission . |
| 2 | It is clear that the higher echelons at headquarters regarded Stirling and his men as very valuable , but were also alive to his impetuous nature . |
| 3 | The offending section involved Alf and his wife Elsie discussing a conversation they had ‘ unfortunately ’ overheard in the pub . |
| 4 | Who were these normal , typical children who provided Gesell and his co-workers with data ? |
| 5 | Cross had formerly been a lover of Cedric Morris and when the East Anglian School of Painting and Drawing burnt down at Dedham , he helped Morris and his partner , Arthur Lett-Haines , move into the house named Benton End where the school was re-established . |
| 6 | In the second-half the Dragons had a strong wind at their backs and almost made good use of it straight away as a long ball found McClean and his shot was pushed round by Westwood . |
| 7 | The trials and tribulations which beset Piggott after his riding career was over — imprisonment in October 1987 for tax fraud — do nothing to distract from his achievements in the saddle , and never have his skills been better demonstrated than when he won his twenty-eighth Classic . |
| 8 | I came back from moving the cows , and found Raimundo and his merry men engaged in breaking proper . |
| 9 | One night after the shoot , he drove Shrimpton back to Buckinghamshire , and she let Bailey and his friend sleep in the haystacks . |
| 10 | Balcha entered Harar and his troops massacred such Muslims as they could find within the walls . |
| 11 | Next Sunday I visited Wemmick and his aged parent at the Castle . |
| 12 | The Bhagyanagar story began with Dasbabu , the Brahmin who originally invited Andrew and his team to the village . |
| 13 | McCann 's excellent cross found McDonald but his header skimmed the bar with the goal at his mercy . |
| 14 | He found Attlee and his colleagues friendly , but unyielding . |
| 15 | It is doubtful if this could be the case if he used Mark as his main source as that Gospel was not written until about 65 AD . |
| 16 | Mina , who regarded Navarre as his personal fief , saw his guerrillas dissolved — as they must be for they could not be paid — and his efforts on their behalf cold-shouldered by the new courtiers . |
| 17 | The I.L.P. provided James and his fellow colonials , Padmore and Jomo Kenyatta , with a forum in which they could expound upon their own individual ideas concerning nationhood . |
| 18 | Gan played Nintendo and his gal ran and grabbed the best tent site . |
| 19 | Stair , who usually ignored Neil since his brother had given up his privileged life and become an East End doctor , occasionally felt that he had some sort of duty to him ; he was , after all , his heir . |
| 20 | He told Ramsey that his language was paradoxical and difficult . |
| 21 | Coleridge told Estlin that his heart ‘ yearned toward the ministry ’ , and he was soon able to convince himself that even his unorthodox beliefs might not be a major obstacle to his acceptance of the post , and the income it would guarantee . |
| 22 | Heads turned that night when Senator Jared Tunstall and his wife entered the ballroom at Devonshire House . |
| 23 | What distinguished Lenin and his party was that they saw that in Russia liberal rule could be overthrown while capitalism was still in its infancy . |
| 24 | None of this is good news for MIPS , whose chief executive , Bob Miller , recently told Unigram that his job ‘ is to maintain a two-to-one [ better ] price performance advantage over Intel ’ ( UX No 377 ) . |
| 25 | But within twenty-four hours I told Ted that his only chance of carrying on as Leader was if he submitted himself to an early election through the 1922 Committee . |
| 26 | Sheriff James Smith told Daniels that his actions had been foolish and the offence was serious . |
| 27 | Half-an-hour later , her father drove Derek and his family to their home . |
| 28 | He had evidently made up his mind not to argue with anyone while on leave , and Sarah told Anne that his family thought that she was a good influence on him . |
| 29 | Marshalls of the royal household in their colourful tabards. white wands of office held high , directed Cranston and his party to their reserved seats . |
| 30 | He told Sadat that his officers had cried at Teheran airport and begged him to leave . |