Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] his master 's " in BNC.

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1 Pry was an inquisitive busybody , but Williams was a faithful servant who kept his master 's guilty secret as long as possible .
2 Ogden 's craft was carried on by Christopher Caygill , who made brass-faced clocks with minute hands , and one of his apprentices , who married his master 's daughter , took over the business and made clocks with painted faces .
3 However his teachers recognised his exceptional qualities and he was given junior teaching posts which enabled him to register at the University of Pennsylvania , where he obtained his Master 's degree and began to work towards a PhD , specialising in philosophy .
4 Lewis had backed the car a few feet down the ramp and was about to turn towards the Cherwell Arms when he heard his master 's voice — a single hissed and incredulous blasphemy :
5 And then er he took his Master 's degree here in London and er two two degrees in India when he He is you know he is erm orthopaedic surgeon .
6 He married his master 's daughter , Sarah Bowen , in 1739 , and secondly Jane , daughter of the Baptist minister Joseph Burroughs [ q.v. ] , in 1762 .
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