Example sentences of "[pron] [num ord] [noun sg] [vb past] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Natty suddenly called out , ‘ Look massa ’ ; in an instant the air before us seemed literally filled with a dense mass of these birds , which had suddenly rose from under the trees at his exclamation ; we had scarcely time to raise our guns before they were seventy or eighty yards off ; our united discharge , however , brought down eight additional specimens , all of which being merely winged and fluttering about , attracted the attention of our kangaroo dogs , and it was with the greatest difficulty that they could be prevented from tearing them to pieces ; in the midst of the scramble , a kite , with the utmost audacity , came to the attack , and would doubtless , in spite of our presence , have carried off his share , had not the contents of my second barrel stopped his career . |
| 2 | With the Sandgrounders unbeaten for 20 games before today , Kettle , who last weekend won his second successive HFS manager of the month award , insisted : ‘ We are capable of beating anyone . ’ |
| 3 | A Stockton author who last week defended his book about Guisborough has now been criticised for his work on Middlesbrough . |
| 4 | A NURSE awarded £11,000 after a health authority sacked him last night repeated his ‘ whistleblowing ’ claims that elderly patients were being left to die alone . |
| 5 | God in the middle contending for the world , a man on his left choosing to side with the Evil One till the last , and on the right a thief who with his last gasp offered his broken solidarity back to God for healing and restoration . |
| 6 | Our first Diary reported his offer of a £1000 bet on Fallon to win ; without takers and with the benefit of two weeks canvassing he 's upping it to £2000 , at odds of 8–11 . |