Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [pron] [vb past] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | He held a hand to his chest where he carried his brother 's memory . |
| 2 | To read Mrs McDermott 's vivid recollection of those final precious moments when she spoke to her son and tidied his hair before he ran off to play in Ormeau Park where he met his killer would melt the hardest of hearts . |
| 3 | David Riley at the council park where he broke his arm Picture : CLIFF BRETT |
| 4 | Leavis 's reputation as a crabbed stylist and boldly innovative thinker who had been rejected by a university where he spent his entire life was largely a figment of his own mind , and so much of his post-war life was devoted to mythologising his own career that it is difficult , by now , to recognise what a conventional figure in his place and day he always was . |
| 5 | He was educated at Bowmore school and Glasgow University where he obtained his M.A. in 1863 and was made a Doctor of Divinity in 1891 . |
| 6 | Paul claimed he only joined the Normanby Road Methodist Church for the youth club where he began his entertainment career . |
| 7 | Saint Basil was so enchanted by this selfless action that he concluded his comments with the words ‘ If things seen are so lovely , what must things unseen be ? ’ |
| 8 | In a letter addressed ‘ Dear Boris ’ and signed ‘ Yours John ’ Mr Major told the Russian president that he supported his emphasis on ‘ controlling inflation , completing land reform and helping … businesses ’ . |
| 9 | At the age of 12 , Kitto was taken on by his father to assist him in his trade , and it was shortly afterwards when he was working for his father slating a new roof that he lost his footing in the act of stepping off a ladder and fell thirty-five feet to the ground . |
| 10 | It was only after he took two bullets in the thigh and wrist and a shotgun blast in the back , and his brother was murdered by rival gangs that he channelled his aggression into baseball . |
| 11 | ( 4 ) Where a lessor is proceeding by action or otherwise to enforce a right of re-entry or forfeiture under any covenant , proviso , or stipulation in a lease , or for non-payment of rent , the court may , on application by any person claiming as an under-lessee any estate or interest in the property comprised in the lease or any part thereof , either in the lessor 's action ( if any ) or in any action brought by such person for that purpose , make an order vesting , for the whole term of the lease or any less term , the property comprised in the lease , or any part thereof in any person entitled as under-lessee to any estate or interest in such property upon such conditions as to execution of any deed or other document , payment of rent , costs , expenses , damages , compensation , giving security , or otherwise , as the court in the circumstances of each case may think fit , but in no case shall any such under-lessee be entitled to require a lease to be granted to him for any longer term than he had his original sub-lease . |
| 12 | But it was in the opera house not the organ loft that he found his true métier . |
| 13 | Some still persist in their view that Morris burnt his boat when he chose previously to hand over the captaincy , saying in effect that he thought his cricket was suffering because of it . |
| 14 | The second quarter promised to show a further profit on both Charlie 's enterprises , and he warned Becky that he had his eye on the butcher 's shop , since the owner 's only boy had lost his life at Passchendaele . |
| 15 | The story she had to tell came as no surprise to either gentleman , but Benedict no sooner heard the introduction of the name of Kirtlington than he smote his forehead . |
| 16 | He was also allowed to continue trading , on condition that he kept his trustee supplied with a record of his financial affairs , so as to facilitate repayment of outstanding creditors . |
| 17 | To James McGuire , their eldest son , he gave an estate at Houston , in Renfrewshire , and an unknown substantial sum of money , on condition that he changed his name to James McGuire Macrae . |
| 18 | Although Gascoigne found it difficult to escape the attentions of Walter Bonacina until he produced his headed goal four minutes from the end , he did not lose his temper . |
| 19 | He turned towards her , but the blankets entangled his legs and he fought his eyes open in irritation . |
| 20 | Hugh asked after his father-in-law had wandered off into the shadows at the end of the terrace and they heard his stick tapping along the stone floors . |
| 21 | Er then he , there 's only three houses in the road that he lived in , , the next one along the road came up for auction and he sold his station and moved up to that and he said he 's just bought the one at the end of the road now which is er seven hundred and fifty thousand he paid for it , a hundred and fifty thousand to have it interior decorated . |
| 22 | At this point , tears appeared in Churchill 's eyes and he put his arms around me , saying ‘ Malcolm , Malcolm . ’ ’ |
| 23 | Born and raised in Merthyr Tydfil , he emigrated to Australia as a young man and worked in the construction industry until he injured his back 12 years later and was forced to reconsider his working future . |
| 24 | I suppose we 've been rivals in the past , when I had my column on the Daily Mail and he had his on the Daily Express , but we 've been rivals in the friendliest of terms . |
| 25 | He moved his mouth to her neck and she felt his tongue tantalising her skin . |
| 26 | Her body softly accepted the hard evidence of his arousal and he buried his lips against her neck , his hand cupping her closer until it was almost like possession . |
| 27 | " If Butch is fucking Garfield , how could she risk that happiness , that fulfilment , John , on a young punk like He shook his head . |
| 28 | Obediently , they bowed their heads and he dusted his hands as if they had been contaminated . |
| 29 | Magistrates said they could disqualify him from driving and asked Elsworth if he needed his licence for his job . |
| 30 | As he looked down at her sleeping face , sucking contentedly on her thumb , he swore that he would commit murder if it kept his family as happy as they were now . |