Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | And anyway I 'm going to leave that on one side now because it 's more erm a problem to reconciling Mill 's views about liberty with his views about a proper government rather than directly about governments , so I 'm just going to note that and move on now . |
| 2 | After the sudden retirement of the previous postholder , we require a valet for duties at his home on a private island in the South China Sea . |
| 3 | They had not given these reasons for transfer to his parents . |
| 4 | Unfortunately for Germany , however , the commander on the spot was the timorous General Max von Prittwitz , who failed to exploit the opportunity through fear of his numerical inferiority . |
| 5 | The Registrar has power to deal with most interlocutory matters arising on appeal , though there is provision for review of his decisions by a single judge with the possibility of appeal with leave to a full court . |
| 6 | There was a damaging row about the requisition for scrap of his wrought-iron gates . |
| 7 | Not only has he received a cheque for £82.02 after his successful action against BR in the small claims court . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , the table opposite will give you some idea of what to expect : for example , a man aged 30 investing just £25 a month could look forward to a cheque for £63,400 on his 65th birthday — with another £19,400 for his family if he died at the age of 80 . |
| 9 | Appelt successfully utilizes the characteristics of platinum printing and negative printing as part of his interpretation of — and homage to — Ezra Pound . |
| 10 | That 's how I met Bela , one of two Hungarians , who is bent on building a new village , and Aman from Rajasthan , who is involved in local campaigning to resist government plans to remove inhabitants and divert scarce water resources for the sake of a tiger park for tourists in his part of India . |
| 11 | CARTAGENA — The Colombian Supreme Court has upheld the extradition of drug traffickers , decreed by President Virgilio Barco as part of his offensive against the cocaine cartels , writes Simon Fisher . |
| 12 | By the autumn of 1340 , still awaiting the fruits of these grants , deserted by Lewis of Bavaria and with only the naval victory at Sluys to encourage him , Edward was borrowing from his own archers and offering his commanders as hostages for his debts to his allies . |
| 13 | Jesus ' prayer for unity among his followers ( John 17 : 20–23 ) |
| 14 | Christopher Sinclair-Stevenson 's first purchase for Reed outside his own imprint is an adventure novel by Lionel Davidson , along with Davidson 's backlist including The Night of Wenceslas , published by Gollancz in the 1960s to prizes and acclaim , and The Rose of Tibet , A Long Way to Shiloh , The Chelsea Murders and others . |
| 15 | An imperial ambassador who in 1622 spent only eleven days in London and achieved nothing of significance nevertheless received a present worth £1,600 on his departure . |
| 16 | During the building of Cat Bank £3 was paid to Thomas Barrow for damage to his adjoining land , but it was Joseph Barrow who was paid £5 : 13s. : 9d. for land taken to widen the road from the Black Bull Inn to the fell gate — in all 273 yards at 5d . |
| 17 | As regards the calculated appeal to the frightened little man trying to make sense of his everyday struggle for life in his market town or small village , Hitler continually stressed the nation : |
| 18 | With the Hills team poleaxed by a virus , this season had proved a real struggle for Darryll until his win on 25-1 chance Knifebox a week ago . |
| 19 | At the first of these , Nikolai Gubyenko presided at a banquet for ex-colleagues from his former Ministry and the actors who at present occupy the building . |
| 20 | In this case , if it turns out that the goods do not exist at the time of the contract , the seller will be liable in damages to the buyer for breach of his contractual undertaking . |
| 21 | And Madam I 'd ask you not to make any award for compensation to his girlfriend cos that 's just gon na add insult to injury really , is n't it ? |
| 22 | He was returned to the Long Parliament for Bury with his son Thomas ; however , in 1642 the younger Thomas openly joined the king at Oxford while Henry fled abroad . |
| 23 | I found among my mother 's papers when she died a letter from my grandfather which must have wrung her heart for years after his death : ‘ … ca n't you spare a moment to write to your poor old Dad … ‘ |
| 24 | Japan 's Foreign Minister Michio Watanabe visited Moscow for talks with his Russian counterpart , Andrei Kozyrev , on May 3-5 , concerning the longstanding territorial dispute between the two countries over the four most southerly islands in the Kurile chain which had been occupied by the Soviet Union in August 1945 . |
| 25 | An interesting difference between the two was that Chesterton was never able to escape the effects of this potent brew after he became a fascist , whereas Williamson managed to do so to a considerable degree , despite his continued personal support for Mosley until his death . |
| 26 | This belief was widespread in the NUM , and was demonstrated by the overwhelming support for Scargill in his 1981 campaign for the presidency , in which fighting pit closures — and thus the jobs and communities of the miners — was the central theme ( Taylor , 1984 ) . |
| 27 | A special session of the Diet was called for early August , but with the developing securities scandal leading to widespread calls for urgent measures to improve regulation of the stock market , the LDP 's failure to secure the support of Komeito and the DSP , and an unknown level of support for Kaifu within his own party , it was far from certain that the Prime Minister would succeed in his legislative aims . |
| 28 | Clinton announced a further 48 appointments to the transition team on Nov. 12 , including that of Robert Reich of Harvard University as co-ordinator of his economics team . |
| 29 | A major speech by Stalin , for instance , on 9 February 1946 was widely interpreted in the West as proof of his belief that war was unavoidable " under present capitalist conditions " . |
| 30 | He and Baxter became good friends and he encouraged Baxter 's practice of holding meetings for worship in his home . |