Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [pron] [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Forcing his useless legs to work he made his way to the bridge , awkwardly at first , hobbling , as if in some grotesque mimicry of his wife , then with more confidence as the blood began to flow , his muscles come alive again . |
| 2 | Its members , led by a former Scottish Office minister , Sir Russell Fairgrieve , will seek a meeting with Mr Lang to urge him to exercise his influence in the Cabinet and the Council of Ministers for Scottish MEPs to be elected by PR , which could dramatically affect Labour 's dominant position in seven out of the eight European seats . |
| 3 | Following the cosy deal in which Reed bought Travel Information Group from Mr Murdoch to help him alleviate his debt problems , the two have gone their separate ways to strengthen their competing US businesses . |
| 4 | O'Brien suspects northern influence was brought to bear on Dick Spring to make him change his tune . |
| 5 | He was even granted £10 to enable him to keep his garden in order , though the Goldsmiths proved obdurate to his continual requests for a Stable and Chaisehouse . |
| 6 | It was like a Tom and Jerry cartoon to see him bang his head on the door , bounce back , look a little dazed , and then remember the terrifying ‘ nightmare ’ he was escaping from , and shoot for cover behind the sofa . |
| 7 | Now he is appealing for sponsorship to help him meet his expenses . |
| 8 | These grass-smoking disciples flocked to his open house like moths to hear him reciting his life story , or his predictions with the tarot cards , or discussing Camus , or analysing Jean-Paul Sartre . |
| 9 | But Mr Kaifu is in no mood to let anyone steal his thunder . |
| 10 | The Profitboss trusts the experts to lend their expertise to help him reach his profit-making goals . |
| 11 | The High Court on July 17 rejected Odinga 's appeal against the government 's refusal to allow him to register his National Democratic Party , formed in February as a challenge to the 1982 constitutional amendment which made Kenya a one-party state [ see p. 38182 ] . |
| 12 | But his daughters , on whom he is as dependent as a baby , refuse to get up in what they call the middle of the night to enable him to pursue his observations . |
| 13 | ‘ Are you using Fergus 's sacrifice to compel me to take his place ? ’ said Taliesin suddenly . |
| 14 | He has hired consultants to help him conduct his appeal . |
| 15 | Collectors would give anything for the chance to hear him project his art to us from the clarity of a recording studio . |
| 16 | Phat counted the strokes , darting an occasional glance at Duclos to ensure he retained his approval . |
| 17 | And believe it or not we 've got to put him on a high chair to enable him to manage his instrument . ’ |
| 18 | The powers of an inspector to enable him to undertake his duties are given in Article 22 . |
| 19 | Major Gregg Donahue ( Marshall Thompson ) takes a Vietnamese guide to help him locate his younger brother , a doctor who is being held captive by the Viet Cong at an old French fort . |
| 20 | Not only had she booked a seat on an ordinary shuttle flight from Edinburgh to London , but a fellow passenger even had the audacity to ask her to sign his copy of Andrew Morton 's book Diana : Her True Story . |
| 21 | It was on the tip of her tongue to tell him to keep his supercilious consideration to himself . |
| 22 | FRANZ Klammer , one of the world 's greatest downhill skiers , has celebrated his 39th birthday in the Colorado ski resort of Copper Mountain , where the resort went to extraordinary lengths to enable him to indulge his other passion , golf . |
| 23 | ‘ How did you persuade the farmer to let us use his field ? ’ she asked . |
| 24 | Luke Calder was n't the kind of man to let anyone thwart his plans and get away with it ! |
| 25 | It took the urgings of the mob of photographers to get him to raise his glass of fizz higher than his chest . |
| 26 | The vet wrapped it up but he also had a little thing on his ear so he cut that out as well and he 's gon na wear the collar to stop him scratching his ear and |
| 27 | It is up to the agency to persuade him to change his mind . |
| 28 | It cost her an effort to let him have his way and his will of her . |
| 29 | Dick and the nurses told him that , even after the pre-med , they had to chase him round the ward to get him to remove his shorts . |
| 30 | So she opted for desperate measures to get him to change his image . |