Example sentences of "[verb] his [noun] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The railways undercut his price and he was forced to find many more passengers than he had at first calculated . |
| 2 | There was a paddle with which Koresh beat his followers and he intimidated them by openly boasting , in crude detail , about even worse brutality . |
| 3 | He bent his head to the ground , trying to catch his breath as he listened to the warning bells of the horse-drawn fire engines , heading to the inferno . |
| 4 | In the night when the hut was quiet apart from the coughing and the bed creaks and the whimpering of men in despair , he had gone to the stove and heated his shape until it was dried and firm . |
| 5 | I remind him of the disproportionate harm that the MacSharry proposals would cause and seek his assurance that he will bear in mind the Scottish farmers and all those elsewhere in Britain when he represents the interests of the British Government and the British farmer in Europe . |
| 6 | This galloping course will suit his action and he is not badly treated at the weights on his best form . |
| 7 | He left them in a panelled solar beyond the hall , and went to inform his master that he had unexpected guests ; and no more than five minutes later the door of the room opened upon the lord of half Leicestershire , a good slice of Warwickshire and Northampton , and a large honour in Normandy brought to him by his marriage with the heiress of Breteuil . |
| 8 | The Duke turned abruptly back , intending to inform his lordship that he did not permit duelling among his officers , but Rossendale and Jane had been swallowed up in the crowd . |
| 9 | After its opening Archbishop Melton of York demanded that the king should be brought before parliament ; Bishops Stratford and Orleton were thereupon sent to Kenilworth , where the king was imprisoned , to request his attendance but they came back to report with some zest his offensive words of refusal . |
| 10 | A sense of gloom blanketed his thought as he looked down to the dark water and heard the hiss of it rushing over the invisible weir ahead of him . |
| 11 | They will then try to revive his spirits while they consider which offer of a new home is most suitable for him . |
| 12 | Forget , who had just gone through the last of countless body punches from Noah , ( who throughout , worked just as hard to encourage his players as they did to respond to him ) literally ran from his seat , round the net to the far baseline in readiness to serve . |
| 13 | The authority is not bound to accept his recommendations but it is rare for many , or any of substance , to be overruled . |
| 14 | So deep-rooted were his various obsessions and so pronounced his self-importance that he came to be regarded in some quarters as not merely an individualist but something of a crank . |
| 15 | Three hooded gunmen wearing Lebanese Army fatigues entered his apartment where they killed him , his wife and their two small sons . |
| 16 | It probably also explains why the brothers Alexander and Richard Quadring entered his household after he became king . |
| 17 | It probably also explains why the brothers Alexander and Richard Quadring entered his household after he became king . |
| 18 | The friend answered and a note of panic entered his voice when he discovered who it was . |
| 19 | Wrath entered his eyes and he hastily shut the door . |
| 20 | The following November another officer entered his studio while he was at work on the massive Crucifixion and said , ‘ Sir , I have an execution against you . ’ |
| 21 | I said I he goes like this , and he clicks his fingers and he goes erm I keep remembering holographs ho holograms are n't real , ha ha ! |
| 22 | — But you do n't know his type like I do . |
| 23 | She did n't even know his name but she did know that this time she was IN LOVE ! |
| 24 | I did n't know where Bill Stubbly lived , but I did know his routine and he seemed a far better bet than approaching Nevil direct . |
| 25 | He loosened his scarf when he got into the car and I could see the collar of his overalls under the coat . |
| 26 | ‘ But the manager Allan Clarke was only keeping his word when he let me go to Portsmouth . |
| 27 | ‘ Meanwhile I 'm up here scrimping and saving and keeping his daughter when it 's not really my fault that we 're having a divorce . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ She 's forgotten his name but she wants to see Orlick ! ’ |
| 29 | ‘ He would have completely forgotten his birthday if you had n't reminded him . ’ |
| 30 | When Sir Adam appeared on HTV 's " Press Call " , I arranged for Giles to meet his hero and they had lunch together . |