Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] [verb] [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , to the Hampstead officers who arrived so quickly on the scene , to my neighbours , and to the Black Cab driver ( I 'm afraid I failed to take his number ) who protected me , many thanks . |
| 2 | He had talked to Apthorp about her the previous afternoon , and it was clear she had exaggerated his anxiety about her health . |
| 3 | In 1895 he began to build his first full-size glider , the Bat ; it had pronounced dihedral , and was fitted with a rudder but no tailplane . |
| 4 | The relationship between Jacques and his Master is founded on a tacit agreement that the roles they occupy are the reverse of what they appear to be , but when Jacques tries to articulate this he risks losing his power which depends on its going unacknowledged . |
| 5 | In 1162 he had succeeded his father as ruler of Aragon and Barcelona . |
| 6 | Nicky sat up , afraid he had put his foot in it . |
| 7 | When I said how much I had enjoyed his performance in the title role in Uncle Vanya , he snorted , ‘ Oh , did you . |
| 8 | Caught between tears and laughter , she rushed into his arms , only now realising how much she 'd missed his strength over the past few trying weeks . |
| 9 | He was convinced they 'd inspired his interest in history , those fairground animals , those famous scenes his grandad painted . |
| 10 | So Harrison had lost the first fall unfairly : in the second he had twisted his man feet up and then let him crash to the ground . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's very sad he has to start his campaign with a personal smear , ’ he said . |
| 12 | There was nothing in his face to show how much he enjoyed teasing his only sister . |
| 13 | His classes ranging the nearby countryside when the weather was suitable , found subjects for treatment in pencil , water colour , pen and ink treatment , and the summer exhibitions showed how much he had influenced his classes . |
| 14 | Harvey said how much he had enjoyed his last visit to Riga , and how sorry he was that he would n't be going there , and the man at the other end said that Leningrad was one of the most wonderful towns in the world . |
| 15 | William could see the village where they lived and the smoke from the fires rising straight up into the air and the dark tower of the church rising above a cluster of stark trees , and because he was nervous he wanted to work his way in that direction , so it would not be so far to run , but because his father was beside him , smiling his reassuring smile , he did n't . |
| 16 | His bare back began to look very red an d he kept waving his arms at the insects which he was disturbing . |
| 17 | He felt doubly glad he 'd brought his own children to live in Scotland where such a superior system of child care existed . |
| 18 | In the civil war of 324 he had represented his military campaign as a crusade against a corrupt paganism . |
| 19 | By 1795 significant sections of the Bible had been translated into Bengali and by 1798 he had completed his translation of the whole Scripture . |
| 20 | She told the court that she had known eighteen-year-old Beno for three years , that in 1941 he had lost his power of speech when his lodgings suffered a direct hit , and that thereafter he had lived with the fantasy of becoming an air force officer . |
| 21 | It was imperative he had kept his head , because it was n't his best round of all time . |
| 22 | The wind was cutting across the open space at great speed , so cold it seemed to penetrate his bones . |
| 23 | He was almost sure he had left his car outside the pub , but what pub ? |
| 24 | Mike came down yesterday morning , mind you he had been on his own quite a lot , a lot of time yesterday for the day Josh , cos I went to Altrincham with me mum at half nine and it , I 'd taken him out for a walk to make sure he 'd had his walk and Mike did n't get up till gone half two and when he come down he 'd cut a report of Lisa 's on the floor |
| 25 | But make sure he 's got his trousers on ! |
| 26 | After the third he learned to treat the Liverpool fences with the respect they deserved : from then on his jumping was exemplary , and by the eleventh he had pulled his way into the lead . |
| 27 | By 1516 he had inherited his father 's lands , which had been augmented through the death in 1508 of a distant kinsman , Richard Beauchamp , sixth Baron St Amand . |
| 28 | Mind you , that could have been because he was happy he 'd got his own way . |
| 29 | So far as they were all concerned he had had his way with her . |
| 30 | At least , to those he felt deserved his loyalty , and Auden was one such . |