Example sentences of "[conj] his [noun] [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was buried under the still-skeletal St Paul 's of Sir Christopher Wren [ q.v. ] , in the chapel of St Faith 's , where his monument can still be seen . |
| 2 | He throbbed with nervous energy : when one of his thighs was not jigging , one of his fingers would tap or his teeth would hungrily gnaw the end of a biro . |
| 3 | What John " auntres " , by contrast , is a trick he must know from elsewhere — he decides to try out what he can have learnt only from a fabliau such as the related English , French , Dutch , Italian and German examples , banking on the sure expectation that either the miller or his wife will eventually get out of bed to allow the plot to be fulfilled . |
| 4 | The seneschal or his lieutenant would often act as an arbitrator or third party in conflicts between nobles , or between communes and their neighbouring lords . |
| 5 | The vendor or his agent may already have decided to sell the land by auction , tender or highest offer . |
| 6 | Queen 's Bench Masters ' Practice Direction of 25 March , 1988 requires that where an order is made transferring an action from the Queen 's Bench Division to a county court , the party having carriage of the order by himself or his solicitor shall forthwith produce at the Filing Department of the Central Office the order transferring the action and shall file : ( 1 ) a copy of the order transferring the action ; ( 2 ) a statement of the names and addresses of the parties and of their solicitors ; ( 3 ) copies of any pleadings served ; ( 4 ) if he is the plaintiff and has not served a statement of claim , particulars of his claim together with a copy for each defendant ; ( 5 ) if he is the defendant and only a counterclaim is transferred and no counterclaim has been served , particulars of the counterclaim together with a copy for the plaintiff ; ( 6 ) where money has been paid into court , a copy of the notice of payment into court ; ( 7 ) a statement of the index numbers of any affidavits filed . |
| 7 | And although his name will always be associated with a Cocktail Party he found such uproarious assemblies , at which no one could have a satisfactory conversation , increasingly insupportable . |
| 8 | I take no pleasure in bringing this case before the House , although his example may well prove a catalyst to bring help to fellow sufferers . |
| 9 | Second , Cecil had recently helped Northumberland in a profitable suit and feared that his assistance would now be misinterpreted . |
| 10 | He wrote to me to say that his occupation would become ‘ unreserved ’ on August 1 , 1941 , but that his firm would only release staff to join the armed forces . |
| 11 | Anthropology has been prominent in showing how the marginal in any society tends to pose problems for state institutions and governments ; and the insider must anticipate that his conclusions might well be |
| 12 | Despite this , he promised that his government would neither challenge press freedom nor take over the privately owned Times of Zambia . |
| 13 | He accepted that the issues which the agreement had sought to address remained as a threat to Canada 's long-term future , but indicated that his government would now switch its central focus from constitutional issues to the need to revitalize the country 's ailing economy . |
| 14 | And as the romantic in him began to despair that his dream would never materialise , his promiscuity increased . |
| 15 | Here he was stressing forcibly his original principle that his unit should never be used tactically , only strategically . |
| 16 | Sinclair thus gave an undertaking that his papers would always remain Unionist , but Steel-Maitland doubted if such a promise had any value . |
| 17 | ‘ But I think it highly unlikely that Mr Clowes could have found any means of ensuring that investigation of the matters in question was averted , while at the same time satisfying the Department that his operations could properly be licensed . |
| 18 | One feels that his ghost may now rest in peace , happy in the knowledge that this exceptional cliff has now fully realised the potential he first saw back in the mid 1950s . |
| 19 | Gqozo subsequently proposed that his territory should similarly form a republic with the Eastern Cape and that it should have an " inalienable right to terminate its ties with the central government at any time " . |
| 20 | One aspect of the case which is not explored in the judgment is the fact that the appellant was on parole when the offence was committed , although by the time he was sentenced it seems that his licence would either have been close to expiry or have expired already . |
| 21 | Dr Lawrence , who was confirmed by one of the previous archbishops in Canterbury Cathedral , said that his society would never allow one of their leaders to undermine these essential doctrines as had happened in the Church of England . |
| 22 | As a result , a system of confidential reporting to NASA came about whereby the person notifying NASA of the incident was required to give his name and a contact address but received a one hundred per cent guarantee that his name would never be revealed to the FAA . |
| 23 | And despite Robbie 's protest that his daughter might also scold if he brought home an unexpected extra guest , the Reverend Mr Taylor hustled them out of the church and towards the adjoining house . |
| 24 | Napoleon III was an innovator , not merely a man of his time but frequently one who was ahead of it , and so he was determined that his Court would deliberately eschew the rigid exclusivity which was the hallmark of the traditional European court structure . |
| 25 | In early March the Foreign Minister , Jiri Dienstbier , had also declared that his country would eventually want to join the European Communities . |
| 26 | Speculation about the prospect of further divisions , and the future of the OPEC cartel as a whole , had resurfaced after Gabon 's Mines , Petroleum , Energy and Hydraulic Resources Minister Jean Ping hinted on the eve of the meeting that his country might soon follow Ecuador 's example and leave OPEC , adding that " Gabon has problems similar to Ecuador " . |
| 27 | And when the team arrives in Delhi at the end of the month , manager Keith Fletcher is confident that his players will now be able to handle tricky leg spinner Anil Kumble and his slow left-arm partner Ravi Shastri . |
| 28 | First , internecine rivalries ensured that his opponents would never join forces to oust him ; for that reason alone , they would be allowed to continue , though never to reach a point at which they might get out of hand and overwhelm him . |
| 29 | Yet he passes with such unerring accuracy and hunts every ball with such determination that his opponents can rarely claim a winner until the umpire calls the score . |
| 30 | This does not mean , of course , that his voice should necessarily be used in the actual recording of the material . |