Example sentences of "[coord] his [noun] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether it was the high volume of radio traffic , FAKINTIL sabotage , or his underlings keeping it from him , I 'll never know . |
| 2 | He 'd never seen his mother or his father reading it , but once he had opened it himself . |
| 3 | Followers of Gandhi explicitly maintain that he was essentially a practical man with no concern for metaphysics or philosophical speculation , yet it is clear that whenever he attempted to explain what he meant by Truth he was involved in metaphysical speculation whether he or his followers realized it or not . |
| 4 | It is Mr Frohnmayer 's very innocence , and his willingness to reveal it when a larger point is to be made , that make this book interesting . |
| 5 | At least that 's the way Abu Salim and his cronies saw it . |
| 6 | Mr Kettering going off without the dog and his wife bringing it round to you — it all seems a bit odd if it 's so devoted to him . ’ |
| 7 | Steve and his wife use it to keep the weight off and ensure their 3 young daughters get the balanced diet the experts say they need . |
| 8 | The grocer had a grinder somewhere , and his wife unearthed it , dusted it down and plugged it in for me . |
| 9 | ‘ Matthew 's different ; there 's a weakness there from his father 's side and his uncle knew it . |
| 10 | The most important factor in keeping arrears down to the lowest possible level was exercising proper care in granting mortgage loans , checking the applicant 's income , his previous borrowing record , verifying that the property was relevant to the borrower 's needs and his ability to maintain it in good order . |
| 11 | ‘ Nichols and his writers wanted it both ways . |
| 12 | Meanwhile , his father and mother drove him frantic with their endless harping on irrelevancies , such as the ‘ means of subsistence ’ and his inability to provide it . |
| 13 | Perhaps if I had allowed myself to be doubtful , I might have understood Mick 's concern about the rules , and his inability to express it without aggressive confrontation . |
| 14 | Yeah well well actually Russell do n't own , cos she 's still alive , and his mother owns it , and she 's still alive . |
| 15 | How could Herman and his mother stand it ? |
| 16 | We should not allow John Smith and his hitmen to take it from us . |
| 17 | He could n't do the job , he knew it and his father-in-law knew it , but it was all part of the grand master plan : How To Keep Your Daughter At Home . |
| 18 | Underneath all that razzmatazz , the girls sneaked aboard the Queen Mary in Long Beach or into his room in Guaruja , there was a man of some sensitivity who felt that both fame and sexual prowess had somehow been thrust upon him ; I think he found both hard to resist , and it must be acknowledged that a chauvinistic British press , his looks , his celebrity and his companions made it hard for him to do anything else than accept the role thrust upon him . |
| 19 | He could see to his left wing in the distance more open country , but his sense of north was strong and his instinct to follow it stronger . |
| 20 | 17.68 As James Britton and his colleagues put it : ‘ very close reading of children 's writing is essential , because that is the best means we have of understanding their writing processes . |
| 21 | As Timberlake and his colleagues put it in this brief but incisive review , greens ‘ suggest that this thing called the environment is a sacred garden set aside from human activities . ’ |
| 22 | Yet in an earlier publication , in which the term was first coined , he and his colleagues used it to describe ‘ pain [ which ] ceases to be relieved or is worsened by further administration ’ of morphine or diamorphine ( our italics ) . |
| 23 | In their major work on local government finance , Foster and his colleagues describe it as the ‘ mystery of mysteries ’ ( Foster et al . |
| 24 | She stole a glance at him ; his features matched the ice in his tone and his eyes surpassed it . |
| 25 | He nodded , and his eyes said it was feasible ; but his voice said : ‘ It is n't necessarily that easy . |
| 26 | She handed it over and his eyes scanned it rapidly . |
| 27 | But he knew he could n't and his supporters knew it . |
| 28 | During June 1843 , Thomas , William and Adam Barrow , Thomas Grigg , James Bell , John Speddy and the Adventurers ' Team , carted a total of 606 tons 17 cwt. 3 qrs. @ 2/4 per ton down to the quay from where Benjamin Dixon and his assistants boated it down the lake at 10d. a ton . |
| 29 | He and his family let it until Jeremiah Cray , a clothier of Ibsey in Hampshire , acquired it in 1702 . |
| 30 | Andrew partnered 31-year-old Gillian for a game of golf two days after scandal-hit Fergie left Balmoral as a royal outcast.The prince and his pal hit it off right away — emerging as the winning pair against Gillian 's husband Bob and Mandy Cruickshank , daughter of a royal housekeeper . |