Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] his [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where the editor rattled her half dozen strings of large beads and remarked with a toothy grin : ‘ They say it 's the fashion — ’ Where Gerald , the art editor — who was reputed to have a fabulous house on the Chelsea Embankment full of priceless works of art — was so sensitive that he had to have a soundproof office specially built for him , while his assistant Jeremy padded along like his superior 's spaniel , and if Gerald wore a shirt of subtle pink on Monday , his minion would appear in the same shade on Tuesday . |
| 2 | Patrick saw something settle down behind his mother 's eyes , something like satisfaction , and the anger that had burned within him since he had discovered the identity of Joseph Hyde 's attackers , turned cold and brittle . |
| 3 | Looking down into his brother 's face , Roy felt the tears come into his eyes . |
| 4 | The lease of Barrington Court in Somerset has been put up for sale by the Trust 's tenant , Mr. Andrew Lyle , along with his family 's surrounding freehold farmland . |
| 5 | His feet hung clear of the stirrups , and he was arched over like a letter G in the saddle ; his reins had slipped down round his horse 's hoofs . |
| 6 | Taylor wishes that in Sweden he had substituted the frustrated Gary Lineker with the pace of Tony Daley in the second match against France , rather than wait for the third and final game against Sweden to bring the curtain down on his captain 's international career . |
| 7 | He would squeeze the life out of that child-faced maniac , let him breathe enough to plead for his life and then choke the air off until his cold fish eyes popped and his tongue arced down to his Adam 's apple . |
| 8 | When by the third day her father had still not allowed Jessie out of her room , and Agnes confronted him , saying he could n't keep her incarcerated forever , and that if he did n't let her out then she was leaving , and that she meant it , he had gone along to his daughter 's room , taking with him a Bible , on which he made her swear that if he gave her the freedom of the house she would not attempt to leave it . |
| 9 | Astell Investments , which owns the home in Astell Street , Chelsea , claims Lord Palumbo has paid no rent since moving in to his wife 's house in December 1986 . |
| 10 | He learns about his father 's weak spirit , which caved in to his mother 's strength ; how his father committed adultery with Harry 's aunt and tried to kill his mother ; how his father deserted the family when Harry was eight years old . |
| 11 | After their weekend in Georgetown , the Colemans moved in to his family 's lakeside cottage at Lake Martin , near Auburn , Alabama , to await his next assignment . |
| 12 | When at last he was alone , Peter went back to the sitting room and sat down at his mother 's desk . |
| 13 | The police had only recently organized a stake-out in a house just down the road , watching and waiting for a serial murderer to call in at his mother 's council flat to collect his laundry . |
| 14 | Fortunately he had been taken in by his mother 's father up to the age of six , living in a cottage by Denbigh castle ; but after this grandfather died he spent nine years as a child in St Asaph workhouse . |
| 15 | He had been carried along by his wife 's extraordinary power of making decisions , from the time when she had walked into the offices of Glebe and Pargeter , when his old father was alive , and told him that her great-aunt had left her some money and she had decided to invest it in a London house . |
| 16 | Young Philip was employed there for a time before going abroad , taking over during his father 's trips into the country where some landowners Sought his practical advice , particularly with regard to establishing plantations of hitherto unknown trees from abroad . |
| 17 | Abel Smith II also became a partner in his family 's bank in Nottingham , whose management he took over on his father 's death in 1757 . |
| 18 | An account executive working on the business of a merchant bank might become so interested in financial matters that he moves over to his client 's advertising department , but as a general rule , the chances of rising to the top are greater in an agency . |
| 19 | He got them when he was run over by his father 's new Grand Am . |
| 20 | ‘ We go for that old-style thing , ’ explains James Hendy , 21 , recently third in the Cornish and Open surf contest , and taking the day off from his father 's carpet business in nearby Truro . |
| 21 | Modi , cut off from his family 's allowance by the war , needed the money . |
| 22 | Do you think if I , do you think if I gave him a fright , s see the , time he says he 's going off to his granny 's and I say away you go , and my mam says she 's not taking him . |
| 23 | A few extra minutes while he went up for his loser 's medal would n't have made much difference . |
| 24 | He looked like a low-grade bookmaker dressed up for his daughter 's wedding , and he was clearly very pleased with himself this evening . |
| 25 | Leith felt sick to her stomach when Mr Ardis , either not believing that his son had just pounced unencouraged on her , or perhaps covering up for his son 's weaknesses , told her that a month 's severance pay would be sent to her , and dismissed her on the spot . |
| 26 | But there , Field , feted as a celebrity , and roundly fed up of his employer 's parsimony , began to build his own career . |
| 27 | ‘ She 'll grow up with rickets like the rest of 'em , ’ she said , rubbing Patrick 's thin legs which failed to support him when he attempted to pull himself up against his father 's chair . |
| 28 | The worker is now taken up with his boss 's needs . |
| 29 | In 1907 he joined Straker Squires in Bristol and four years later teamed up with his father 's engineering firm . |
| 30 | Up into his government 's headquarters ; down into his family apartments and bunker . |