Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] his [noun sg] '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 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | When at last he was alone , Peter went back to the sitting room and sat down at his mother 's desk . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | He got them when he was run over by his father 's new Grand Am . |
| 19 | ‘ 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 . |
| 20 | Modi , cut off from his family 's allowance by the war , needed the money . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | A few extra minutes while he went up for his loser 's medal would n't have made much difference . |
| 23 | He looked like a low-grade bookmaker dressed up for his daughter 's wedding , and he was clearly very pleased with himself this evening . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | But there , Field , feted as a celebrity , and roundly fed up of his employer 's parsimony , began to build his own career . |
| 26 | ‘ 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 . |
| 27 | The worker is now taken up with his boss 's needs . |
| 28 | In 1907 he joined Straker Squires in Bristol and four years later teamed up with his father 's engineering firm . |
| 29 | Up into his government 's headquarters ; down into his family apartments and bunker . |
| 30 | Opening his eyes Benny looked up into his brother 's tearstained face . |