Example sentences of "his master 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | This heritage gave and still attributes to him the ability to move fast , avoiding all obstacles , to do his master 's bidding . |
| 2 | In Ashton 's version , as in the Russian staged version , the Tutor 's encounter with Katia , the servant girl , allows him momentarily to be back home amongst his master 's peasants . |
| 3 | AND MUCH MORE His Master 's Voice says NO What other shops say to dogs PUPPY OF ALL BATTLES We help bring Des back from the Gulf |
| 4 | In the old days , when land was concentrated in the hands of the few , sensible rights of way were established between cottages tied to the Big House in order that Yeoman A could get to the pump shared with Yeoman B ; Yeoman B , hurrying about his master 's affairs , could cross Yeoman A's garden to get to the shed where the gaffer 's carts were kept . |
| 5 | A light flicked off , and he knocked and disappeared into his master 's office , leaving McLeish and Catherine by his desk . |
| 6 | It was , he said , his job to cook and see to his master 's clothes and open the door and go marketing , not to be a spy . |
| 7 | Room 89 is haunted , according to the security guard , by the ghost of an RAF batman who still brushes his master 's phantom uniform . |
| 8 | He was transferred in 1853 to the prefectorate of the Department of the Seine , which included Paris , and he remained there until 1870 ; for the whole of this period he remained the Emperor 's man , charged with executing his master 's projects and doing them quickly . |
| 9 | Over a period of time , the dog was moulded to his master 's needs , calling on all the virtues of his ancestors : herding ability , speed , guarding ability , strength and power , but most of all intelligence . |
| 10 | Nick is the man with the baseball glove who can stand at the end of the practice range and catch his master 's ball no matter whether it has been struck with a sand-iron or a driver . |
| 11 | Learning of his master 's plight , the chanter hurried to the beach and sang the following mele : |
| 12 | Pry was an inquisitive busybody , but Williams was a faithful servant who kept his master 's guilty secret as long as possible . |
| 13 | Mr Chester 's valet who , after Chester 's death , ‘ true to his master 's creed , eloped with all the cash and movables he could lay his hands on , and started as a finished gentleman on his own account ’ . |
| 14 | The weaver shook his head but the messenger dared not leave his door till his master 's errand had been fulfilled . |
| 15 | ‘ His Master 's Voice ’ 09253 ( 39 ) is labelled : ‘ Descriptive Coronation Record . |
| 16 | On 22 January 1934 ‘ His Master 's Voice ’ arranged for his house to be connected to the London studio by landlines . |
| 17 | A bootlegger known as ‘ Ace ’ in California has even made pretty accurate copies of three British ten-inch LPs of Elvis 's material issued by His Master 's Voice , including their sleeves with their peculiar cellophane coating . |
| 18 | Under his breath the man quietly cursed the interfering clerk who could bring his master 's grand design to nothing . |
| 19 | The documents sometimes distinguish between a slave living in his master 's house and a slave with a cottage of his own , but not very often . |
| 20 | Livsey himself , not surprisingly , given ‘ his master 's voice . ’ |
| 21 | It is to attend to all his master 's needs . |
| 22 | While they were in the travelling coach , she put on an outward appearance of sadness for a loyal employee , killed in an attempt to save his master 's horse . |
| 23 | A sensible dog soon learns that barking is not enough and will attract his master 's attention in some other way . |
| 24 | In ‘ The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth ’ Tídwald says reprovingly to Torhthelm — who has just discovered his master 's headless body : |
| 25 | The third servant made no attempt to use the gold but dug a hole and kept it safe for his master 's return . |
| 26 | And — like all good dogs — dropped the present at his master 's feet . |
| 27 | It is he who taunts Elvira with the famous ‘ Catalogue ’ aria , listing his master 's conquests : 640 in Italy , 231 in Germany , 100 in France , 91 in Turkey , and 1,003 ( so far ) in Spain . |
| 28 | The Harris 's hawk was brought out and took up his position on his master 's fist , coldly surveying the land . |
| 29 | The tune is jaunty and unfussy , scooting around strange sitar-sounding violins , crashing through Lennon-esque reverb for the chorus , before diving into fathomless melancholy , when His Master 's Voice spirals to a bonkers Billy MacKenzie-style finale . ’ |
| 30 | He really took the matter to heart and finally wrote his Master 's thesis on the subject . |