Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [vb past] [conj] it " in BNC.

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1 His department said that it only kept records of strikes lasting more than three days and involving more than 100 people .
2 His body felt that it had been in a terrible accident .
3 When it was over , the top of his head ached where it had been crammed up against the headboard and there were red marks just below his knees where his legs had gone over the footboard .
4 Boo Radley got himself into trouble and although the punishment inflicted on him was in no way severe or a major disgrace , his father decided that it would embarrass the family to have his son be sent away to the school that the punishment intended .
5 His anger exploded after it was alleged that he and divorcee Jennifer Fitzgerald , now 59 , spent nights alone in a Swiss lakeside cottage .
6 His Lordship said that it was quite likely that the Revenue would seek to argue that all or some of the award was liable to tax .
7 His Lordship thought that it would be a strange doctrine of " looking for the substance " or looking through the documents which would produce a contractual intention so clearly negated by the documents and by oral evidence .
8 His grandmother said if it was a fact he would not get a grant she would finance him but that he should find out .
9 ‘ She 's leading you too , ’ Maggie reminded him quietly and his hand came as it often did to tilt her chin imperiously .
10 He also states that his analysis showed that it is not easy to increase market share through time .
11 The dull gold in his headdress shimmered as it caught the light .
12 In his will Captain Sykes left the School £1,000 , and his son proposed that it be used to build an extra classroom .
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