Example sentences of "and his [noun] [be] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That silenced Maggie , of course , and his smile was all masculine satisfaction . |
| 2 | The golden fillet and the richness of his dress and his harness were all he carried that would identify him , for his banner was on the Forth and his pennant had long since gone . |
| 3 | On Jan. 19 Garcia and his wife were each sentenced to three years ' imprisonment . |
| 4 | She 'd gone back into the house to fetch something and his Dad was all ready in the car waiting to drive Uncle Walter back to his house . |
| 5 | leg and knee , he said he 's got arterial disease and his arteries are all blocked , he said we 've tried to put some |
| 6 | Only occasionally under Edward I and his successor were these corrodians clerks ; for the most part they comprised king 's messengers , serjeants , ushers , cooks , laundresses , keepers of hounds , and the sick and injured . |
| 7 | When they arrived at Auckland Alexander asked them for the silver and his Presence was such that they did not dare to tell him that they had no silver , so Joan said that it was ‘ in the bank ’ . |
| 8 | Your father and his helper are both wearing white aprons |
| 9 | They landed well over the ditch and as Artemis gathered him up , she looked ahead and saw that hounds , her father and his huntsmen were all swinging right and heading towards a line of big hedges in the Vale . |
| 10 | She thought her brother and his friends were more than likely smoking marijuana , a substance with which her brother had lately become enamoured . |
| 11 | This is intended to penalise fighting in that " a person is guilty of affray if he uses or threatens violence towards another and his conduct is such as would cause a person of reasonable firmness present at the scene to fear for his personal safety . " |
| 12 | ‘ ( 1 ) A person is guilty of affray if he uses or threatens unlawful violence towards another and his conduct is such as would cause a person of reasonable firmness present at the scene to fear for his personal safety . ’ |
| 13 | Cut leg cos he 'd kicked a car and his leg was all bleeding so he had |
| 14 | His methods and his diligence were such that in less than six months he had completed the work which had been expected to take 2 to 3 years . |
| 15 | A muscle suddenly jerked in his jaw , and his tone was all at once arctic . |
| 16 | ‘ That philosopher , ’ said Scarlet , who seemed to have forgotten about going home , ‘ the one I was telling you about , he used to go galloping after women all over the place when his hair and his teeth were all falling out , and he used to write about the terrific compassion he felt for the human race , and his breath was foul . |
| 17 | ‘ His eyes were all pussy , he had the runs and his fur was all matted up . ’ |
| 18 | But his mind was quick , and his memories were all intact ; and the longing never really went away , that awful persistent longing that could find outlet only in frustration and anger , and a wish to do bad things ; to hurt and to insult like he did now while he waited for David to concede defeat and agree to take him to the auction after all . |
| 19 | Part of her , that stubborn , spirited side , the side that had got her into this mess in the first place , would n't let her give up , back out and admit that Luke Denner and his sexuality were more than she could handle . |
| 20 | John and his team are more than familiar with it but it is important , so please bear with me while I spell it out . ’ |
| 21 | It was Christmas Eve , therefore Santa Claus and his helpers were all very busy . |
| 22 | He and his colleagues were all aware , however , that the context in which the review would take place was one of potential teacher redundancy . |
| 23 | Careful examination of Jones ' experiment showed that it had less in common with that of Fleischmann and Pons than the media advertised : Jones measured no heat and his neutrons were more than a billionfold too few to explain the amounts of heat that the chemists were claiming . |
| 24 | He seemed to have lost weight , and his face was all white and drawn , and his hair , which he normally keeps quite neat , was getting straggly . |
| 25 | The Knight of Mandatio was a cloaked Inquisitor brandishing a power sword and his face was that of … |
| 26 | The fate , of course , of Leslie and his men was another matter . |
| 27 | Gregory himself did not doubt the efficacy of the saint , but clearly Leudast and his supporters were less than impressed by the bishop 's special relationship with his supernatural patron . |
| 28 | ‘ Myth is alive at once and in all its parts , and dies before it can be dissected ’ , declared Tolkien , and his statement is more than usually true of The Lord of the Rings , as I have said on p. 100 above . |
| 29 | And he ca n't get the note out of his pocket and his trousers are all stuck to his bum , and he ca n't get them out and he 's digging it looks like he 's digging out his pants he 's going he pulls it out and takes the envelope off nearly and the waves are coming at him and he goes to read it and the wind blows it away . |
| 30 | This was the first time Minton had sat at the wheel throughout the entire journey and his ineptitude was such that , after repeated jolts and much stalling , Norman saw they would get nowhere unless he took over . |