Example sentences of "his [adj] [noun] that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To encourage speculators Chéron published a brochure , assuring his would-be customers that by collecting paintings of promising young artists and selling them ten or fifteen years later , they could realize an increase of five to ten times on the purchase price . |
| 2 | In April 1989 a United States drug enforcement agent gave his personal guarantee that in two years time the United Kingdom would have a serious crack problem . |
| 3 | This conjunction sparked off his remarkable theory that from Egypt , where they had originated , an oddly assorted ‘ culture-complex ’ including mummification , sun-worship and large stone monuments had spread round the world . |
| 4 | But it is an impressive tribute to the persuasive power of his challenging presentation that despite so many deficiencies his argument remains fresh and stimulating . |
| 5 | He played the game of Murder in the dark through the vast rooms of the bishop 's vast palace and told his nonconformist father that at last he found a reason why bishops should live in such large houses . |
| 6 | On the second point , Franco had been reliably informed by his senior generals that without an extensive programme of externally-provided rearmament , the Spanish Armed Forces would not be capable of fighting a war . |