Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | James Bond ran a similar gamut of attempts to bring his life to a halt . |
| 2 | Michael Foot had put together a series of policies to keep his party together . |
| 3 | It has been calculated that while Stapledon spent just under half his time before the 1320s in his diocese , once he became treasurer barely a tenth of his time was passed at Exeter ; he relied instead upon the machinery of deputies to maintain his authority and execute his wishes there . |
| 4 | He has taken to disrupting romantic trysts in the village by pouring glue into the hair of those girls who step out with soldiers ; his motive being to encourage the largest possible number of servicemen to attend his lectures , where he speaks of the mysteries of the countryside . |
| 5 | The second guy did n't even hit half that distance and the third took a couple of swings to send his ball skewing off at right angles . |
| 6 | And when the senses of sight and sound are combined , it is usually necessary for the sound engineer to go through all sorts of contortions to make his recordings without upsetting the picture-recording process . |
| 7 | Seventeen pages of notes support his hypothesis . |
| 8 | An anonymous letter from an opponent of the regime in Franconia , condemning the ‘ puppet show ’ of the Reichstag and claiming ninety per cent of Germans shared his own desire , that Hitler ‘ disappear from the face of the earth as fast as possible ’ , was an absurd exaggeration . |
| 9 | Having spent a couple of hours checking his rabbit snares around the low Severn grounds , the two fat rabbits now secure in his waist bag would indicate that this could be his lucky night It was now one thirty a.m . |
| 10 | A MAN had to run through a gauntlet of flames to save his life when his first floor flat turned into an inferno . |
| 11 | Our white 's qualities would certainly tend very much to preserve him to a good old age , and yet he would not suffice in any number of generations to turn his subjects ' descendants white … |
| 12 | And millions of listeners heard his admission on the ‘ True Confessions ’ spot on Simon Mayo 's Radio One breakfast show . |
| 13 | Goodlad 's ideas have received some outside encouragement : the Royal Society of Arts gave his course on communication of scientific ideas an Education for Capability award for providing an effective combination of academic reflection and the learning of practical skills in communication of ideas . |
| 14 | Dozens of journalists blocked his path , almost knocking him over at one stage , and firing non-stop questions at him . |
| 15 | Mr Scott is chief reporter on the weekly Southern Reporter , so there were plenty of opportunities to stage his one-man fashion display at prestigious events . |
| 16 | I hope he just needs a couple of goals to help his confidence — or maybe we should n't use him just as an ariel target man 'cos when he gets the ball on the deck he looks okay ( if a bit Chapmanesque ) . |
| 17 | From 1823 he produced a series of plates illustrating his discoveries , largely engraved from his own drawings , entitled The Durobrivae of Antoninus . |
| 18 | The German fired a couple of rounds to clear his guns . |
| 19 | Above : A Jaffna schoolboy shows a drawing he made of helicopters strafing his home town . |
| 20 | The complex , serpentine weaving of colours emphasised his impressive shoulders , and in faded old Levis and scuffed desert boots he looked so wonderful as he lounged on the sofa that she could have thrown herself in his arms there and then . |
| 21 | It was important for him to build up a body of allies to ensure his succession on his father 's death , but he overreached himself , was regarded as a rebel and was killed , after being defeated in battle by Chlothar . |
| 22 | LIBERALDemocrat candidate Ian Cameron asked the police to intervene after a number of boards promoting his campaign were removed from land in the outlying village of Elwick . |
| 23 | On these occasions the king deployed his usual armoury of writs to install his candidate and thwart the rival . |
| 24 | He uses a study of past periods of warming stretching back over several millions of years to confirm his view that more carbon dioxide to nourish plants , more warmth , more rainfall , more arable land as the frontiers of ice are pushed back will mean bigger harvests . |
| 25 | No one impressed more than the 21-year-old Hawick wing Tony Stanger whose hat-trick of tries boosted his tally to five in two internationals . |
| 26 | He relies on a team of illustrators to colour his drawings . |
| 27 | Roles works most of the time with one of his two Hasselblads , which he finds a good compromise between quality and portability ; these and a range of lenses comprise his field equipment . |
| 28 | It took a peculiar collection of qualities to catch his mental eye . |
| 29 | Only the thin leather belt in place of braces implied his life might be an active one . |
| 30 | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the progress of studies affecting his Department 's employment in south Dorset . |