Example sentences of "that [pers pn] [verb] his " in BNC.

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1 What happens when ‘ he ’ moves in and I ca n't work at all hours , ca n't eat when I like , ca n't take a bath any time I like , when he insists that I visit his relatives ?
2 he suggested , in short , that I vacate his premises
3 ‘ Will you write Charles Napier that I made his man Moncrieff a lieutenant , ’ Keith wrote , ‘ and I am now obliged to invalid him to prevent his being dismissed by a court martial .
4 A guy who used to take me to watch Oxford , but apart from that I respected his football knowledge , used to say he was Leeds weak link , but I do n't remember too many details .
5 ‘ I always tried to make Mojo more organised , ’ she says , ‘ but all that ended up happening was that I kept his diary and sent letters off for him .
6 That I break his miserable china duck .
7 It was not until a few years later that I think his talent really started to manifest itself because you could n't quite think where it was going .
8 That I liked his music — and that I did n't like Miguel Rafaelo as much as he did . ’
9 I do n't actually say that I view his piano playing as if he 's a miniature mixture of Oscar Peterson , Oscar Borge , Chico Marx , Russ Conway and Les Dawson , because I 've only just thought of that .
10 I told the Minister that I found his allegations incredible .
11 So much so that I bought his only copy of it , and earned his cordial loathing .
12 I admit that I find his attention flattering .
13 I was so affected by his discovery that I pursued his future career with the Museum Service and later visited him in his cardboard box .
14 One claims that I have his thighs and legs , another that I have his torso .
15 One claims that I have his thighs and legs , another that I have his torso .
16 I should like to say that I recognized his genius .
17 She had the cheek to say that she felt his wife would n't like it .
18 When the Rector gravely offered Alexandra his arm to take her in to dinner , Robert 's face fell so utterly that she took his arm as well , and moved lopsidedly from the room between her ill-assorted escorts to the unspeakable anguish of the baby .
19 When he turned to look at her , the firelight cast shadows across his body , so that she saw his arms not as arms , but as wings … and they will enfold me so strongly and so sweetly that I shall never want to be free …
20 He leaned down so that she saw his whole face was alight with a slightly satirical amusement .
21 For a moment she thought that she saw his silhouette against the window , but she could n't be certain .
22 She was so pleased to hear him laugh that she ignored his words and sat on the floor at his feet .
23 Still , it was good that she sought his advice .
24 I hoped he was reminding her that she had his bucket on her back and he did n't want it covering with dents .
25 And now it seemed that she had his understanding — and his love .
26 Arty would see that she got his letter before she left for Seapark .
27 She wondered why John had not been more open with her but now she felt that she understood his situation better and they spent a blissful week together before he left .
28 Obviously he had n't liked it , because it showed that she understood his motives only too well .
29 And if , like us , you 've never heard of her , we should tell you that she plays his 14-year-old daughter in a romantic piece of ooh-la-la entitled My Father The Hero .
30 Not that she believed his mother was a tramp , but whatever had happened all those years ago it had obviously involved her grandfather — why else would he give her money when the child so obviously could n't have been his ?
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