Example sentences of "that [pers pn] [vb past] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ That I liked his music — and that I did n't like Miguel Rafaelo as much as he did . ’ |
| 5 | I told the Minister that I found his allegations incredible . |
| 6 | So much so that I bought his only copy of it , and earned his cordial loathing . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I should like to say that I recognized his genius . |
| 9 | She had the cheek to say that she felt his wife would n't like it . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 … |
| 12 | He leaned down so that she saw his whole face was alight with a slightly satirical amusement . |
| 13 | For a moment she thought that she saw his silhouette against the window , but she could n't be certain . |
| 14 | She was so pleased to hear him laugh that she ignored his words and sat on the floor at his feet . |
| 15 | Still , it was good that she sought his advice . |
| 16 | I hoped he was reminding her that she had his bucket on her back and he did n't want it covering with dents . |
| 17 | And now it seemed that she had his understanding — and his love . |
| 18 | Arty would see that she got his letter before she left for Seapark . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Obviously he had n't liked it , because it showed that she understood his motives only too well . |
| 21 | 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 ? |
| 22 | It was not until she noticed a bill on Todney 's desk , to be authorized by Stephen as complimentary , that she knew his half-brother had checked out of the hotel without so much as saying goodbye to her . |
| 23 | James Callaghan , who had replaced Wilson as prime minister , issued an official denial and Mrs. Margaret Thatcher , the leader of the opposition , put out a brief supporting statement that she shared his confidence in DI5 . |
| 24 | When at last he laid down his brush and palette and came across to help her up , she found that she resented his breaking the mood . |
| 25 | He was troubled by thoughts of innocence and the loss of it when he dealt with Philippa , and knew that she feared his seeming decay . |
| 26 | And he knew that she found his pacifism stupid . |
| 27 | And he must have known that she found his touch distasteful , yet did that stop him ? |
| 28 | Actively disliking him , she nevertheless realised that she found his company annoyingly … disturbing ? |
| 29 | ‘ Many scholars have suggested that she broke his heart by ending the relationship , ’ Hawkins says from his home in Blandford , Dorset . |
| 30 | She got an answering machine and was pretty certain that she recognized his voice from the times he 'd given a television reporter a few words at the scene of crime . |