Example sentences of "his [noun] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because the poison inside his sister hurt him more than her accusations ? |
| 2 | Officially he had recovered nicely from the shock of his experience , but his sister thought he needed more time : she was mothering him . |
| 3 | Then his sister told him gently that schools like his did n't have bells , a bell would lower the tone of the place and put off the parents of prospective pupils . |
| 4 | When he got back his sister told him . |
| 5 | Really all we 've got is what his sister told us when she came over . ’ |
| 6 | A single moment when she 'd reminded him of his sister meant nothing … |
| 7 | His sister clutched his arm . |
| 8 | Nothing was said about his next move , except that he could hardly expect his sister to take him in now , and that he was unwilling , under any circumstances , to move to Purley . |
| 9 | It 's a street his sister admits he knew , had a girlfriend there . |
| 10 | Simon 's own globe-trotting in Australia , Indonesia and Thailand may have spurred his sister to quit her job in a London pizza restaurant and follow in his footsteps . |
| 11 | His sister ate one , and was taken ill . |
| 12 | The Office tells us that he arranged for his sister to meet him in a nearby wood and to bring with her two of her over-dresses , one white and one grey , and his father 's rainhood . |
| 13 | Charlie started quietly to sing with the tape , and his sister joined him , both stretching for the top notes . |
| 14 | He tells everybody his sister gave it to him for Christmas and he does n't really want one , but what with the job and all his meetings it comes in handy . |
| 15 | His contemporaries remember him as ‘ Dear Randy ’ , the epitome of the slick student politician . |
| 16 | Even now his contemporaries raise their eyes and murmur ‘ Ssshh ’ because there are still alive those whose feelings might be hurt and the extent of it all is better buried under the marriages and the more undeniable liaisons . |
| 17 | His contemporaries reported him as a master of geological field-mapping techniques and his original maps of many parts of Scotland confirm his observational skills and his ability to locate himself in the wilderness with an accuracy that can not be improved upon with aerial photographs . |
| 18 | His contemporaries described him as being ‘ oak-hard ’ , and in his photographs the bullet-head , the upswept moustaches and rather piglike eves remind one more of a typical Prussian Feldwebel , with all its connotations of brutal , unimaginative single-mindedness . |
| 19 | Several of his contemporaries describe him as tender and gentle , modest , ‘ shy ’ even . |
| 20 | Nothing was said , but his Lieutenant knew he had been reprieved at the last minute . |
| 21 | His university refused him a not lofty post in the faculty of divinity . |
| 22 | Both he and his employers knew there was a risk of a stone falling on him and he had complained to them about this . |
| 23 | His employers offered him additional wages and a partial refund of the extra travelling expenses . |
| 24 | As before , whenever his acquirements enabled him to pay , he would be called upon to do so . |
| 25 | He plunged on the bomber and raked it from tail to nose ; then let his dive carry him under it and pulled up in time to plant a burst in its belly before climbing into a half-roll which brought the next plane almost within range . |
| 26 | As his dive steepened he felt the speed pick up again ; there was still life in the controls , somewhere . |
| 27 | Eventually a Cun bowed and indicated for his brethren to follow him ; the others snarled at the Galks and walked away . |
| 28 | His enthusiasm carried him to her . |
| 29 | His enthusiasm communicated itself to the voters who responded eagerly to his promise of a " New Deal " , and he polled 22 million votes to Hoover 's 15 million , carrying 42 out of 48 states . |
| 30 | The only sounds he registered were the faint rumblings of hangar doors and the occasional roar of powerful engines as his fellow-pilots tested their jets . |