Example sentences of "his [noun] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had left the money with his sister but had been caught after she had handed it into the police . |
| 2 | She watched Mr Evans turn in his chair and look up at his sister and felt her chest tighten . |
| 3 | Ignoring Ellie , he walked across to his sister and twitched the note out of her hand . |
| 4 | But you listen to Richard and you listen to his sister and hear the difference and they 're both from the same place . |
| 5 | Giving him a doubtful look and a lame smile , she turned back to his sister and asked , ‘ When are you getting married ? ’ |
| 6 | Tom released his sister and coaxed her back inside . |
| 7 | ‘ No , it 's too pale , ’ said Tom , coming up behind his sister and studying her canvas . |
| 8 | The Chancellor of the Exchequer was given a two-minute standing ovation after he delivered an uncompromising defence of his policies and declared : ‘ It is clear that the economy is already responding to the measures we have taken , and I have no doubt whatever that it will come right in good time . |
| 9 | As his experiences clearly influence his policies and following his recent interview in The Sun , can the Prime Minister now tell the House exactly when he was unemployed ? |
| 10 | They make up his hope and give him his strength . |
| 11 | An unemployed engineer in Coventry , who joined the Labour Party after being made redundant , walks to all his meetings and reckons he wears out his shoes three times faster than when he was working . |
| 12 | When they work cannons can shatter the most determined enemy , pouring shot into his massed formations , levelling his cities and toppling huge monsters . |
| 13 | Like Tanya , he has no bad feelings towards his employers and says his redundancy was handled well . |
| 14 | Then , balanced on the fingers of his left hand , he put his right into the pocket of his labcoat and brought out a packet of sweets . |
| 15 | He looked up and down the road , saw nothing , climbed into his truck and drove off . |
| 16 | Jim Almonds leaped off his truck and set up a bren , but Lewes stayed where he was . |
| 17 | Killion steepened his dive and began picking his targets . |
| 18 | Everything conspires to whisk you back into the past , including the statue of a fierce bearded mercenary leaning on his shield and grasping his pike firmly as though challenging you to try to take it from him . |
| 19 | When at last he dared to creep from his hiding-place and move on tip-toe up the dark stairs , he had counted to 372 and managed to convince himself that any fate was preferable to having an accident down there amongst the coats . |
| 20 | There are some 80 examples on show by nearly as many artists which reflect the development of the medium from the early Twenties to the zenith of Pop Art in the Sixties ; from the rather mundane Swans of Leopold Krumel to Roy Lichtenstein 's Sweet Dreams , Baby , which characterises his creativity and remains to this day an image in his art that bridges the gap between the commercial and the fine . |
| 21 | It was n't the uncertain nature of his livelihood that worried him , nor the police visits , although he had twice been invited to accompany the officers to the station . |
| 22 | The great vision of a world at peace — a world where a man could find his level and raise his family without need or care . |
| 23 | And once Hatchard , the CID man who 'd come round to Dwyer Street on the night in question , had done his bit and told the Coroner twice that he did n't suspect foul play , then most people seemed satisfied and I could get back to enjoying my hangover . |
| 24 | Then there was no time for further thought , as Buttons , excited by the baying of the hounds and the sound of Lord Deverill 's hunting horn on which he was blowing a thrilling series of quick notes , took hold of his bit and flew . |
| 25 | Yet they work somehow , because her is a man who had the courage to state it as it is , with such conviction and such power and optimism that somehow you get caught up in his enthusiasm and believe with him , if only for those three chords . |
| 26 | By this time , however , the military crisis was over , and Henry abruptly demanded that Anselm should either comply with his wishes or leave the country . |
| 27 | Why could n't he simply accept that she was not about to defer to his wishes and go ? |
| 28 | It had puzzled me originally , but after a quick word with Glyn as you came into the offices I now see he wants to pressurise you into following his wishes and signing the house over . ’ |
| 29 | This philosophy , which became known as the ‘ Carter doctrine ’ , persisted into the presidency of his successor and became part of the conditioning material at play in later Washington reflexes . |
| 30 | He recommended Richard Coppin [ q.v. ] as his successor and emigrated to Barbados in about 1655 , where he may later have been investigated for organizing conventicles . |