Example sentences of "his [noun pl] [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | She saw his attempts to wish his own brand of authority on to the production as little more than temperamental interference , and , in turn , told him how he should play his scenes . |
| 2 | The QC also considered ‘ his attempts to put his life in order and adopt a more responsible and sincere approach to his affairs ’ . |
| 3 | Jones had been cast for the minor but useful role of leading a small diversionary force of ships to the north of England and Scotland , but his attempts to make his ships ready for sea involved him in constant arguments with the French authorities , and his reputation as a tyrannical captain made it hard to find a crew . |
| 4 | A passionate improver , his vast correspondence chronicles his attempts to develop his estates and to improve the lot of their inhabitants . |
| 5 | But there is no mention of the fact that Scheiner was put under pressure by his superiors to curb his anti-Aristotelian conjectures . |
| 6 | Very quickly , however , his superiors recognized his talent for understanding and winning the goodwill of Africans , as when he successfully resolved a dispute with the rulers of Old Calabar , upon which the settlement was largely dependent for foodstuffs . |
| 7 | Manville was dead long before the heavy iron chains fastened around his ankles dragged his body to the bottom of the Potomac River . |
| 8 | The disease visited on his sons prompted his wife , Fredegund , to burn the new tax registers . |
| 9 | But such was the genuine power of his personality that his persistent contention that these fasts were undertaken with the object of assisting his opponents to accept his point of view on its merits always received respectful attention , even as it became more and more evident , with the passage of time , that their success depended in actuality on the personal capital he had built up : he was too special , too revered , and eventually too important in the political consciousness of the Indian masses , to be allowed to die . |
| 10 | Even his opponents acknowledge his tenacity . |
| 11 | Just as the pilgrim who travels to the earthly Jerusalem leaves behind him all his possessions to enable his journey , so Hilton teaches that that which propels the inner journey is a balancing of the will and the mind in the simultaneous awareness that nothing is possible without God who must therefore be desired above all else . |
| 12 | When an attempt is made to set him up as a Saint , it is scarcely possible for any man of good sense who knows the history of his times to preserve his gravity . |
| 13 | As A J Lubin movingly observes , ‘ His pictures became his companions , his mistresses , and his children . ’ |
| 14 | Her hand snaked down his pyjamas to feel his hardness … |
| 15 | For Griffiths-Jones the lag was the time it took his words to leave his mouth and hit the pages of the newspapers . |
| 16 | A lump of turf from a careless hoof hit his hat with a thud ; he crouched lower , his knees taking his weight . |
| 17 | The problem was that Bismarck did not last and his successors lacked his statesmanship and sensitivity to master the huge country he had created . |
| 18 | Just how successful Reagan was as governor of California has , not surprisingly , been the subject of dispute , with his supporters exaggerating his achievements and his opponents giving him less than his due . |
| 19 | His supporters say his energy has enabled him to succeed to a large extent in holding the Palestinian movement together during a series of splits and crises . |
| 20 | Sharpe tapped his heels to start his horse moving again . |
| 21 | As they lifted him on to a stretcher and then on to the jeep the blanket slipped away from his shoulders revealing his red hair and a very white arm covered in freckles . |
| 22 | He has opened his legs to show his class . ’ |
| 23 | And after being surprisingly left out of the South African party that reached the World Cup semi-finals last March , Cook has much to prove and not too many years left in his legs to make his mark on the international game . |
| 24 | Again when Pharaoh makes Joseph vizier of Egypt he gives him special clothes , as does Joseph his brothers to mark his reconciliation with them . |
| 25 | The mention of suspension is of interest : that the cause of it — truancy — is not only a 20th century phenomenon is shown by the next paragraph of the Report : " The parent of George Highton who had been suspended on account of frequent absence attended by order of the Deputation and stated that he had 3 boys in the School and that the one complained of was so refractory as to be beyond his management and would not attend as he should , frequently persuading his Brothers to follow his example and having gone into service he wished him to be dismissed , which was done , and the parent was informed that if the other two were not more regular in their attendance they would also be discharged . " |
| 26 | " That was your idea , too , " Quiss said , not looking at her , but lowering his eyes to watch his finger moving over the table 's cut patterns . |
| 27 | He bit off whatever he was going to say and inhaled deeply , smoothing his face into a blank expression so that only the hot glitter in his eyes betrayed his anger . |
| 28 | He lay still until the pain had subsided again to a dull ache , then let his eyes examine his surroundings as far as was possible without moving his head . |
| 29 | But his eyes belied his words , and Folly felt a new happiness rise within her . |
| 30 | He was talking and smiling as though nothing in the world were different , yet the expression in his eyes belied his easy manner . |