Example sentences of "his [noun pl] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He gave the union leaders the opportunity to tell him in a forthright manner where they thought he was going wrong with his policies and he in turn did some pretty plain talking about what he saw as their shortcomings . |
| 2 | That is yet another case of the hon. Gentleman not being able to make up his mind about his policies and he must therefore reserve the right to do precisely what is Government policy . |
| 3 | Time had a different significance for him and most of his contemporaries than it has for us . |
| 4 | In his responsiveness to temporal processes he differed from many of his contemporaries and we can look upon him as the forerunner in literature of those , like Spenser and Shakespeare in the late sixteenth century , who were greatly concerned with the irreversible effects of time on the human mind and Spirit . |
| 5 | They certainly express viewpoints which find echoes among his contemporaries and they are not out of key with what we know of his character and of his piety , which was manifested in his crusading enthusiasm , the expulsion of the Jews , the Eleanor crosses , the foundation of Vale Royal abbey and his almsgiving . |
| 6 | ‘ I ignored his calls and they finally stopped . ’ |
| 7 | er we both met him to try and make a plea to him to try and change his views and it 's fair to say that he does n't know or did n't know what was going on in his own backyard and John Patten I feel is the same as is the rest of the M P's in the Oxfordshire area . |
| 8 | The tour of the castle over , Oyston seated his NoS guests in the draughty baronial hall and explained his views as they sipped some of his own-label champagne . |
| 9 | He was accustomed to it from his schooldays since his was n't a memory system that made a good impression on harassed teachers or impatient examiners , especially as it did n't work at all with books . |
| 10 | Vologsky adjusted himself in his flight couch , flexing his fingers before he gripped the control yoke again and prepared to switch the aircraft back to manual control . |
| 11 | He went back to counting objections off on his fingers before she could reply . |
| 12 | He had a habit of spitting into his hands and licking moisture on to his fingers while he worked . |
| 13 | His trouser was torn , and there was blood on his fingers when he rubbed the wound , and he wiped it away on his handkerchief . |
| 14 | AROUND GOLF by Trevor Peake HESWALL 'S Dave Cottrell let the prestigious Tillman Trophy slip through his fingers when he shot an 82 in the final round of the 72 hole open scratch event at Royal Liverpool last weekend . |
| 15 | He grabbed greedily at her full breasts with both hands , squeezing them fiercely , but their plump oiliness just slipped through his fingers until she was free . |
| 16 | The cigarette had burned away between his fingers and he dropped it hastily into a cup on the tray beside him . |
| 17 | The coffee cup lurched in his fingers and he felt two scalding drops on his hand . |
| 18 | The thin material parted under his fingers and he pushed his hand beneath it to find his palm brushing her naked breast . |
| 19 | A window fell on his fingers and he fell to the ground . |
| 20 | I said I he goes like this , and he clicks his fingers and he goes erm I keep remembering holographs ho holograms are n't real , ha ha ! |
| 21 | There must have been some magic in his fingers because they made her head tingle . |
| 22 | With one , one man said I used to put , in the cold mornings I used to put my other hand at the bottom to see if I could get heat , but he could n't touch his fingers because they were so tender . |
| 23 | It glistened in his fingers as he bent to study it . |
| 24 | He let the bat dangle from his fingers as he searched the horizon for the ball , like a fighter pilot seeking out his enemy above the clouds . |
| 25 | He twirled the rose between his fingers as he looked around . |
| 26 | Barely able to control her shivering delight and excitement as his lips and tongue rhythmically stroked her swollen nipples , while his hands sensuously caressed her body , she shuddered violently as she felt the warmth of his skin against her own soft flesh , the gentle pressure of his fingers as he stroked her thighs . |
| 27 | All the time she was conscious of his eyes on her lips , her teeth , the way her mouth closed over the small cake , touching the tips of his fingers as it did so . |
| 28 | He reached out casually as she turned to go , and caught her hand in his , letting it slip very gradually away from his fingers as she moved back . |
| 29 | He must hide from his enemies while he was weak . |
| 30 | Such an accusation is hardly likely to have been invented by his enemies if he had not performed miracles . |