Example sentences of "on his [noun sg] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | Davis did n't think much of the ‘ kitchen sink ’ films , and asserted that a realistic minimum budget for a first feature was in the order of £250,000 as a way to justify his blocking their exhibition on his company 's circuit . |
| 2 | Mr Stuart Greenwood , finance director of the kitchen furniture maker Spring Ram , said that Labour 's proposed increase of capital allowances from 25 per cent to 40 per cent would make no impact on his company 's investment plans . |
| 3 | Her father would groan sleepily as she hurried her kiss to him through the smell of cigars on his night 's breath . |
| 4 | She saw his furious glance go to her hand on his cousin 's sleeve , and swiftly she dropped her hand to her side . |
| 5 | But if the airspace is excluded from the demise , the tenant 's adviser should ensure that the tenant obtains a right to enter the airspace for the purpose of performing his covenants. ( g ) Fences In the case of wooden fences it is likely to be inferred that in the absence of freeboard the owner of land will use his land to the fullest extent ; and the fence will be deemed to belong to the person on whose side the rails and posts are placed , the palings being placed on his neighbour 's side ( Halsbury 's Laws of England , 4th edn , vol 4 , para 849 ) . |
| 6 | Later on , when Lewis and his wife and the baby went to stay at Wyvis Hall , Hilbert 's only comment on his great-nephew 's name was : |
| 7 | POT-SMOKING barrister Christopher Wren was convicted yesterday of a sex attack on his daughter 's nanny . |
| 8 | Frenchman Thierry Roussel , Christina 's fourth and last husband , was accused of trying to lay his hands on his daughter 's entire fortune . |
| 9 | In two cases the housewife 's father is a regular visitor in the day time , and in one case the father regularly combines a social visit with a trip to the launderette to dry clothes on his daughter 's behalf . |
| 10 | Now he did look at Alice , and was able to sustain the look , though it was evident it was a strain , keeping his eyes on his daughter 's eyes ; he simply did not understand what he was seeing . |
| 11 | Patrick Kelly sat on his daughter 's bed . |
| 12 | Dan dropped Joanie and Lizzy off at a respectable-looking semi-detached house and after a quick kiss on his daughter 's cheek drove away , pleased with the way he had handled everything . |
| 13 | She took his mind off Mandy , and that was strange considering she was on his daughter 's case . |
| 14 | Christina stood back , feeling isolated and excluded , as Stephen planted a kiss on his daughter 's forehead . |
| 15 | His gaze was fastened on his daughter 's last careful steps down the stairs , as if he could barely restrain himself from running forward to hold out a hand to her . |
| 16 | Charles felt sure that Daddy could pull the odd string on his daughter 's behalf Sir Lionel Newman put a great deal of money into film production . |
| 17 | TV 's evergreen[heart-throb VINTAGE romeo Ian McShane was lost for words on his daughter 's wedding day . |
| 18 | They were spotted by a five-year-old playing around with the freeze-frame on his parent 's video . |
| 19 | And , of course , time spent in Paris meant that he could buy a new wardrobe , visit his mother and put flowers on his uncle 's grave . |
| 20 | Finally , on his uncle 's death , the nephew inherited some of his property and might even claim his widow ! |
| 21 | It was also on his uncle 's recommendation that Sherland was appointed recorder of Northampton on 23 June 1623 . |
| 22 | Rohan shrugged , his eyes fixed watchfully on his uncle 's face . |
| 23 | If he leaves all to his wife on his death there may only be duty on the £1M non-qualifying assets on his widow 's death . |
| 24 | But recently bulbs have been thrown on a compost heap and wooden crosses made by his young grandchildren have been dumped on his widow 's doorstep . |
| 25 | The Harris 's hawk was brought out and took up his position on his master 's fist , coldly surveying the land . |
| 26 | A well-loved monument to the devotion of a little terrier who kept vigil on his master 's grave for many years . |
| 27 | Dennis was saying with the petulance of an apprentice relying on his master 's authority , ‘ The sergeant says , could they have the report by half-eleven . |
| 28 | One has some sympathy for the loyal , compliant Mr Prince in these days before the Goulds ' departure for Australia ; even more so than when prince was left behind with all the doubts and pressures of having to act on his master 's behalf . |
| 29 | His jokeless act consists of long , arcanely-enunciated , pause-dotted ruminations on his mom 's new boyfriend ( ‘ … some guy that sits around my mom 's pool and sponges off her . |
| 30 | ‘ But put it on his wife 's plate later without anyone noticing , ’ said Henry . |