Example sentences of "his [noun] [subord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the man who enters the House at a later age who does not expect to get and perhaps does not want office , there is no point in continual exertions to catch the limelight and this is the kind of member who is particularly prone to regard his function as supporting his leaders . |
| 2 | He had felt distress and pity for the sufferings he had seen about him , but they had not struck home to his heart as seeing McAllister brought so low had done . |
| 3 | Baxter expressed his views as follows : ‘ Justification is received by those who obey the law of the new covenant . |
| 4 | Maman always said she fell for Daddy when she saw how precise and gentle he was with his fingers while filling his pipe . |
| 5 | Perhaps because after an almost fatal spasm , Coleridge thought his marriage was now bearable — although on this eight-day storming and often precipitous walk around the mountains and lakes he was to write a passionate letter to the woman he desired as his mistress while perched on the highest mountain in England . |
| 6 | It was issued as Mr Hurd cited the council in his support when defending the repatriation to MPs . |
| 7 | ( In 1931 Mr. Norris earned a report in the Standard when he shot off his foot while rabbiting ) . |
| 8 | Worshippers used to avert their eyes from his statue when making a sacrifice to him , so deep was their respect for his fierce nature . |
| 9 | From the devil 's power , from planetary fate , Christ is redeemer , and his values as expressed in , for example the ‘ Beatitudes ’ ( Matt. 5 ) are a reversal of those current in society . |
| 10 | Berri announced his decision while addressing a rally to commemorate the 13th anniversary of the disappearance in Libya of Amal 's founder , Imam Moussa Sadr . |
| 11 | Initially the parties will rely on the notes made by solicitors and counsel when the trial judge gave the reasons for his decision when delivering judgment in open court . |
| 12 | Nordenfalk starts his preface as follows . |
| 13 | He wrote his plea as follows : if he had n't had a reply from her before noon on the last day of the week ( which meant return post ) he would trouble her no more . |
| 14 | Then when Dixons admitted that Mr Kalms had perhaps overstated his case when talking about the ‘ 86 bid , Kingfisher smugly declared that it was ‘ pleased to note ’ Dixons ' clarification . |
| 15 | I should have thought that , given the clear unfairness involved , that would strengthen his case when arguing for improvements in Europe . |
| 16 | Choices of ends , as of means , are debatable in terms of public tests ( of whether things are in fact as the agent imagines them , whether his reactions as observed in his behaviour are as he feels them to be ) , but can take account of public observations only to the extent that they are subjectively confirmed . |
| 17 | Imagine the scene if you please : Gillian on a bar-stool with satin skirt slashed to the hip , Stuart nonchalantly hefting his tie-knot while working out the current bodybuilder health of the yen on his wristwatch computer , a barman who knows without asking that Mr Hughes-Sir desires the 1918 late-landed Sercial in the special glass which concentrates the nose , Stuart sliding onto the next stool and casually emitting the subtle musk of his sexuality , Gillian begging a light , Stuart slipping the tortoise-shell Dunhill from the pocket of his unstructured Armani suit … |
| 18 | The young composer practises his scales while waiting for a big break . |
| 19 | The calls were ignored by Mulroney , and Wilson formally delivered his budget as planned on April 27 . |
| 20 | Ownership did not pass to Butterworth who by his letter had already indicated that he regarded his contract as repudiated . |
| 21 | In the memoirs he recollected his response as follows : Three solutions are conceivable . |
| 22 | Jackson was a class apart from his opponents when winning the 110 metres hurdles , while team captain Christie — who claims he is exhausted — still managed second place in the 200 metres . |
| 23 | The boy had held the fish between his teeth while trying to catch another . |
| 24 | He finally succumbed to his malady while convalescing in France , where he is buried in the English churchyard at Nice . |
| 25 | Tony Revell began experimenting with guitars at the age of fourteen , and five years later he landed a position working with Chris May and Andy Preston , refining his skills while turning out Overwater electrics . |
| 26 | The ex-convict discovered the need for his ministry while serving a seven-month jail term for leaking FBI documents that contained damaging information about Daniel Ellsberg , the man who leaked the Pentagon papers about the Vietnam war to the press . |
| 27 | He could see that whatever was agitating his friend had pushed him to the limit but he judged it better to let him get it off his chest than keep it bottled up . |
| 28 | He picked himself up , roaring with rage , and , before I could stop him , whipped out his dagger and gave Master Ferrebourg a nasty gash across his chest whilst lifting the purse from his belt . |
| 29 | Satan , however , will not recognise his defeat until forced to do so by the servants of Christ . |
| 30 | They are submissive but dignified , with that look of yearning that brings to mind Ehrenburg 's comment that Modigliani saw all his subjects as lost children : his own Jeanne , Zborowski , and perhaps most of all , although he would never admit it , he himself come into that category . |