Example sentences of "his [noun sg] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A place with corners that resemble the Third World ’ was his verdict this year on the city 's mixture of new private affluence and public squalor , its Mafia-like interest groups and its grotesque inefficiencies . |
| 2 | This was her diagnosis after she had pulled his foot this way and that , in a manner that brought Seb out in a sweat and had him groaning in anguish . |
| 3 | Out of Herodotus 's attempt to distinguish truth from myth arose our own codification of discursive types , but in his text this structure is still in a state of flux . |
| 4 | He repeated his worry this week about the changes to the unemployment and poverty registers and the apparent wish to change the basis of the retail price index . |
| 5 | If the Chancellor is to balance his budget this autumn it looks likely that VAT will be added in several areas which have been zero rated until now , and public transport may be one of them . |
| 6 | Presenting his budget this week , the finance minister , Wang Bingqian , used his favourite word for the third year running to describe the state of the public purse : ‘ grim ’ . |
| 7 | I wrote to Mr. Desmond Ingard as we arranged , and I met him and another member of his board this morning . |
| 8 | ‘ Do n't ever , ’ and Donald took another breath , through his mouth this time , as if he 'd only surfaced for a moment , ‘ do n't EVER eat my beans again . ’ |
| 9 | This proposal concerned the use of an AI Planning Aid to assist the major servicing of the aircraft and I believe more details of this will be given by Steve Docker in his talk this afternoon . |
| 10 | Ally McCoist 's fitness will determine who plays up front and yesterday Roxburgh said that the improvement in the player 's hamstring injury was such that he would now be ‘ disappointed ’ if the scorer of 41 goals for his club this season did not play on the ground that has yet to give up a goal to Scotland since they became tenants at Ibrox . |
| 11 | McBride was honoured at his club this week during their annual AGM , where former First XV prop Randal Bell was installed as President with Bill Walsh as his senior vice President , and Willie Henry as his junior vice President . |
| 12 | He had a calculator to help , but tried to keep his temper , his blood this side of boiling point and a little , at least , of social grace by listening at the same time to a Schubert piano sonata on a portable radio alongside . |
| 13 | Stephen had gone out first , scrambling up the shaft , putting all his weight this time on the rope and wondering what would happen , whether they would ever be found alive , if the rope came unfastened from the spur of rock to which they had tied it . |
| 14 | Simon Jay had his briefcase and cassette radio stolen from his car this morning . |
| 15 | And Smith , who has jumped much higher than his rival this summer , responded : ‘ They 'll be making a big mistake if they do n't pick me . ’ |
| 16 | Spencer failed to retain his card this year after his debut season on the Volvo European Tour which saw him finish in 178th position in the Order of Merit with winnings of just £7,700 . |
| 17 | However , on the morning of his funeral , two senior guests , reading their papers after breakfast , raised quizzical eyebrows : ‘ Well , the General will not be needing his loch this morning , ’ said the one to the other . |
| 18 | It was n't his fault this time , I mean , I 'm serious , it was , it was not his fault |
| 19 | I have a great respect for the floating voter and I am confident he will see which side his bread is buttered when he casts his vote this time . |
| 20 | But a reissue of his work this week has been less well received . |
| 21 | Last night I was in a furious rage because Edward asked me to go to his home this afternoon , and he would show me some flowers and nests he thought I would like to see . |
| 22 | When he left his home this morning he had not expected to be carrying Lestrade of the Yard and Sherlock Holmes , and was by no means certain he was ready for this responsibility . |
| 23 | Detectives say the murder of a Glasgow man outside his home this morning was a one-off killing . |
| 24 | One of the leading contenders , Mr Eduardo ‘ Danding ’ Conjuanco , added glamour to his campaign this week by persuading the former heart-throb actor Joseph Estrada to postpone his own presidential ambitions and become his running mate . |
| 25 | Suddenly the injustice of the whole situation , his expression , his attitude this morning , was the last straw . |
| 26 | Mr Brandreth said : ‘ Mr Hanley only arrived at his desk this week , but I have asked to see him as a matter of urgency because I want him to reconsider the whole question of the location of the Army 's pay and personnel centre . |
| 27 | He had taken a lot of trouble with his appearance this morning , Briant noticed , his heavy gray hair carefully slicked across his head , his knitted red tie carefully arranged against the collar of his pink shirt . |
| 28 | Beaten 18–14 from 14–8 up by Stephen Hendry in this year 's world final , White managed to hold onto his lead this time and take the £70,000 first prize . |
| 29 | His coup this time was to read a list , shortly before polling day , of Jews who had contributed to the campaign of his challenger , Mr Mel Reynolds . |
| 30 | THE East Lancashire Railway know exactly what present they want Santa to winch off the back of his low-loader this Christmas . |