Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had left the money with his sister but had been caught after she had handed it into the police . |
| 2 | She watched Mr Evans turn in his chair and look up at his sister and felt her chest tighten . |
| 3 | Ignoring Ellie , he walked across to his sister and twitched the note out of her hand . |
| 4 | But you listen to Richard and you listen to his sister and hear the difference and they 're both from the same place . |
| 5 | Giving him a doubtful look and a lame smile , she turned back to his sister and asked , ‘ When are you getting married ? ’ |
| 6 | Tom released his sister and coaxed her back inside . |
| 7 | ‘ No , it 's too pale , ’ said Tom , coming up behind his sister and studying her canvas . |
| 8 | They make up his hope and give him his strength . |
| 9 | Then , balanced on the fingers of his left hand , he put his right into the pocket of his labcoat and brought out a packet of sweets . |
| 10 | He looked up and down the road , saw nothing , climbed into his truck and drove off . |
| 11 | Jim Almonds leaped off his truck and set up a bren , but Lewes stayed where he was . |
| 12 | Killion steepened his dive and began picking his targets . |
| 13 | Everything conspires to whisk you back into the past , including the statue of a fierce bearded mercenary leaning on his shield and grasping his pike firmly as though challenging you to try to take it from him . |
| 14 | When at last he dared to creep from his hiding-place and move on tip-toe up the dark stairs , he had counted to 372 and managed to convince himself that any fate was preferable to having an accident down there amongst the coats . |
| 15 | There are some 80 examples on show by nearly as many artists which reflect the development of the medium from the early Twenties to the zenith of Pop Art in the Sixties ; from the rather mundane Swans of Leopold Krumel to Roy Lichtenstein 's Sweet Dreams , Baby , which characterises his creativity and remains to this day an image in his art that bridges the gap between the commercial and the fine . |
| 16 | It was n't the uncertain nature of his livelihood that worried him , nor the police visits , although he had twice been invited to accompany the officers to the station . |
| 17 | The great vision of a world at peace — a world where a man could find his level and raise his family without need or care . |
| 18 | And once Hatchard , the CID man who 'd come round to Dwyer Street on the night in question , had done his bit and told the Coroner twice that he did n't suspect foul play , then most people seemed satisfied and I could get back to enjoying my hangover . |
| 19 | Then there was no time for further thought , as Buttons , excited by the baying of the hounds and the sound of Lord Deverill 's hunting horn on which he was blowing a thrilling series of quick notes , took hold of his bit and flew . |
| 20 | Yet they work somehow , because her is a man who had the courage to state it as it is , with such conviction and such power and optimism that somehow you get caught up in his enthusiasm and believe with him , if only for those three chords . |
| 21 | This philosophy , which became known as the ‘ Carter doctrine ’ , persisted into the presidency of his successor and became part of the conditioning material at play in later Washington reflexes . |
| 22 | He recommended Richard Coppin [ q.v. ] as his successor and emigrated to Barbados in about 1655 , where he may later have been investigated for organizing conventicles . |
| 23 | If a Prime Minister indicated that he wished to resign because he was ill , the Queen would indeed be acting in accordance with constitutional law if she were then and there to accept his resignation and appoint a successor after taking whatever soundings seemed appropriate . |
| 24 | What unseated the 45-year-old coach , who volunteered his resignation and left ‘ the best of friends with everyone ’ , was Salford 's worst start to a season for years . |
| 25 | The City aldermen accepted his resignation and appointed Samuel Barrett , a glover , in his place . |
| 26 | Mr Reed ‘ picked up a bit of consulting work ’ following his resignation and heard no more until his arrest five months later . |
| 27 | With several leading opposition figures clamouring for his resignation and calling for a national conference , President Mobutu Sese Seko on March 15 named a new Prime Minister , Mulumba Lukeji , replacing Lunda Bululu who had resigned the day before . |
| 28 | Sir Robert last night rejected calls for his resignation and explained that 50 of the recommendations made by Sir Anthony were already in hand or implemented at an estimated cost of £20 million . |
| 29 | He begins his account at the point where he is considering handing in his resignation and has invited his friends , the generals von Roon and von Moltke , to dine with him in order to discuss the situation . |
| 30 | 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 . |