Example sentences of "[noun pl] cover his " in BNC.
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| 1 | This can be one time when a young writer has to compromise on some immediate ambitions in order to progress on to the next stage of securing a record deal or having artists cover his or her songs . |
| 2 | Applying these principles to the facts of this case , the central allegations were that Savory Milln knew that £23m of the sub-underwriting was being arranged through Mr Ferriday , knew that he was personally responsible for £7.5m and that it did not believe he had sufficient funds to cover his obligations . |
| 3 | Terence Evans , 50 , who had spent 31 years in the Foreign Office , was sentenced at Southwark Crown Court after admitting falsifying accounts to cover his activities . |
| 4 | The bank asked a client of ours to give personal guarantees to cover his company 's borrowing requirements . |
| 5 | Thick glasses covered his short-sighted eyes . |
| 6 | The leader stood back and watched as two , perhaps three , Hunters covered his body in a gold paste . |
| 7 | On being asked what constituted such vulgarity , it was explained that it was because it had ‘ neither vest nor pants to cover his lower limbs ! ’ |
| 8 | Jerome crept to the foot of the steps , and there halted , baulked , rather , like a startled horse , drew hard breath and assayed to mount , and then suddenly threw up his arms to cover his face , fell on his knees with a lamentable , choking cry , and bowed himself against the stone of the steps . |
| 9 | The latter category could hardly include Dizzy Liston ; otherwise , why would he consent to selling off his toys to cover his expenses ? |
| 10 | Sally-Anne closed her eyes , opened them to see him lift his hands to cover his face , his head bent , shoulders bowed , his world in ruins about him . |
| 11 | His hands covered his face until he brought them into fists in front of him , in the way he often did , then he opened his arms along the length of me ; his palms warm , close , without touching , cruised first my shoulder , then the weight of my breast under my hair , my hip , my stomach . |
| 12 | Then he had dashed back inside and curled up in his seat with his hands covering his ears until she came to take him home . |
| 13 | Groaning , Tommy curled himself up into a ball , his hands covering his head . |
| 14 | Viscount Althorp said of reporters covering his engagement : ‘ They wanted to get back , bring me down , and make Victoria 's [ his wife 's ] life a misery . ’ |
| 15 | Today 's stickers cover his wins in Germany and that historic day Silverstone saluted its very own British champion . |
| 16 | He never got one back with a check-mark , but he kept copies in his office until , in October 1986 , he started to destroy documents to cover his tracks . |
| 17 | No socks covered his hairy legs , while on his feet he wore only sandals . |
| 18 | He wore leather gauntlets and goggles covered his eyes . |
| 19 | Curated by Joelle Pijaudier with Anne Nardin , the exhibition has been divided into six chronological sections , beginning with a display of the rare early work from 1915 , with a final section of texts and photographs covering his work in architecture , the decorative arts and theatre ( for example his sets for ‘ Le Train Bleu ’ , the ballet choreographed by Diaghilev for the Ballets Russes ) . |