Example sentences of "[noun] his [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have lost count of the number of times I have read quotes from manager Keith Fletcher saying that he was impressed at the speed his batsmen learned to play spin in India . |
| 2 | Invariably , he will hit the ball at the speed his shoulders are turning . |
| 3 | He avoided the bullying tactics his son was to employ ; yet the results of his modest pursuits were in their own way as remarkable as those of Philip Augustus ' domineering interventions . |
| 4 | Mr Zhao 's fate , and by association his legacy , have become a big bone of contention in the leadership . |
| 5 | David as a child peoples his neighbourhood with its scenes and characters , including Gamaliel Pickle , Peregrine 's father , Commodore Trunnion , and Tom Pipes ; its story is the first of those he recounts to Steerforth at Salem House , DC 4 , 7 . |
| 6 | Was Leonard aware , even at such a tender age , of the sense of grief his father had , not only in his life being shortened but with it his usefulness ? |
| 7 | I 'm not qualified to judge whether the grief his mother felt on the death of his elder brother had an adverse effect on Mr Barrie 's emotional development , nor do I care one way or the other . |
| 8 | and wild beyond er , that one boy who was and had n't been used to that sort of thing , for his father had kept a small cook stock his companion that unless he has another basin of gruel he was afraid he might , he might some night happen to eat , eat the boy he slept next to , who happened to be a weakly youth of tender eight and they , and they impeccably believed him . |
| 9 | As his arm dropped to his side his head also bowed , and with an audible intake of breath he muttered , ‘ In the name of God ! |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ How fantastic , ’ I thought , ‘ if I could separate these two characters and give my fun-loving side his freedom . |
| 12 | But also his very great skill and his dedication — the fact that he was a Jew does not undo his skill and dedication — earned Leo Szilard his luck . |
| 13 | He led them at a smart pace along the path where the railway had been and though they grumbled about the branches scratching their legs his sister and his brothers followed him . |
| 14 | When he told his assailant his name , he told him that he was a deceiver , a cheat , one who outwits others and extorts blessings from them . |
| 15 | And then that was a short stint that was , so that one horse , called Spring his name was , he was a smasher he was . |
| 16 | A period of rather dull winter training in Cyrenaica ensued , but by the spring his battery , now detached from the rest of the regiment ( which was in the rear , and which was later withdrawn to Egypt ) , was again in action . |
| 17 | A triple pile of plumes his crest adorned , |
| 18 | On his return from the song contest his father died , and David 's mother remembers how David rushed back in time to show his father the trophy he had won . |
| 19 | Joe Maitland his boss was very often out buying and selling and he rarely interfered with the running of the store . |
| 20 | Even Cockerton could not escape progress and in 1860 John Prior began building the street of houses that still bear his name . |
| 21 | The Crown must in any event pay to the defendant his costs of the appeal to the Board . |
| 22 | That was a novel , a novel in which Dostoievsky 's sole aim was to put before his readers his thoughts on the theme . |
| 23 | Richard ran his fingers over the expensive-looking business card his secretary had just handed to him : ‘ Simon Middleton — Financial Consultant ’ , it read . |
| 24 | I asked Dennis his view and I was taken aback . |
| 25 | But when Trevor tried to contact the pop star 's offices his appeals were in vain . |
| 26 | Within a few months George Dundas was himself commander of the Lutine , and on 2nd November transferred in this rank to the sloop Calpe , again newly commissioned , and with this record of command his career was firmly established and his subsequent rise rapid , for in this case Keith had made no mistake in patronising a friend . |
| 27 | But Isaac has no knowledge of the divine command his father has received . |
| 28 | It was arranged that Bill would do the initial flight in early February and that he would give Dick Hansen his ground schooling for the aircraft . |
| 29 | The King , however , had ordered that his son should stay at Woodstock and , of course , where the Prince of Wales was , Gaveston his shadow always followed . |
| 30 | To some temperaments his state of nature might seem exciting and full of challenge . |