Example sentences of "[prep] his [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | A MURDER victim 's brother showed a court yesterday how his alleged attacker , who is disabled , could get around with out his wheelchair . |
2 | Ok , Time found hidden in a hard day , dry earth becomes a dance floor , audience of three fowl , the fourth along with a reaper turns it back , wooden shoes meant for mud , rug on dancing feet Erm the next one is the still life on , on with three puppies , while I was looking at Gaugin 's work I could n't help but notice he 's constantly struck by the fact that he use set of three symbols through out his work it seems , and very , very often three caricatures erm or lines of three or three objects and I found this very interesting , more point of view that something that I , I wanted to incorporate in my own work , but I wanted to find a line or a phrase to use in the same way , erm , all of my work starts as one or a series of visual images and , and I then turn them into characters , repeating a word or repeating a line would be a way of erm emphasising characterise erm and the puppies that are in this painting erm , they delighted my children so much , I do n't know if any of you know , do you know the painting of the three puppies |
3 | But he 's a good son tae his mither . |
4 | As he drew nearer his relief gave way to apprehension . |
5 | Frana is ranked 87 in the world and Wilkinson , who also won two matches at the Stella Artois championships at Queen 's Club last week , will continue to move nearer his goal of reaching the top 100 . |
6 | Another prisoner wrote to me recently , and I am now seeking to get him transferred to a prison nearer his home in Liverpool . |
7 | The tip of steel began to inch nearer his throat . |
8 | As London got nearer his confidence trickled back . |
9 | Molby , 30 , can move nearer his ambition of an international recall by impressing Denmark manager Richard Moeller Nielsen during Liverpool 's televised Anfield clash with Blackburn Rovers . |
10 | Molby , 30 , can move nearer his ambition of an international recall by impressing Denmark manager Richard Moeller Nielsen during Liverpool 's televised Anfield clash with Blackburn Rovers . |
11 | She tried hooking her fingers round the door and pulling , but he only laughed and grabbing her , dragged her to him , kissing the part nearest his face , which happened to be the base of her neck . |
12 | On the right , nearest his father , Hubert , best-suited school-leaver with a downy boy 's face and sharp cheek-bones . |
13 | The young lord thought this was sensible advice ; he allowed the fox to come home with him , running along-side his hound . |
14 | To make a living he had to sell things over the counter-like his brother . ’ |
15 | A few weeks after his escape from a film disaster , Dustin came shatteringly close to a disaster of a more fatal kind . |
16 | A radical all his life and a follower of Charles James Fox , he had spoken out strongly in the House of Commons against the declaration of war on Napoleon after his escape from Elba . |
17 | Forty or so years after his escape he was engaged as a consultant on the film A Night to Remember , made at Pinewood . |
18 | Edward , the heir to the throne , used the Geneville castle at Ludlow in the days after his escape from custody in 1265 . |
19 | The story begins in 1914 when Lt Harry Colebourn of the Canadian Veterinary Corps arrived in England with a small black bear which he named Winnie after his home town . |
20 | His hands were thrust deep in his pockets , his shoulders slightly hunched in the breeze , a man looking after his home . |
21 | Miss Miller was answering a plea for advice by Steve Reese , 28 , who moved to Bristol after his home in Newcastle upon Tyne was repossessed — and then saw his photographic business collapse as interest rates ‘ went daft ’ . |
22 | In an effort to restore his political standing , Collor submitted to congress two bills to fight official corruption and took visible steps to disband his unofficial inner cabinet of friends and advisers — popularly known as the " Republic of Alagoas " after his home state — who were accused of influence peddling [ see p. 38388 for resignation of Collor 's wife as head of welfare agency ] . |
23 | He 'd never run as a youngster ; cycling was his sport , then a bit of motorcycling after his service in the RAF . |
24 | He did not die until 1951 , five years after his namesake and distant kinsman , our John Cranko , arrived in England . |
25 | The head waiter , enchanted to see Ricky after three years ' absence , kissed him on both cheeks , enquired after his elbow , and found him a quiet corner . |
26 | After his exploits the Northerns side adopted the nickname . |
27 | The subject is the saint after his martyr 's death , the result of being flayed alive , with his skin over his shoulder like a cloak ; go around behind the statue to see the face , with hair , beard and eye holes . |
28 | After his inspection , he tried to think of something positive to say . |
29 | When he travelled back to Lystra , Iconium and Antioch after his church planting journey , he was concerned to strengthen the disciples by appointing elders in each church ( Acts 14:23 ) . |
30 | He must have left Parfois no more than two days after his raid across Severn . |