Example sentences of "['s] [noun] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the officer is satisfied with the suspect 's response he need not proceed with the search . |
| 2 | Upon his death Charles 's eldest son assumed responsibility , and anxious evidently to enlarge the sphere of the firm 's activities he took an " option " or " take-note " from the Honourable John Pennington Bart. , Lord Muncaster , which issued liberty to " … search for and get lead and Copper Ores & any other ores within the Manor of Little Langdale & Tilberthwaite ( save and except in certain parcel of Ground under a lease to Wilson & which Ground & Premises are to be reserved for the sole use & purpose of the said Wilson … |
| 3 | At Wickham 's prompting he painstakingly recalled everything that had happened in the pub that evening up to the time he missed the knife , and recited a list of names of customers who had been there . |
| 4 | D. A. A friend of mine was posted to a beat in Allerton and one summer 's afternoon he saw a young lad — about fifteen years of age — getting into a car . |
| 5 | He so detested the word ‘ Enterprise ’ , with its ring of commerce , that at Poindexter 's trial he scolded the prosecutor every time he used it . |
| 6 | The advantage to the male , then , is that by pecking at the female 's cloaca he probably enhances his chances of fathering some of the clutch . |
| 7 | The Sergeant was a meaty slab of a man , of fifty years ' service , ruddy-faced as though surfeited with a Marine 's haemoglobin-plus blood ; and through one Lyman 's earlobe he wore an alien foetus pendant . |
| 8 | He seems to have taught for a while , but already politics called him , and with his father 's support he took ship for France . |
| 9 | The racial card has been used to effect in previous New York elections , but in Mr Giuliani 's case he is being criticised as an opportunist for his attacks on the city 's first black Democratic nominee . |
| 10 | In Nick Cole 's case he 's going to Miami , Milan and anywhere else the good work is . |
| 11 | Chapman 's handling of players was based on a calculated appraisal of each man 's temperament , and in Hulme 's case he obviously considered that a sharp rebuff and a spell in the third team would boost his determination to improve his game . |
| 12 | It can be seen that the raw material of creativity has a diverse background of information ; in Coleridge 's case he was an avid reader of all the explorations that were the rage at that time . |
| 13 | In Peter 's case he has put down a marker for next year , when he will still be young enough to try . |
| 14 | But in Fiona 's case he stressed : ‘ Our understanding is that any relationship that might have taken place did not com-mence until he was not a client of the service . |
| 15 | Erm Eric in , in Manchester from where he comes is extremely well known obviously within the G M B but his record he 's one of the individuals in the trade union movement that I think are becoming somewhat of a rarity these days I know that many of us when we first started in the movement were very easily able , and , and very relaxed about combining trade union and political activities together but of course as time goes on and , you do tend to become more involved in the one and the other , because of course it 's all time-consuming but I can honestly say that in Eric 's case he 's never deviated one iota from his commitment both to the trade union , this union in particular , and to the Party never deviated at all . |
| 16 | After hearing of Mr Hindmarch 's case he had contacted the firm , which agreed to send on the units . |
| 17 | Blote himself made use of the BKR scheme for twenty-five years ; during the last phase of the scheme 's existence he sold works to the value of DFl.150,000 to the government , most of which he kept at home . |
| 18 | Unfortunately the conscientious student who reads the official reports will find no mention either of the Hotspur or of the Félicité and may naturally experience doubts as to whether there ever was a Captain Hornblower , but if he once accepts Hornblower 's existence he may at least agree that Hornblower 's action in this case displayed remarkable self-denial as well as the clarity of vision worthy of a hero of fiction . |
| 19 | ‘ I am convinced that if the people of Cheltenham had been blind and not seen the colour of John Taylor 's skin he would have been elected , ’ said Mr Nick Leach , secretary of a Cheltenham Tory ward . |
| 20 | Henreid had made a film in Austria five years earlier on the same subject , and in Basil Bartlett 's play he brought considerable urbanity to the role of Prince Louis of Battenberg , opposite Leo Genn 's Prince of Wales . |
| 21 | The trap had been beautifully set , and he 'd only avoided it because thanks to Bartocci 's machinations he 'd already fallen into another one . |
| 22 | Will he explain why he wrote to UKIAS on 7 October threatening that unless it accepted the Government 's proposals he would withdraw its funding or curtail it completely ? |
| 23 | Reveille stirred him at first light , and after one last look at Tommy 's grave he returned to his platoon , to be informed that the Commanding Officer would be addressing the troops at zero nine hundred hours . |
| 24 | Lewyn was a distinguished master in a noble and functional style , but in the geometrical vault of the Durham prior 's kitchen he showed an outstanding aesthetic awareness . |
| 25 | In Emily Carew 's presence he was kind and polite and remarkably subdued , listening with infinite patience when she lapsed into wistful nostalgia as she recalled the days when Carewscourt was the centre of social activity in this part of Mayo . |
| 26 | After a moment 's hesitation he picked up the receiver . |
| 27 | He sold Grove Chance , then in foal for the first time , to his neighbour Percy Thomas , but when she died shortly after giving birth to Norton 's Coin he bought back the foal . |
| 28 | For this month 's Esquire he has interviewed former South African hit man Dirk Coetzee ( page 82 ) . |
| 29 | He said Mr Lamont declared in last year 's Budget he had ‘ no need , no proposals and no plans either to raise or to extend the scope of VAT ’ . |
| 30 | ‘ If that gal gets to the keeper 's cottage he 'll phone the police an' we 'll be for it . ’ |