Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] his [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Listen ! ’ said the young man named Lawrence suddenly , and checked to strain his ears for the small , recurrent sound that had reached him . |
| 2 | Even that great opponent of the industrial system of the nineteenth century Thomas Carlyle ( 1795–1881 ) failed to relate his criticisms to the Christian doctrine that he had abandoned as a young man . |
| 3 | The later crimes duplicate those committed by Dyer , who has wished to baptise his churches with the blood of young victims . |
| 4 | Professor Usher concludes his criticisms of the defence counsel 's actions with this damning comment : |
| 5 | He has met his brothers at the fair which accompanies the hiring but otherwise there has been no joy ; certainly nothing to bring to his wife , Emily , who has been driven up to the town and found refuge in the house of a local schoolmaster , Mr Stephens . |
| 6 | It is evident that he did live there in his later years as the Minutes of 1771 agree to provide his successor with lodgings in Chelsea , ‘ until such time as Mr. Miller has quit his apartments in the greenhouse ’ . |
| 7 | BEING dubbed ‘ The World 's Sexiest Man ’ created a lot of problems for Mel Gibson , who has turned his cheeks to the cameras in several films . |
| 8 | Although he has had his feet under the desk only since January , he has been preparing for the job since last summer by meeting researchers and officials , visiting institutes abroad and drawing up an initial draft of his plans . |
| 9 | ‘ I know he has had his moments in the past , but perhaps he has never been at a club big enough to cope with his particular character . |
| 10 | He has had his critics down the years — too awkward , no ball skills , too dirty — complaints which have all been banished in these last two seasons . |
| 11 | THE Chancellor , who has had his troubles with the Press , took his chance to hit back with obvious glee yesterday . |
| 12 | In such a case the exercise of the option will be good if the tenant has performed his covenants to the extent that a reasonably-minded tenant would have done ( Gardner v Blaxill [ 1960 ] 2 All ER 457 ) . |
| 13 | IN his last letter to Ashcroft Noble , Edward tried to express his thanks to the dying man for the new direction he had given to his life : |
| 14 | ‘ He has to put his proposals to the parties now , because he has made so many public comments about them that he has no other choice , ’ he said . |
| 15 | The resources of the AIB and its equivalent organisations throughout the world are necessarily limited for reasons of economy , and the person in charge has to deploy his forces in the most effective manner he can devise while at the same time always keeping enough reserves in hand in case of a major catastrophe . |
| 16 | Arazi was scheduled to try to put his flops in the Kentucky Derby and St James 's Palace Stakes behind him in a re-match with the Royal Ascot winner Brief Truce . |
| 17 | In the third and fourth he promised to submit his books to the Pope and to the next General Council . |
| 18 | Rincewind tried to shut his ears to the grating voice beside him . |
| 19 | D wants to share his cakes with the little ones . |
| 20 | The 45-year-old author has spent his years under the death threat in hiding . |
| 21 | Preston tried to keep his fears from the twins but he also kept them as far from the edges and ends of the platform as he possibly could in case of beast attacks . |
| 22 | He tried to keep his eyes off the little man who had emerged from the ship . |
| 23 | I tried to keep his words in the front of my mind , particularly during the bad times when we were clearing everything out and the dust and debris of a hundred years was falling into our eyes . |
| 24 | He has shared his views with the Masai people at Kilimanjaro , bushmen in the Kalahari Desert and Eskimos . |
| 25 | DEREK LEE , who played fullback for Scottish Schools last season , has nailed his colours to the Glasgow even though he is playing standoff for Watsonians in Edinburgh . |
| 26 | The new job was not without its excitements , though , and Thomas greatly enjoyed observing his balloons from the heights of Dundas Castle , West Queensferry . |
| 27 | Lord Lawson , who has restricted his comments on the economy since his resignation four years ago , said : ‘ If the Chancellor is to make significant early inroads into the budget deficit he has no option but to increase tax substantially . ’ |
| 28 | Raised as a Roman Catholic , he has cut his ties with the Church . |
| 29 | ( 12 ) Mike wants to invite his friends to the talk . |
| 30 | It had been about Hegel , the German idealist dead within recent memory , and Paul tried to assemble his thoughts on the matter as he again walked up Bath Street Lane . |