Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] his [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He 's old enough to have respect for one who cared for him during his teenage years . |
| 2 | Before kiln operator Steve Kelly died at 55 , he asked for help to be given to the team of Macmillan nurses who cared for him in his last months . |
| 3 | Without another word he turned and strode towards the escalator , leaving Matchsticks to struggle after him with his heavy case . |
| 4 | He learned English in order to deliver the lectures expected of him in his new post . |
| 5 | Peter Catherwood finally snapped when the child referred to him by his second name . |
| 6 | Peter Catherwood finally snapped when the child referred to him by his second name . |
| 7 | ( 3 ) An objection shall , for the purposes of paragraph ( ii ) of subsection ( 2 ) above , be intimated to the applicant ( a ) by delivering to him a copy of the notice of objection lodged with the licensing board under paragraph ( a ) of that subsection ; or ( ii ) by sending a copy of the said notice by registered post or by recorded delivery in a letter addressed to him at his proper address ; or ( c ) by leaving a copy of the said notice for him at his proper address ; and , for the purposes of paragraphs ( ii ) and ( c ) of this subsection , the proper address in the case of an applicant being an individual natural person shall be his place of abode as specified in his application or , in the case of such an applicant applying for the renewal of a licence , the premises in respect of which the application is made , and , in the case of an applicant other than an individual natural person , shall be the address specified in the application . |
| 8 | There is nothing inconsistent with the Income Tax Acts in recognising and respecting the distinction between property owned by a person as trustee and property owned by him in his own right … |
| 9 | But Izzie , watching the figure loping towards them with his strange , wolf-like walk , suddenly knew how the Devil will look on the day of his Redemption . |
| 10 | If my father ca n't provide a decent standard of living for me on his present salary , then he will just have to start looking for another job . |
| 11 | A velvet court dress made for him by his fellow tailors is to go on show at the Croydon Museum . |
| 12 | Li Shai Tung sat back in his chair , looking about him at his fellow T'ang . |
| 13 | She ran as hard as she could , and the wolf came after her on his long grey legs . |
| 14 | But at this moment the other rabbit came towards them of his own accord . |
| 15 | They 've had er enormous difficulties and er the honourable gentleman will er know that the South Wales police authority committee , its officers and its Chief Constable have er visited parliament er to put their case to members representing the South Wales police authority area and indeed to er Earl Ferrers the minister er responsible for the police and they certainly have n't had any er criticism made of them by his own government and if er he believes that there is a criticism I would suggest that he takes a leaf out of the book of his er , his right honourable friend the Secretary of State and refers the matter so that it can be properly audited and er I think the honourable gentleman knows that when that is done he will see that there is no blame attached whatsoever to the members or the officers of the police authority . |
| 16 | As a result , Mr Vafa , who was living in France at the time , says that allegations of violence made against him by his former wife and her family went unchallenged and resulted in the interdict preventing him from molesting and attacking his wife or members of her family . |
| 17 | Staring at him , at the strength , the energy that always seemed to radiate from him despite his easy , relaxed air , she did n't believe a word of it . |
| 18 | Owen had written to him in his own hand , a fine and scholarly hand . |
| 19 | Unlike the infant Stephen in Joyce 's Portrait , Titus does not appear to us through his own childish language , but through a " web of ritual " ( a phrase which occurs in the paragraph preceding our extract ) . |
| 20 | He termintade that counselling , butr we are willing to talk to him through his partish priest or bishop . |
| 21 | He was n't shocked by what he had been told ; he was astonished that it should have been said to him by his own daughter . |
| 22 | ( d ) This is the same ground as that which entitles a sheriff to allow an appeal made to him in his administrative capacity . |
| 23 | The guide came over , shouting at us in his strange dialect . |
| 24 | Rubbing his palm across her skin , he slipped his thumb under the top of her brief bikini panties , but as he did so , he made that same quick exclamation of surprise and moved away from her slightly , looking at her with his dark brows drawn sharply together . |
| 25 | Young Donald was grinning at him with his new look of mockery . |
| 26 | Athelstan , still feeling depressed after his visit to Hob 's wife , ignored the coroner and pushed by him into his small , two-roomed house . |
| 27 | He had dark glasses on , but I could just see through them to his closed eyes . |
| 28 | ‘ I wondered if you also acted for him in his private affairs ? ’ |
| 29 | Get angry about this bully , this cheap punk , this yob who reckons that you are a soft option ; this hooligan who scouts the streets for weaker victims , who wants to beat you senseless so that he can brag about it to his beer-swilling pals in the local pub . |
| 30 | Up the slope , at the top of his semi-circular steps , Alexander Menzies was waiting for them in his best silk coat like a dandy at a ball , with a straightfaced young man standing by his side . |