Example sentences of "[verb] his [noun] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Soon after this incident Richard emerges from the obscurity which had surrounded his movements in the last two years since he knelt in homage at Montmirail .
2 Denying his guilt to the last , he said he did n't bear his wife any ill will .
3 Morton Smith had disclosed his findings about the early church in The Secret Gospel , following it with his controversial portrait in Jesus the Magician .
4 From the clifftop he watched the small figure of Detective Furness in his red anorak on the saddle below , twisting from one side to another as he strained his eyes against the bright sunlight to search for his charge .
5 or , Thomas ( c. 1784–1818 ) , prizefighter , was born a Virginia slave , and is reputed to have won his freedom in the American prize-ring .
6 After months of injury frustration , he took a definite up-swing on Tuesday by launching his season with the two-goal blast that wrecked Blackburn 's unbeaten run .
7 A used car dealer is offering a ten thousand pound reward to track down arsonists who 've attacked his premises for the second time in two weeks .
8 ‘ I will do whatever is necessary to preserve the value of the pound , ’ Mr Smith said , reaffirming his commitment to the European Exchange Rate Mechanism .
9 Brutus Leitdorf , the Count of Averland , ordered the retreat over the great bridge and rallied his troops in the western half of the city .
10 It enabled John Major to revive his version of the constitutional agenda .
11 We first meet Richard Faucenbois as a boy approaching his twelfth birthday in The Black Riders ; The Stormy Petrel and The House of the Paladin return to the boy at fourteen and fifteen , when he has already earned his nickname of the Stormy Petrel , and in The Betrayer he moves into his sixteenth year with agonising decisions to make ; in three later books ( Richard and the Golden Horseshoe , The Red Rose of Ruvina and The Secret of the White Peacock , he is in his mid-twenties and the chases and escapes of youth have been put aside for the role of diplomat and teacher .
12 Gomez had earned his status through the calm weight of his personality as much as by his physical strength and the inevitable accuracy of his firepower .
13 Today they are commonplace ; the Lord Chancellor answering in the Lords , and a Junior Minister representing his Department in the elected House .
14 Thus , when Le Pen entertained the possibility of the non-existence of the Holocaust , he not only revealed his attitude toward past events but demonstrated his attitude towards the antisemitic conspiracy theory of politics .
15 In his rage he declared war on the whole animal tribe , swearing that he would exterminate the lot of them , and recapture his daughter at the same time .
16 He was impressive in his Premier League debut against Nottingham Forest and retained his place for the 1–1 draw with Sheffield Wednesday .
17 Although Billing retained his seat at the 1918 general election , ill health forced his retirement in 1921 .
18 In a speech on Sept. 27 , he had appeared to encourage his supporters in the teeming shanty town areas of Port-au-Prince to rectify gross social inequalities by rising up and killing their opponents with " necklaces " of flaming tyres , known locally as " Pères Lebruns " after the country 's main tyre importing firm .
19 There may also have been a second such experience immediately prior to the Battle of Milvian Bridge , at which Constantine defeated his rival for the imperial throne .
20 The MI5 man paused for a moment to stroke his beard again and a hint of emotion , of disgust , entered his voice for the first time .
21 It means another big question mark against the Ireland future of Moran , the 37-year-old Blackburn Rovers defender who has twice made comebacks after announcing his retirement from the international arena .
22 So , too , was runner-up Chris Platts , who shot a fine final round 68 to finish two shots clear of David Jones , Roger Winchester — who did win his card at the Qualifying School — and local player S. Okpe .
23 She watched as Callum wove his way through the various clusters of people and found her eyes irresistibly drawn to the corner where Luke stood , surrounded by a large group of his friends .
24 To return to the T&C ( yet again ) NICK CAVE , mid-blistering set , was joined by a disgustingly fit looking SHANE MACGOWAN , who wove his way through the old Louis Armstrong classic ‘ Wonderful World ’ with tricky Nick .
25 The guard traced his finger down the typed list of names attached to his clipboard , found the name , then asked Whitlock for some kind of identification .
26 Though now , as Liz recited names of guests , she saw Charles drift away into what she took to be some private realm of financial speculation and morose managerial debate : he started to bite the inside of his lip , as he did when preoccupied , and to drum his fingers on the silvery-yellow brocade of the settee .
27 AYRTON SENNA was last night accused by his cut-throat rival Nigel Mansell of trying to pinch his drive with the all-conquering Williams Renault team .
28 Fond as the rector was of Harold Shoosmith , he found himself disliking his intrusion into the present conversation .
29 He described his proposals for the coming year as neutral because he did not want to hamper recovery .
30 A spokesman for Gorbachev described his reaction to the new movement as " positive " .
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