Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] his [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The story of how the convalescent David Stirling got his proposal into the hands of General Auchinleck was told to the journalist Virginia Cowles in 1958 , and is based on Stirling 's memory of events not too long after they occurred . |
| 2 | Doyle made his way through the crowded , smoky billiard hall , towards the bar at the end , where he could see Bodie nonchalantly sipping a coke . |
| 3 | Croatian President Franjo Tudjman made his name in the 1960s as a maverick historian who charged that only 30,000 people perished at the hands of the Ustashe fascists . |
| 4 | Shamir made his call in the light of Cabinet disagreements over a Police Ministry proposal to prevent all unmarried Palestinian men under the age of 30 from entering Israel . |
| 5 | ‘ Tommy Taylor made his debut in the same game as me . |
| 6 | Kelly revealed his anguish over the case that sparked a fierce debate in soccer and said : ‘ Would the game 's interests have been better served by Blissett spending Christmas in jail ? ’ |
| 7 | Holmes emptied his revolver into the hound 's body . |
| 8 | The Controller of the Silver Mines laid his arms on the table in front of him and clasped his hands together , sinking his head . |
| 9 | Yesterday Silvino Francisco became his victim for the second time . |
| 10 | The court heard the shift supervisor at Three Mile Island change his testimony on the crucial relief-valve temperatures that were reported to him during the incident . |
| 11 | It was as if the entire French rugby community had conspired to give its favourite son , Serge Blanco , the opportunity to restage his exit in the white heat of Parc des Princes in the centennial final . |
| 12 | He told a parliamentary committee in 1840 that once the money was received and the Chinese buyer got his opium from the ships offshore , then it was the buyer 's business what became of the opium . |
| 13 | Levin objectifies his subject through the use of an argument which leaves the SI unexplained as a revolutionary organisation with the potentiality of reflecting , by its own methods , a radical social transformation . |
| 14 | Not much more than a century later the king 's successor made his submission to the British after the punitive raid on Benin City . |
| 15 | Seb backed up his threat with a two-pronged pitchfork , jabbing it to within inches of Boz 's face as the gipsy placed his foot on the first rung . |
| 16 | Coleby plunged his hands into the side pockets of his coat . |
| 17 | Oh yes it 's , it 's been changed a lot and a , and er , it 's made such a difference and I 've met er , I 've got a er fr a very good friend who 's , who 's a Red Cross young man who I met at Leah Manning and he takes me out in the car which I would n't , never get out otherwise because my boys are all working you see they ca n't , they 're busy working and erm do shift work and security work , one 's got his own security business and the other one 's got a factory in Bishop 's Stortford so that they do n't get much chance , they work away , some of them do that they can not get to take me out see , so he takes me out , which he 's very , very good you know , he 's , yesterday he took me to erm , yesterday we , he took me to Ongar to see his sister in the bungalow and then he took me for a meal at erm The Chariot at er , at Brentwood , Brentwood , yes Brentwood The Chariot , it was quite nice I had rather , a good time , erm cos usually I ca n't get out unless I go out in the wheelchair you see I 'm confined to a wheelchair , though I struggle out into the kitchen with me two sticks and I 've got a stool in there that I do all my own cooking and I make cakes and that and I 'm doing a cake gon na make a cake for Christmas for me brother and make a cake , er another one for myself like , but , and then I go to my erm daughter-in-law 's to spend Christmas Day and then I , I 'm going to my son 's and spend Boxing Day which is my birthday , I 'll be seventy four on Boxing Day I 'm dreaded to say , yeah , but erm , this young man that takes me lives in Northbrooks , he 's er a widower , but he 's very , very good , he helps all us old people , you know , he 's ever so good he is to me , he comes up and brings my shopping today , does my shopping for me as well , so , well he 's , yes , he 's most kind , for , nearly two years I 've know him , that 's a photo over there , it was taken at a wedding look , of my , that 's it , over there , taken at a wedding dear , very good |
| 18 | Todd from Neighbours also highlights another problem often seen ; he would have difficulty depositing his cans in the ‘ Save-A-Can ’ skip as it is clearly full to the top . |
| 19 | The early tackles inclined towards brutality , however , were largely perpetrated by Liverpool , with Paul Stewart announcing his return to the side with a crunching tackle on Watts . |
| 20 | Bob Cratchit clerk to Mr. Scrooge has his parallel with the Bank Assistants . |
| 21 | A puggaree of Indian cotton hung from the back of his hat , to protect his neck from the sun ; a brown veil shielded his eyes from the snow ; a whistle hung from his button-hole . ’ |
| 22 | Pascoe changed his mind about the coffee ; anything to distract his body from what was happening to it . |
| 23 | It was also a fight to consolidate his position within the insurgent camp . |
| 24 | In The Soldier 's Return ( 1902 ) , a returning warrior rescues his mother from the workhouse , while the demobbed soldier of A Reservist before the War and after the War ( 1902 ) steals a loaf of bread in order to supply the needs of his destitute wife and children . |
| 25 | The first part of the poem deals with Sir Walter 's attempts to impose his mastery on the natural environment . |
| 26 | Consequently , during the last months of his life Edward conspired with Northumberland to exclude his half-sister from the throne and to elevate instead the duke 's Protestant daughter-in-law , Lady Jane Grey . |
| 27 | Charlotte heard the front door close and realized she alone was watching as the white halo of the headlamps traced his progress along the drive . |
| 28 | A pensioner walking his dog on the other side of the street quickened his pace , obviously not wanting to be there when the men in white coats came for me . |
| 29 | Mr Hawke moved his party from the Left to the Centre . |
| 30 | But he said it loud enough for the whole restaurant to be convulsed and Ken to enjoy his audience at the same time . |