Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun] ['s] [noun sg] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | For this month 's Esquire he has interviewed former South African hit man Dirk Coetzee ( page 82 ) . |
| 2 | After three years ' work he submitted a draft only to have it irrevocably vetoed without any intelligible reasons given or any consideration of amendment . |
| 3 | After fifteen minutes ' work he had found nothing of interest . |
| 4 | After Franco 's death and after 38 years ' absence he returned to Spain in 1977 , at the invitation of Suárez , and was in 1978 appointed president of the Catalonian regional government . |
| 5 | After last year 's success he has appeared on TV and radio all over the world and has been signed up by three advertising agencies . |
| 6 | In the course of two years ' research he 's discovered a great deal but admits there are gaps that he would like to fill . ‘ |
| 7 | On the other hand , he clearly looks to God as his Father , and into this Father 's hand he commits his spirit when he dies . |
| 8 | In eight week 's time he would be Virginia Grafton 's husband . |
| 9 | 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 ’ . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | On New Year 's Eve he had been ill . |
| 12 | Normally on New Year 's Day he would be at home with Mandy . |