Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] his [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I commend his outlook to the House when we discuss issues relating to the social charter . |
| 2 | I commend his appreciation of the need for a social dimension in any reforms that may take place . |
| 3 | ‘ Wilhelm wo n't speak to me since I chucked his Filofax in the jacuzzi . |
| 4 | I met his wife in the village shop and she was very concerned about him . ’ |
| 5 | If he gets back , tell him I expect his attendance at the ball . ’ |
| 6 | I take full account of these defects in his evidence , but overall I found his experience of the likely care regimes introduced in cashes , in cases such as that of the plaintiff to be of assistance . |
| 7 | So I slip his key into the lock , turn it , and step inside . |
| 8 | Two days later , I approached his office in the NME 's bunker in Carnaby Street with a mixture of excitement and trepidation . |
| 9 | Brian added : ‘ I recognised his face off the telly , but did n't realise he was such a big noise . |
| 10 | I catch his head on the tilt , and he rights it without shame , showing only a flicker of annoyance at not catching a snippet of a sight . |
| 11 | I welcome his election to the House . |
| 12 | In so far as I did understand it , I welcome his commitment of the Labour party to the Trident programme . |
| 13 | I accept his statement as the word of a right hon. Member of this House . |
| 14 | I stand his face on the boxes that represent the chair , propped up against the wall behind . |
| 15 | I recall his emphasis on the last eleven words — and how they struck chill into me at the time . |
| 16 | I opened his razor in the bathroom to rub the powered residue of his beard in my fingers , and wondered if it was still growing on his dead face . |
| 17 | ‘ I like his drawing of the Fiddler of Dooney . |
| 18 | I draw his attention to the fact that we are now net exporters of televisions whereas we were net importers under the Labour party and to the fact that motor output has been expanding in recent years whereas it was declining under Labour . |
| 19 | I draw his attention to the fact that a private consortium , the Central Railway Group , is proposing to build a private line on the old great central railway from the channel tunnel up through Buckinghamshire to Leicester . |
| 20 | I remember his determination at the first exploratory meeting in the upstairs room of a small pub off Victoria Street in London . |
| 21 | I followed his gaze down the hallway to where a Kawasaki was parked on a spread-out copy of the Evening Standard . |
| 22 | I followed his gesture over the buried walls , across the narrow roadway between the ploughed-out snow dunes to where the fell rose steeply in a sweep of broken white to join the leaden sky . |
| 23 | At the end of my reading , the lecturer asked the newcomer his name , and I heard his voice for the first time — a soft , warm American accent , with the rich , furry tone the English find so attractive . |
| 24 | I understand his anxiety about the matter , but the Bill will ensure that the provision of transport is at least as good as is provided at present and may very well be improved . |
| 25 | He started walking away and he 's still walking kind of fast , so I grabbed his sweater from the back and pulled on it to slow him down . |
| 26 | Sir : While tending to agree with the Archbishop of Canterbury 's social critique as reported in your paper ( 'Runcie attack on ‘ Pharisees ’ revives rift with Tories ' , 2 October ) , I find his reference to the Pharisees more than a little unfortunate . |
| 27 | I called his name in the hall with the dogs standing beside me . |
| 28 | By the way , I gather his appointment to the registrar post was an unpopular one . ’ |
| 29 | I thought I saw his head at the window . |
| 30 | I saw his picture in the paper . |