Example sentences of "[adv] his [adj] [noun sg] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If your husband had more than one wife , under the laws of another country , then only his first wife receives a widow 's pension . |
| 2 | According to his contemporary biographer , Richard Sibbes [ q.v. ] , the dominant influence on his early years was his uncle , Sir Henry Yelverton [ q.v. ] , who persuaded him to set aside his early inclination to become a divine and pursue his studies in the law . |
| 3 | Out of these emerged a plan for holding a national conference to discuss the recent recommendations of the Royal Commission and also his own proposal to form a National Deaf Association . |
| 4 | He stayed there until February last year when he took up his current position heading a three person unit within the Personnel department . |
| 5 | He believes Mr Mitterrand is using Tory disarray over the treaty to cover up his own reluctance to reach a Gatt world trade deal . |
| 6 | Even now his nightly routine includes a couple of hours badger-watching . |
| 7 | He took on his new role supervising a training and selection course on Saturday at Jow Walton 's Youth Centre , Berwick Hills , Middlesbrough . |
| 8 | Here , as at Liberi , he was happy , and we hear nothing of any initiative on his part to bring his exile to an end or to settle the issue — chiefly his frustrated desire to hold a council — which had precipitated his exile . |
| 9 | The Russian wanted to say , ‘ I 'm sorry , it was all my fault , ‘ but just then his left foot felt a ledge and he was able to take the weight off his fingers . |
| 10 | She had seen at once , back in the Dragon Cloud , how his brutish exterior concealed a cultured manner . |
| 11 | Lee , 32 , from Waltham Abbey , Essex , was getting ready to pack up after a biteless morning when his self-cocking float carrying a half mackerel slid away . |
| 12 | Someone wanted to ask him why his former band had a name like a toilet cleaner — Midge said did n't choose it . |