Example sentences of "[conj] his [noun] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | GRAHAM Finney does not mind that his hobby gives him the needle … for it helps him create textile masterpieces . |
| 2 | Unfortunately , Bob Bigg 's Palace career was greatly reduced by a badly broken leg sustained at Newport in February 1937 , which kept him out of first-team action for fully 21 months , and some of the contemporary pundits reckoned that his absence cost us the single promotion place from Division 3 South in 1938–39 . |
| 3 | In 1889 a Select Committee heard another plea from a male trade unionist for the restriction of married women 's work on the grounds that ‘ when the married women turn into the domestic workshops they become competitors against their own husbands and it requires a man and his wife to earn what the man alone would earn if she were not in the shop ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's up to Foucard and his superiors to decide who the suspects are … ’ |
| 5 | He became recognised as one of the most accomplished half-backs in the Division and his displays won him the approval of the fans on many grounds besides our own . |
| 6 | Muller helped Natal beat Transvaal 14–13 in the Currie Cup final , and his display confirmed what the Springbok selectors suspected — they have a star on their hands . |
| 7 | They did not much like Oliver Cromwell and his dangerous toleration of loose religion , but his regime gave them the chance to start again . |
| 8 | Those who liked the Prince called him Slender Billy , while his detractors called him the Young Frog . |
| 9 | A SIX-YEAR-OLD boy died in hospital after being hit by a car while his father taught him the Green Cross Code . |
| 10 | Paul Jordan from Kidlington in Oxfordshire was suffering the first pains of a heart attack , when his GP told him the agony was caused by a bad bed . |
| 11 | When his lips touched hers the tears overflowed . |
| 12 | When his ears tell him the truth , he will not listen . |
| 13 | A PILOT called Randy went into a tailspin when his girl-friend gave him the elbow . |
| 14 | Mr Lytham , however , when he called at the nursing-home to obtain Dorothy 's signature to her will , was far from happy when his client told him the content of the letter . |