Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [verb] [prep] his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man who links together his prayer with deeds of duty , and fits seemly actions with his prayer , is the man who prays without ceasing , for his virtuous deeds or the commandments he has fulfilled are taken up as a part of his prayer . |
| 2 | He has since given over his castle to the worship of Isis . |
| 3 | Has since resigned from his family to spend more time with John Major . |
| 4 | Now the motorist who hit him , 20 year old Gavin Soutar from Park North , has successfully appealed against his sentence for driving without due care and attention . |
| 5 | With the Gunners fading alarmingly in their pursuit of the Championship , chairman Peter Hill-Wood has told Graham he has only to knock on his door to be handed virtually an open cheque book . |
| 6 | But the behaviour of Reverend Prentice has only added to his anguish . |
| 7 | But success has not gone to his head . |
| 8 | If the stress is high enough and he is basically insecure — his adult has not turned off his child 's ‘ all my fault ’ — his child takes over with a ‘ nothing to do with you ’ response . |
| 9 | ‘ I can vouch for it that nobody has moved from his or her desk all the time you 've been here , except for Nigel and he has not moved from his corner . ’ |
| 10 | The Rev Bill Harper has championed the cause of the 260 pensioners involved , but is disappointed that the Prime Minister has not replied to his letter pleading for help . |
| 11 | Rev Bill Harper , from Richmond , has championed the cause of the 260 pensioners in doomed homes but is disappointed the Prime Minister has not replied to his letter . |
| 12 | He writes " Finally we visited the reading room ; which Mr Mackie has generously provided for his workpeople and which is well supplied with newspapers and current literature of the day . " |
| 13 | This work made an effective bridge to the equally spare and fastidious Four Capriccios Opus 9 by Gyorgy Kurtag ( whose music Ligeti has generously welcomed into his Festival , just as he insisted on having the composer share the stage at the end ) . |
| 14 | Mark ‘ Zippy ’ Pretty has finally got over his mid-life crisis by red-pointing Mecca at Raven Tor , and has been celebrating continuously for the last six weeks . |
| 15 | Milton can not lift Satan to such great heights and put such great speeches in his mouth and then snatch them back denying in his authorial intrusions what he has just proclaimed through his character . |
| 16 | The first was a scene where Johnny has just cheated on his girlfriend Yvonne , and a tell-tale pair of panties falls out on to the floor . |
| 17 | Charles Darwin , for Dregs Ale , from the public bar at the Dodo Agogo Inn : Joseph Hooker has just triumphed in his debate with Bishop ( Soapy Sam ) Wilberforce over Darwin 's Origin of Species . |
| 18 | Graham has already complained in his programme notes about the lack of support at Highbury — yesterday the fans hit back . |
| 19 | Perhaps no player has ever been quite as competitive as Botham , and if his combativeness has led him into trouble off the field it has generally worked in his favour on it — except when he has refused to part with the ball despite not bowling well , or when he has holed out in the deep when a more circumspect approach was required . |
| 20 | I think Troon was the greatest Arnold Palmer has ever played in his life . |
| 21 | Howard laughs more in his first few weeks on Harry 's group than he has ever laughed in his life before . |
| 22 | As he knows , he got the biggest majority he has ever had in his constituency against me . |
| 23 | Lord Tebbit tells me he has still to agree on his luxury — ‘ the BBC seem to be rather narrow-minded about some of the luxuries I 'd thought of . ’ |
| 24 | Rangers manager Walter Smith has still to settle on his line-up . |
| 25 | Batty a 2.75M signing , has also flourished since his move , showing a skilful side to go with his tigerish tackling . |
| 26 | I believe firmly that John McEnroe is not lying when he says he sees the small print on a tennis ball , and Jackie himself has often referred to his vision as a paramount essential in driving . |
| 27 | Stavros Niachos , 81 , will neither confirm nor deny that he was the buyer of Yo , Picasso , the 1901 self-portrait of the artist at his easel , staring boldly out at the new century ; but it certainly went to the bidder who has often acted on his behalf . |
| 28 | And the wings he has now began in his heart , |
| 29 | His knowledge in the improving of ground , it seems has now redounded to his disadvantage . |
| 30 | His first Masters win has now slipped from his ranking points . |