Example sentences of "[prep] his [noun] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eleven years later the World Federation of the Deaf at the seventh Congress in Washington awarded him an International Solidarity Merit Award , and Gallaudet College , taking advantage of his presence made him the first recipient of a medallion for " outstanding international service to the deaf " , which he received at a special convention attended by the Vice-President of the United States . |
| 2 | Then the butcher goes to the church to take leave of the priest , and as a token of his gratitude sells him the sheepskin at a knock-down price of two sous . |
| 3 | The prospect of being marooned on Gullholm for days with a Heathcliff bereft of his Cathy gave her the creeps . |
| 4 | Either he was smiling , or the gaunt hollows of his face gave him the daunting appearance of a smile . |
| 5 | The IR visor of his helmet showed him the desert as if by the light of an overcast day . |
| 6 | He kept up the pressure with his shoulder to give himself the widest gap possible . |
| 7 | Finally he 'll decide to go and tinker with his terminal to tell him the tally to date . |
| 8 | Mayall 's mastery of technical detail and innovation optimized productivity , while the variety of mills under his control gave him the advantages of flexible specialization . |
| 9 | It is inevitable that the Evangelist made changes to the traditions in his desire to say what the events of Jesus ' life meant for his readers . |
| 10 | He never earned a degree , but an allowance from his mother gave him the financial independence to devote himself to a career as writer . |
| 11 | But when he had leapt off his horse to approach it the chest had sprouted legs and had gone trotting off into the forest , stopping again a few hundred yards away . |
| 12 | Blanche waited for his shaking to give him the momentum to carry on . |