Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] his [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked him about his temporary drinking problem . |
| 2 | We met in the old Majestic Hotel , where I was staying , and I asked him about his former student in Berlin . |
| 3 | Dury , however , is a theatrical voice to be taken rather more seriously , as I discovered when I met him in his current lodgings , adjacent to the Swan Theatre . |
| 4 | When Callahan and I visited him at his large house on Sunset Beach , it was like walking around a graveyard : every board was a headstone with memories buried beneath it . |
| 5 | Anthony Honoré , retiring Oxford Regius Professor of Civil Law , had just been canvassed by the appointments secretary when I visited him in his panelled rooms at All Souls . |
| 6 | I — er — I told him about his insulting you . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I know exactly what you hoped , ’ Alexandra said , ‘ and I like him on his own . |
| 8 | I thanked him for his cheering thought and walked over to interrupt Barry who was involved with a small group of well-heeled tourists at the far end of the bar . |
| 9 | I loved him for his special attention towards me ; he made me feel important — if only to him . |
| 10 | I congratulate him on his robust stance in defence of British farmers , particularly those producing lamb , in stark contrast to the attitude of Labour Members , who wobble on everything . |
| 11 | afford , ca n't afford at the minute , I was just saying to dad Bri 's gon na get us some shopping on his cheque book , I tell you , did I tell you about his embarrassing moment ? |
| 12 | I complimented him on his artistic prowess as a surgeon ; he smiled . |
| 13 | Once he was popping happily round a spooky 3′6″ course with tyres , polythene bags and barrels as fillers , I took him to his first indoor showjumping competition . |
| 14 | ‘ I put him in his early fifties , ’ said the Archdeacon judiciously . |
| 15 | ‘ He had been shown the yellow card and the referee had had a word with him and although he did n't like being substituted , I did it for his own good . |
| 16 | Feeling his swift arousal , she dragged her mouth from his to bury it against his warm neck . |
| 17 | It gives Boles his " She helped him in his cruel games " and the Borough its " Speak out in the name of the Lord " , one of those superb unison ejaculations which will always send shivers down the spine of anyone who hates and fears mob agreement on any subject whatever . |
| 18 | Finding a faint pulse , she divested him of his white coat , and tied him up with a length of cable . |
| 19 | She imagined him in his racing days driving at incredible speed towards some treacherous bend with just that same ice-cold look of control on his face . |
| 20 | Rachel got to her feet , pen and notepad in hand , forcing herself to keep her disintegrating professional cool as she followed him into his luxurious modern office overlooking the city . |
| 21 | Taxi driver Dermot Smith stabbed his wife Norma , 45 , four times after she taunted him about his sexual performance compared to her lover . |
| 22 | That 's what I 'm saying , right , now , what I 'm saying is there 's a , that , that , is , there 's , there 's , there 's , there 's things , there 's things , there 's guides to be able to do that , right , and the guide is there 's certain things you do and certain things you do n't do , because what you do basically is that you close him on his final objection which is what you 're just saying you did , right , but you close him on his final objection , how did you manage to close him on his final objection ? |
| 23 | That 's what I 'm saying , right , now , what I 'm saying is there 's a , that , that , is , there 's , there 's , there 's , there 's things , there 's things , there 's guides to be able to do that , right , and the guide is there 's certain things you do and certain things you do n't do , because what you do basically is that you close him on his final objection which is what you 're just saying you did , right , but you close him on his final objection , how did you manage to close him on his final objection ? |
| 24 | so you close him on his final objection , you listen , you then sell him his objection , right , you sell him his objection , right , you confirm his answer , right , whatever he says to you and his answer you actually confirm it back to him , you do n't interrupt him , right , you do n't guess where he 's at , right and basically if work through a system you 'll get on there , now for me to be able to , to , to , what I 've just said to you is a load of garbage , but if I was sitting I was sitting actually go through each one of these steps and that 's what you term as a closing sequence , you see what I mean ? |
| 25 | Aline said , ‘ Maybe you reminded him of his long-lost youth . ’ |
| 26 | She nursed him through his final illness , until his death 24 July 1971 at his home in Waterford , Hertfordshire . |
| 27 | She put them on his broad , bony shoulders . |
| 28 | He held out his hand , and after a moment 's hesitation she put hers into his warm clasp . |
| 29 | Obediently she put it into his outstretched hand . |
| 30 | Against her creamy paleness his hand was a thin brown intruder , and he knew there were times when she despised him for his swarthy colouring . |