Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] [adv] [noun] ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has neither Locke 's confidence in reason nor Wesley 's confidence in his spiritual sense . |
| 2 | The sub-contractor should be required to produce evidence that he possesses both employer 's liability and public liability insurance . |
| 3 | He quotes frequently Seneca 's maxim , ‘ Quotidie morimur ’ ( We die daily ) , but transforms it by St Paul 's gloss : ‘ Quotidie morior per vestram gloriam , fratres ’ ( Brethren , for you I die every day : 1 Cor. 15.31 ) ( Lettere a i Familiari , I , p. 351 , and II , p. 371 ) . |
| 4 | But in the discreet , epicene efficiency with which he clears away Casio 's bowl of vomit or dusts down Othello after his fit , he is the finicky gentleman 's gentleman , his body language strongly reminiscent of Dirk Bogarde in The Servant . |
| 5 | It reveals how Artemesia 's name was slandered . ’ |
| 6 | As a book on the history of men who went to war , it takes up Pieri 's challenge , and meets it handsomely . |
| 7 | He backs up Mill 's claim that he was acting in self defence . |
| 8 | He sums up Revie 's reign by saying ; ‘ He enjoyed ‘ dishing it out ’ but could n't take the pressure when the tide turned . |