Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] his [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he met Iris Barry last New Year 's Eve and shared his sense of inadequacy with her . |
| 2 | Only three weeks ago Clough launched a scathing attack on the way he was treated at the European championship finals in Sweden this summer and voiced his disapproval at manager Taylor 's long-ball style . |
| 3 | It is believed to be Middlesbrough and Cleveland 's first set of national championship medals since Steve James won the junior title in 1959 and led his team to victory at Peterborough . |
| 4 | He was educated at Elphinstone College and Bombay University ( BA , 1909 ) , and succeeded his father as baronet in 1926 . |
| 5 | Lambert was born in Leicester in 1770 and succeeded his father as keeper of Bridewell Prison . |
| 6 | Polaroid and Land eventually parted company , as did Apple and Jobs , and Lévesque lost his election and quit his party in frustration . |
| 7 | The doctor ‘ bled him in the jugular vein , blistered and purged him with calomel , and lowered his pulse with foxglove ’ , and he was ‘ somewhat better in the morning ’ ! |
| 8 | He had been a scholar at Winchester and at Magdalen , where he gained a First in Law and got his Blue for cricket . |
| 9 | He rang Jacqui from Leicester Square tube station and reported his lack of progress . |
| 10 | Frankie had scrubbed his hands and feet and dampened his hair with water to make it lie flat and tidy against his head . |
| 11 | Lucy watched him ; she came and stroked his hair with tenderness to give encouragement . |
| 12 | He smacked his lips and stroked his moustache with surprise . |
| 13 | Durán , due to take office on Aug. 10 in succession to Rodrigo Borja Cevallo of the Izquierda Democratica ( ID — Democratic Left ) , completed the composition of his Cabinet on July 20 , and underlined his commitment to free-market policies by including in it members of the business sector . |
| 14 | Pius XII was trained as a diplomat , and retained his faith in diplomacy despite its obvious failure in the case of Germany . |
| 15 | When Chapman called at Jack 's house for his consent , the player demanded various concessions and phoned his father for advice . |
| 16 | He was awarded damages and drew his salary to retirement age . |
| 17 | He failed the end of year exams after the first year and changed his subject to sociology , in which he later attained a degree . |
| 18 | He left the village school at the age of eleven , and helped his father in farming and sawing timber . |
| 19 | Kopyion chewed a date and filled his glass of wine with mineral water . |
| 20 | In the twilight of the Great Drought he had come down to the river and filled his wheelbarrow with water until only a Samson could have moved it . |
| 21 | He bathed his face in the fountain of her body liquid , and filled his mouth to capacity . |
| 22 | Cromer cherished the thought that he ‘ remained more or less hidden [ and ] pulled the strings ’ , and proclaimed his contempt for publicity ; yet it was he of whom the fellahin sang as they laboured at their immemorial tasks . |
| 23 | As the passenger capsule whisked through the crystalline tube above the blurred green hell of jungle , Jaq scrutinized his personal Tarot card and recalled his trip to Earth as a boy aboard the Black Ship … |
| 24 | Poll appeared — the pair were never far apart — and ate his share in silence , except for the crunching of needle-sharp teeth . |
| 25 | The dead person was then taken by Horus and presented to Osiris , who was seated on his throne accompanied by Isis and Nephthys , and received his reward to admittance to the afterlife . |
| 26 | When he became a father , he unwittingly undermined and displaced his wife in order not to be undermined and displaced himself . |
| 27 | Klaus smiled and lifted his glass in acknowledgement . |
| 28 | Then David slid into the seat next to her , and added his cup of tea to hers . |
| 29 | Need ? ’ he persisted mildly as he folded his arms along the fence and rested his chin on top . |
| 30 | The Bulgarian Communist Party politburo yesterday set up a top-level investigation into corruption under the deposed leader , Mr Todor Zhivkov , and fired his son as head of a party department . |