Example sentences of "[coord] his [noun sg] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the Philadelphia — now remember this name — when the Philadelphia put into Stornoway in Lewis , and gleaned young boys from the beach , and stowed them in the hold like trade-goods , what constable or what factor raised his arm or his stick to stop the slavers ? |
| 2 | Taking the case at its highest against the plaintiffs I assume for the purposes of considering this point that either Mr. Twycross or his secretary took the opportunity of the presence of the son in the office to hand the letters in their envelopes to him for the purpose of delivery to the parents . |
| 3 | The final mode eliminates all official involvement and permits the plaintiff or his agent to send the documents , with some appropriate means of obtaining confirmation of their delivery , by post . |
| 4 | Then he or his partner squeezes the tip of the penis . |
| 5 | He hated the dirt ; he wanted to touch nothing ; he lay on his side , trying not to let his ribs come against the inside of his shirt or his hand touch the blanket . |
| 6 | Neither Mark nor his mother want the dog destroyed either . |
| 7 | A potentially explosive element was introduced when Thakin Tun Ok publicly accused Aung San of the headman 's murder , and his widow petitioned the Governor for justice . |
| 8 | However generous Edward wished to be — and his willingness to challenge the Stanleys suggests that he saw Richard 's endowment as a matter of some urgency — there was a limit to how much he could afford to do for his brother . |
| 9 | However generous Edward wished to be — and his willingness to challenge the Stanleys suggests that he saw Richard 's endowment as a matter of some urgency — there was a limit to how much he could afford to do for his brother . |
| 10 | St Bernard , Abbot of Clairvaux , developed a cult of inward sensibility that was unprecedented in Christian Europe and his mysticism became the hallmark of the newly-founded Cistercian order . |
| 11 | PRESIDENT Boris Yeltsin , stung by a humiliating rebuff from Russia 's supreme legislature , accused it yesterday of seeking to restore Communist rule and his spokesman said the president was poised for decisive action . |
| 12 | She smiled trustingly at him and his heart melted the way it did when his small nieces slipped their hands into his when he took them out . |
| 13 | There was a fight , and his wife killed the other . |
| 14 | The personal interests of an Anglo-French magnate and his wife made the absorption of this great and valuable fief a far costlier operation for the French crown . |
| 15 | CD modelled it on the SS Britannia on which he and his wife made the crossing in 1842 . |
| 16 | The minister and his wife offered the freedom of the manse , and the children started to go to Brownies , Boys ' Brigade and Sunday school . |
| 17 | A few months ago he died , and his wife sold the house and went to live with her sister . |
| 18 | He and his wife know the sex already . |
| 19 | That American and his wife left the boat and drove away , later some of the crew came ashore too . |
| 20 | Heads turned that night when Senator Jared Tunstall and his wife entered the ballroom at Devonshire House . |
| 21 | expulsion from Paradise : " Unto Adam also and his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins and clothed them . " |
| 22 | Relations between him , his wife and bishop Patiens of Lyons were particularly cordial , according to Sidonius in a letter which provides the only depiction of the Burgundian ruler 's cultural and religious connections : Chilperic admired the banquets provided by Patiens and his wife admired the bishop 's fasts . |
| 23 | Dick decided from the start that he wanted a ‘ museum quality aircraft ’ and his goal set the tone for the excellence that was to follow . |
| 24 | A former convenor at Ford , Dagenham , his financial manoeuvres — plus input from Samuel — and his ability to get the magazine out , provided a core to its progress . |
| 25 | His vision and his ability to distribute the ball accurately have added another option to United 's potent attack . |
| 26 | Both the coroner and his companion saw the chain fastened to the wall strain at its clasps . |
| 27 | They got out of the car and his Dad rang the door-bell of number forty-five . |
| 28 | He loosed , and his arrow hit the spike a hand's-breadth below Alexei 's . |
| 29 | But there was nothing conservative about the way in which Louis and his successor exploited the bishop of Clermont 's complaints against the count of the Auvergne to secure a foothold in the county ; it was their preparatory work that made possible Philip Augustus ' annexation of the Auvergne to the royal demesne . |
| 30 | Thus Jesus is unique , for it is to be said of him as of none other that this is the man whom God raised , and his resurrection forms the turning-point of history . |