Example sentences of "[vb pp] his [noun sg] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has booked his ticket to visit the Arctic Circle destination . |
| 2 | Mervyn Pinfield , feeling he had done his job overcoming the show 's technical worries and acting as adviser to Verity Lambert , wanted to return to the more active area of Directing . |
| 3 | Coffin himself had injured his back helping the girl and boy out of the water . |
| 4 | 507 , which involved the identification of the driver of a car , counsel submitted that the trial judge should have granted his application to see the statement of the Crown witness who had given the police a description of the driver . |
| 5 | ‘ Perhaps , ’ he agreed before lapsing into silence , but not before she 'd seen his face reflect the pleasure he 'd experienced at her instant recognition of what was clearly one of his favourite recordings . |
| 6 | A single voice , if it comes from somebody sufficiently powerful , can overturn the consensus arrived at by the rest ( Sedgwick wryly ends his article by saying that the child 's name was put on the ‘ register ’ , the doctor having used his influence to overturn the decision made by the rest ) . |
| 7 | And Cadfael , who had opened his mouth to continue the story where this miserable avenger had left it , as quickly closed his lips again upon silence . |
| 8 | Mr Shamir has been hard at work consolidating his right-wing support and trying to win over independent conservatives ; he has reiterated his determination to keep the P L O out of any peace talks and has steadfastly refused to consider any deal which would involve giving up territory for peace . |
| 9 | Further , the appellant complains that by ruling in the way that he did on the main issue , the assistant recorder effectively left before the jury evidence prejudicial to the appellant which was relevant to counts 1 and 6 only : had he ruled in favour of the appellant on the motion to quash then he would have had to consider the matter and ( by inference ) would have exercised his discretion to discharge the jury and order a new trial on the remaining counts . |
| 10 | Further , if s 284 did apply , then the judge should have exercised his discretion to ratify the transaction , as the section permits . |
| 11 | Hearts chairman Wallace Mercer has abandoned his plan to buy the club 's ground and lease it back to them . |
| 12 | Hearts chairman , Wallace Mercer has abandoned his proposal to buy the club 's ground at Tynecastle and lease it back to the club . |
| 13 | Then suddenly Michael Heseltine , the conquering hero , was on the horizon , striding purposefully up the street having abandoned his car to avoid the security check hold-up . |
| 14 | Rowland Edwards vehemently denied that he was interested in a safe sports-climbing venue and expressed surprise that the BMC had opposed his plan to protect the environment . |
| 15 | The Department of Education had been established by Jimmy Carter and during the 1980 campaign Reagan had declared his intention to abolish the department if elected . |
| 16 | Andrew confided in me that if the officer had asked his permission to play the pipes on this occasion , he would have told him not to be such a fool . |
| 17 | De Gaulle 's known views — fashioned by his interpretation of the collapse of France in 1940 and his resentment over the refusal of Britain and the United States to treat him as an equal in prosecuting the war effort , on the failings of the Fourth Republic , on reforming NATO , on the need for France to acquire greater international prestige , along with his ambition to affect a lasting reconciliation between France and West Germany ( ideally on French terms ) — all influenced his decision to terminate the Maudling Committee negotiations , and all were still influential in his rejection a few years later of the British application to enter the EEC . |
| 18 | He denied allegations that a threatened boycott of Idaho potatoes by pro-choice advocates had influenced his decision to veto the bill . |
| 19 | And , do not forget , only a few months earlier , in a restaurant filled with sophisticated diners , the same Balestre had stood up and bared his torso to show the scars of an ancient surgical operation . |
| 20 | In the past few days Mr Delors has signalled his determination to boost the executive powers held by Brussels . |
| 21 | Allegations of official dithering had intensified after Rao , who had signalled his determination to rebuild the mosque , indicated on Dec. 10 that he favoured the building of both a mosque and a Hindu temple . |
| 22 | The King had signalled his intention to cancel the emergency laws in November 1989 at the opening of Parliament [ see pp. 37052 ; 37136 ] and the majority of the measures had been suspended since that date . |
| 23 | Before he stepped up for the most nerve-shattering moment of his career Guennady Grishin had kept his nerve to fire the Russians into a 4-3 advantage . |
| 24 | He had been a reporter then and it was some time after their first meeting that he had begun his campaign to highlight the plight of the poor . |
| 25 | By his waiver he had lost his right to regard the contract as repudiated on March 20 , but in the circumstances it was a condition of his waiver that delivery should take place as soon as possible . |
| 26 | It was held that an implied term of Mr Hill 's employment contract required his employer to obey the law and insure the lorry . |
| 27 | And when X says homosexuality is wanting to be what the other is , the other is now not the other ( opposite ) sex , but the same sex , and X , as avowed heterosexual , has described his desire to displace the male . |