Example sentences of "[vb base] his [noun pl] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I expect his notes went into the university archives , and the rest of his belongings would have been sold off . |
| 2 | He started to unstrap his belt and then let his trousers fall to the floor . |
| 3 | He turned and let his eyes lock with the laird 's , the minister 's , and the factor 's , each one in turn , while they stared back and tried to look perfectly blank . |
| 4 | He looked up and let his eyes move across the rows of faces before him . |
| 5 | Before leaving he stood for a moment at the door and let his eyes range round the room as if he were seeing it for the first time . |
| 6 | It may be that , in his desire to show how little support his findings give for the Blauner and Mallet theses about the determining influence of technology , Gallie underplays the role technology can play . |
| 7 | Both could do worse than go back to Tony Crosland and update his ideas to allow for the issues of gender , race , environment , low growth and others of which he was ignorant . |
| 8 | No sooner had Havard become a friend than Lewis casually asked one day why Minto and Maureen did not entertain the doctor 's family ; have his wife to tea and allow his children to swim in the quarry pond . |
| 9 | Fearing King Henry 's anger his captors kept under the cover of woodland , moving stealthily from one secret hide-out to another , dragging William along with his wound unbandaged and still bleeding . |