Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] [verb] his [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Altering weather conditions can accelerate or slow down dredging programmes , and the engineer for a direct works section must also keep his construction plant and men employed in order to make them viable . |
| 2 | The Captain could almost hear his heart beating , not to mention the Mate 's teeth chattering . |
| 3 | ‘ The finest views are from the bottom , and at some places a little above it , but few dare venture to the bottom particularly those females whose pedestrian excursions have chiefly been upon level ground ; nay the male sex are often appalled with a view of the way , and many a Bond-street gentleman , in his stable costume , would rather hazard his neck four-in-hand , than risk it by having his arms precariously supported by the twigs and branches he may find in his way to the gulph below . ’ |
| 4 | The government of the day will often let it be known to one of its aspiring party members that it would greatly welcome his ballot victory to promote a particular piece of legislation which it , the Government , does not wish to devote its own time to , either because of its controversial nature or simply because it has better things to do . |
| 5 | At this time of year he would normally move his hives north to the Derbyshire peak district , to take advantage of the flowering heather . |
| 6 | In the North , people wondered why Morrissey took a flat in a fashionable area of London after he had openly pledged that he would never leave his home city . |
| 7 | They would never believe his ghost story in the morning . |
| 8 | At the far end from the door was a hatch at waist height , the level at which a man will naturally hold his steel tray . |
| 9 | He will probably set his purchasing date near , but not at , the bottom of the ‘ S ’ curve . |
| 10 | He will probably set his purchasing date near , but not at , the bottom of the ‘ S ’ curve . |
| 11 | He admits he will often delay his departure time if he knows a regular customer is late . |
| 12 | AFTER weeks of uncertainty Craig Kilgour has confirmed he will definitely defend his Durham county championship at Wearside over the weekend . |
| 13 | Liberal Lothario Paddy Ashdown can only hope his poll share keeps growing . |
| 14 | Johnson reports this and other gory tales , tongue-in-cheek so firmly you can scarcely see his jaw bulge . |
| 15 | I can still hear his plaintiff cry , in a strong Durham accent , before the cast broke : ‘ He 's pulling al me line oot . ’ |