Example sentences of "[subord] his [noun sg] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first decisive blow struck by the Venetians was in AD 1000 , when the doge , Pietro Orseolo II , defeated the Croats and advanced to the mouth of the Neretva , where his fleet destroyed the nest of pirates , the Neretljani , who menaced the shipping routes in the southern Adriatic . |
| 2 | The goods were then taken back to Mansha 's home where his girlfriend heard the men and saw Randhawa throwing the stolen jewellery around the kitchen . |
| 3 | Although his voice rides the airwaves as fresh as it ever did , he admits that physically he is past his prime : arthritis brings him recurring pain in his legs although he has already lived 18 months longer than he was told a 60-a-day smoking habit would allow . |
| 4 | Molitor is not a furniture maker of the Ancien Régime whose name springs as readily to mind as many others Roentgen , BVRB or Jacob although his career spanned the period 1785 to the Bourbon Restoration . |
| 5 | Inside his head he could still hear his father 's slighting reference to a " Momma 's boy " and because this rankled more than his inability to shoot the doe , he hurried on ahead of her in case his father should turn and see them close together . |
| 6 | His recall of the Parlement of Paris within a few months of his accession , his failure to support his radically reforming Controller-General Turgot ( 1774–76 ) , showed that he was no more able than his grandfather to withstand the opposition of the privileged groups . |
| 7 | A stockbroker will qualify provided his business includes the management of trusts and any remuneration as trustee is included in his firm 's trading profits . |
| 8 | That is until his bike left the road . |
| 9 | He found the harness release , unlocked it and remembers falling until his head hit the canopy . |
| 10 | Another consulting activity which lasted until his death concerned the manufacture of pencils . |
| 11 | In the expansive lounge , with its wide-angle view across the City , Normski absently manipulates the television image of himself stored on a tape of Dance Energy , watching as he clicks forward , frame by frame , until his face fills the screen . |
| 12 | Once arrested , a youth , for instance , is more likely to be defined as a juvenile delinquent if his manner is interpreted as aggressive and uncooperative , if his appearance is seen as unconventional or slovenly , if his speech is defined as ungrammatical or slang and if his posture gives the impression of disrespect for authority or arrogance . |
| 13 | If his Mum did the lot , and he thinks that 's as it should be , you 're going to have your work cut out persuading him to do his share . |
| 14 | Yet if his presence has the effect of spurring Hughes and the rest to play , then his arrival will be £1.2 million well spent . |
| 15 | ‘ These have been Jeremy 's best sessions so far , and hopefully if his luck changes the team will not be surprised if he should get into the points . |
| 16 | If his assurance satisfies the Church , start-up costs for building work would come from the £243,000 Mr Fallon allocated for church school repairs in County Durham this year . |
| 17 | If his Majesty declines the offer , it will come in handy for some civic dinner I expect . ’ |
| 18 | His father had provided for this title to pass to Charles if his brother inherited the earldom of Arundel ; but when this occurred in 1677 Henry refused to give up the title , and Charles took the case to Chancery , in 1682 obtaining a celebrated decision in his favour by Heneage Finch , first Earl of Nottingham [ q.v . ] . |
| 19 | They were silent on the way back , walking to cool the horses ; if his father saw the state they were in he would be angry . |
| 20 | Hospital executive David Brown , 32 , could suffer 100 strokes from a 6ft bamboo cane if his attempt to have the ruling reversed fails . |
| 21 | He made love to her with a driving desperation that matched the excesses which were to shock her in retrospect , and if his flesh bore the imprint of her nails and teeth afterwards , there were faint reciprocal marks on her body , mostly the legacy of an erotically suckling mouth . |
| 22 | Previously he had been elected chairman of the Falkland Islands Committee because his determination to keep the Falklands British was such a boost to the morale of the islanders . |
| 23 | But he needed a job because his family needed the money . |
| 24 | Miguel was saying ‘ Yes ’ and ‘ I see ’ while his caller did the talking . |
| 25 | Forced landings were common , even Charlie Chaplin was seen standing on the sands of Bologne in the early 1920s while his pilot fixed the aircraft . |
| 26 | The Orc and Goblin player uses the Orc and Goblin army list , while his opponent uses the list from the Warhammer Armies book for his army . |
| 27 | In the fourteenth century , for instance , Arnaud de Cervole was in and out of royal employment and was actually appointed royal chamberlain in 1363 , while his son had the duke of Burgundy as his godfather . |
| 28 | The Counsellor with the gun kept it trained on her while his colleague operated the lock of Elaine 's cell . |
| 29 | I had hoped he and I might snuggle in the back of the car while his mate did the driving . |
| 30 | In his later years Bunyan spent much of his time visiting and overseeing nearby congregations , whilst his son worked the forge . |