Example sentences of "[subord] it [verb] his [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Geoffrey watched the red flush creep up James Grierson 's neck and continue until it reached his receding hairline . |
| 2 | It was one thing for his guardian to tell Harry to forget the circumstances of his birth , but would he do so if it meant his beloved daughter had to share that stigma ? |
| 3 | He just managed to close his mind to what he did n't want to know , because it spoiled his beautiful graphs . ’ |
| 4 | He loved it because of the colours and because it needed his nimble fingers . |
| 5 | And it granted Mr Gorbachev most of the new powers he had requested ( though it rejected his clumsy proposal for a system of local inspectors to help enforce presidential decrees ) . |
| 6 | In so far as it explained his personal ideology to the French people , it may be regarded as the first speech of de Gaulle the politician , as opposed to de Gaulle the symbol . |
| 7 | Rex felt the cold muzzle of the gun as it entered his left ear . |
| 8 | The attempt to answer the question , ‘ Who am I ? ’ inevitably led Proust , as it leads his fictional hero , to explore and examine his past . |
| 9 | While it is certain that it was always possible to approach Napoleon III via a courtier , the real intermediaries between the Emperor and the outside world , in so far as it necessitated his personal intervention , were those employed in what was called the Civil Cabinet . |
| 10 | So he persuaded himself , for it made his own sin less grievous that he was not leading her into temptation too . |