Example sentences of "he [verb] [prep] his [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the patient is having long-term treatment at home , it is often worthwhile for him to invest in his own treatment plinth , if he can afford it , and if there is space for it . |
| 2 | Fred had been helping to rescue a family trapped in a cellar when a collapsing beam held him trapped by his left arm and leg for several hours , but he made a good recovery . |
| 3 | Of course , Kate could have shrugged and let him stew in his own juice , or lack of it . |
| 4 | … For that purpose it makes no difference whether the illegality is raised in the plaintiff 's claim or by way of reply to a ground of defence … ( ii ) Where the grant of relief to the plaintiff would enable him to benefit from his criminal conduct : … ( iii ) Where , even though neither ( i ) nor ( ii ) is applicable to the plaintiff 's claim , the situation is nevertheless residually covered by the general principle summarised in ( i ) above . |
| 5 | Moreover , where a woman dares not register her non-consent because of a man 's violent or frightening behaviour , the law is permitting him to benefit from his own wrong if it grants him a defence on the basis of an honest but unreasonable belief in consent . |
| 6 | This need enables him to persist in his laborious task ( the author is indebted to Dafydd Edward Spink for permission to use this story ) : |
| 7 | Having chosen Ernulf , Anselm allowed him to work in his own way . |
| 8 | Some twenty years later the District Judge at Kagalla found similar attitudes : ‘ It is a common occurrence for persons to see an animal being driven away under very suspicious circumstances , and yet , although perhaps living within a stone 's throw of the owner , they take no trouble to go and tell him what they have seen , and probably say nothing about it until they meet him looking for his stolen animal , three or four days afterward ; of course then the recovery is hopeless ! ’ |
| 9 | Many readers must have sighed with regret that so few of Gainsborough 's letters have survived , since the charm of his style is so fresh ; it is easy to sympathise with him writing about his professional commitment to portraiture , on behalf of two fine ladies , his daughters : |
| 10 | He is afraid too much study has caused him to regress to his former state of madness , and urges him to wait until he has regained stability . |
| 11 | She heard a footfall , she pressed herself back , keeping an eye on the street ; in a doorway , further on , a silhouette detached itself for a moment , and she saw a man throw his head back and shake it as if intoxicated , while holding his arms extended , and she fancied she heard him speak to his own fidanzata of that evening , she imagined him murmuring about her hair — as dark as a raven 's wing , perhaps ? |
| 12 | Marjorie helps him on with his camelhair overcoat , a garment she persuaded him to buy against his better judgement , for it hangs well below his knees and , he thinks , accentuates his short stature , as well as making him look like a prosperous bookie . |
| 13 | Because Dustin had eaten a few hours previously , the anaesthetist had to insert a tube in his mouth to stop him choking on his own vomit . |
| 14 | Above all he knew little more about Matthew Glynn than might reasonably appear in his obituary , but he needed to know the man well enough to see him going about his daily life against the background of his home and shop and in the context of his family , friends , and acquaintances . |
| 15 | Many thanks go to all those who have kept him going in his spare time with their contributions of spare yarn . |
| 16 | The class had taken a whole afternoon to find him buried beneath his precious collection and he had been more concerned about his stones than himself . |
| 17 | the director had him wrapped round his little finger for that five percent . |
| 18 | And what 's more , Uncle Pumblechook , realizing that this boy 's fortune may be made by going to Miss Havisham 's , has offered to take him into town tonight in his carriage , and let him sleep in his own house , and deliver him tomorrow to Miss Havisham 's . |
| 19 | We would certainly like to him to come out of his own free will and that 's what we are trying to persuade him to do for his own good . |
| 20 | You forced him to race against his better judgement and wishes . |
| 21 | Many of Mr Clarke 's supporters believe that the attacks on him originate from his unexpected success in the fiercely fought shadow cabinet elections last August . |
| 22 | He believes that the subtle discrimination practised on him resulted from his active role in a North sea safety committee . |
| 23 | Enough light would spill inwards from the porch as the door closed slowly on its damper , enough at least for him to get to his own door and line up the key ; but when it came to it he hurried too much and was trying to shake out the Yale when the front door put him in darkness . |
| 24 | His agent in Shropshire West had tried to persuade him to stay with his local Party members in a small , temperance hotel , but he had refused . |
| 25 | Such photographs are very popular , and Parish Clerk Weekley has one which shows him sitting on his own roof . |
| 26 | And at Nottingham County Court , Judge Elisabeth checkedFisher granted an order under the 1989 Children Act letting him live with his own father 's parents . |
| 27 | No one got him to expand on his Irish policy , just as no one got Mr Kinnock to say whether he followed the Tory policy on Ireland ( whatever that is ) or the policy of the last Labour Conference which calls for a United Ireland . |
| 28 | Jeremy started school during the first week in January , and she was glad to see him engrossed in his own school affairs and friendships again . |
| 29 | Recognising that as movement caused him to return to his normal self , he would soon realise that it was not Elizabeth who had found him , Sarah took one last chance . |
| 30 | I want him to return to his old life , which I consider would be much better for him . |