Example sentences of "his [noun] [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The choice of his successor according to Swazi custom threatened to be prolonged and difficult . |
| 2 | His resignation came amid sharp criticism of his handling of the troubles of the thrift industry as a whole and in particular of the collapse of the Lincoln Savings and Loan Association of Irvine , California , which was currently the subject of investigation by the House banking committee . |
| 3 | Although his trousers might acquire or lose turnups and more or less leg width ; his shirt evolve from plain white to a variety of colours and patterns , along with minor ( but crucial ) alterations to collar cut ; and his ties perform similar minuets together with the length of his hair , he did not ever , unless actually appearing on stage in Swan Lake , have to make a big thing of — his big thing . |
| 4 | RORY Underwood , England 's most-capped player and record try-scorer , has dramatically reversed his decision to retire from international rugby . |
| 5 | FRANCO BARESI , the AC Milan captain , last night reversed his decision to retire from international football . |
| 6 | But there was an additional element ; Constantine the Great had embraced the Christian faith and his sons followed with blind intolerance . |
| 7 | In reality , for a Chinese peasant , his sons conscripted for forced labour in the Japanese army , his women seized for their brothels , his land destroyed , the power of nationalism does not add an extra dimension to his anguish and anger . |
| 8 | Unfortunately , ill luck , in his case compounded by ill judgement , dogs the unsuccessful , and the only way into the sport , for some who should never be in it , is around the less successful teams . |
| 9 | On the contrary they assist the plaintiff to the extent that his case accords with legislative policy and the Act at least recognises the possibility that he has a valid claim at common law — the fact that the Law Commission , whose Report on Injuries to Unborn Children ( 1974 ) ( Cmnd. 5709 ) led to the Act of 1976 , considered this a probability is perhaps not a matter which the plaintiff can properly pray in aid . |
| 10 | His description overflows with quiet joy . |
| 11 | His breathing quickened with raw urgency , but he held himself rigid above the provocation of her softly rounded femininity . |
| 12 | His literary interests were remarkably wide and his expertise ranged from Anglo-Irish writing to Silver Age Latin epigrammatists ; but he published mainly on seventeenth-century comic or satirical dramatists , as his editions of Marston 's Malcontent and Vanbrugh 's Relapse testify . |
| 13 | She handed him the woebegone bouquet , the bird 's head dangling , its coxcomb a broken-stemmed blossom ; he took it , bowed his head , and pinched the child 's cheek as he showed his teeth gritted in greedy affection , the expression that says to children , ‘ Aahah ! |
| 14 | And he revealed that he was too busy to tune into his son-in-law fighting for political life on Wednesday night 's TV news . |
| 15 | I am encouraged by the fact that President Moi has expressed his willingness to move towards multi-party democracy , and by the recent indications that fresh general elections may be held early next year . |
| 16 | Involuntarily she pulled it more securely around her in a jerky movement , her flush deepening as his mouth curved with mocking laughter . |
| 17 | His mouth tightened with remembered pain and anger . |
| 18 | His mouth opened in mute protest at this perversion of the proper order of affairs . |
| 19 | Then suddenly his eyes nearly jumped out of his head , and his mouth opened in frightened surprise . |
| 20 | His presence was not a bad one to bestow , and his words carried across dead air with a kind of comfort . |
| 21 | His research focused on poly-crystalline diamond compact ( PDC ) drill bits , which have proved to be the most cost effective for the deep , interbedded Colombian wells . |
| 22 | Kenneth Clarke , the education secretary , poured cold water on the recommendations of a working party set up by his department to look at physical education . |
| 23 | Going to his cabin one night the guilty engineer found his bulkheads papered with blue toilet paper and Bluecol stickers everywhere . |
| 24 | His screams broke into hysterical laughter . |
| 25 | His head was bald , and his shoulders curved from continuous bending over intricate work . |
| 26 | His face was a mass of purple bruises , his lips swollen and split and his eyes lost behind puffy tissue . |
| 27 | Turning the tables on him drew an expressionless silence for a few seconds , and then he smiled , his eyes gleaming in genuine amusement . |
| 28 | He blinked , glanced her way , and then blinked again , his eyes sharpening into sudden focus . |
| 29 | ‘ Honest ! ’ he barked , his eyes glittering with sudden anger . |
| 30 | ‘ Yes , I do know the dictionary definition of strumpet , and I love it when you talk dirty , ’ he growled , his eyes glittering with wicked amusement . |