Example sentences of "his [noun] [vb -s] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His shouting sounds like a trumpet or summat . |
| 2 | His story begins at a time when , as at other times in this century , the patriciate , and the merely rich , had slipped down into marked collusion with the smart , with upstarts and bohemians . |
| 3 | Lucker points out that his contract comes to a close in Chicago and he is not being paid for anything he is n't doing , and he is not doing anything he is n't paid for . |
| 4 | His data consists of a set of objects called ‘ the well-formed sentences of a language ’ , which can exist independently of any individual speaker of that language . |
| 5 | Comte does not ignore the arts ; indeed his work ends with a call to ‘ aesthetic action ’ : |
| 6 | Sybil Vane ( Andrea Hart ) is attired like a Pre-Raphaelite madonna ; Dorian for his portrait poses against a cross like a Saint Sebastian while Lord Henry , in cream suit and fur coat , is the fin de siecle decadent in miniature . |
| 7 | US columnist William Buckley Jr has worked out that if Electronic Data Systems Corp founder Ross Perot does decide to run for President , his commitment to spend $100m of his estimated $3,000m fortune on his campaign , it represents about 3% of his capital worth , about half what his wealth generates in a year , so that by election day in November , he will still be richer than he was when he started out . |
| 8 | his foreskin sways like a drop of flesh … |
| 9 | His conclusion coincides with a tide of concern among mainstream researchers about possible failings in their predictions of a warmer world . |
| 10 | So Njorthr ; his wife replies with a complaint about the noise of the sea-mews . |
| 11 | His head looks like a baby 's arse . |
| 12 | His departure comes at a time when GEC Ferranti is enjoying considerable success in securing major contracts in the face of stiff international competition . |
| 13 | ( 5 ) In order to keep his underwriting costs to a minimum , the bidder will normally wish to shut-off the cash underwritten alternative as soon as practicable . |
| 14 | In other words , your horse 's coat is a reflection more of his health and diet than of the number of hours his owner spends with a body brush . |
| 15 | Mr Wakerley said Sams denied any knowledge of the kidnap and murder of Julie and in a confession to the Stephanie plot admitted making ‘ one huge error ’ by discussing his ransom plans as a joke with another person . |
| 16 | His argument begins with a rejection of ‘ universalism ’ and a claim that different varieties of language can be associated with different levels of such general qualities as ‘ objectivity ’ : ‘ there are gross differences among languages , such that it does seem reasonable to say of some that they allow their users to approximate to neutral , objective description ’ . |
| 17 | His song seems like a recollection of one of Eliot 's music-hall favourites and heightens the unusual , ritual element of his drinking . |
| 18 | His leg comes to a sort of point , like the end of a pencil or summat and he tells me to shove it in the end of the false leg . |
| 19 | His food goes in a corner manger and a brick goes in with it ; the weight of the brick means he ca n't throw the manger about and we can only assume that its bulk gives him something to think about . |
| 20 | 1982 Randy Rhoades , guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne , is killed along with Ozzy 's hairdresser , when his plane crashes into a house near Orlando , Florida after buzzing their tour bus . |
| 21 | His model consists of a set of hypotheses . |
| 22 | Even in that period , reactions were not always as bad as these ; in 1618 the water-poet John Taylor had a wonderful Scottish holiday ( having gone there , as a result of a bet with Ben Jonson , without money , so that his account stands as a testimony to the generosity of the Scots ) . |
| 23 | He is plagued by demons which go back to his childhood and his torment intensifies as a train hurtles him away from or maybe towards a crime . |
| 24 | We are espeically pleased that his Knighthood comes as a result of Mrs Thatcher 's personal recognition . |
| 25 | His answer depends on a distinction between tacit and explicit consent . |
| 26 | This time I chanced upon a passage where the writer was awakened from his narcotic slumbers by a knocking at his cottage door : |
| 27 | His hotel looks like a remake of The Wild Bunch . |
| 28 | In the next century Vadin brought religious freedom ( his memorial stands in a corner of the Marktgasse ) . |
| 29 | This dematerialisation is taken a stage further when his soul becomes like a bird which can fly away , completely freeing itself from society or any distractions to concentrate solely on the contemplation of itself . |
| 30 | Mr Kenealy , from Great Sutton , near Ellesmere Port , Cheshire , says the only surviving tribute to his son appears in a book of remembrance at an Ulster church . |