Example sentences of "his [noun] and [verb] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frankie would be set to work at the big sink , and before he washed each plate and roasting-pan he would scrape it clean with his fingers and eat every last scrap of chicken , sage and onion stuffing , corned beef , sliced Spam and cheese . |
| 2 | She stopped speaking and winked at my master , taking another sip from his goblet and grabbing the second penny he offered . |
| 3 | The judge retires for the night to consider his sentence and returns the next day to jail Leonard McLean for eighteen months . |
| 4 | His foremost maxim — of never admitting defeat , of sticking to your guns through thick and thin — came to his aid and offered the first shreds of comfort since the unpleasantness of the night before . |
| 5 | The millionaire property developer looked poised to cut his losses and quit the Second Division club after the failure of his proposed £13m rescue package last week . |
| 6 | He looked up , removed his reading glasses , then got to his feet and indicated the second sofa . |
| 7 | The old man dipped his nose and took a first careful sip . |
| 8 | In the case of human beings of course you have to notice that men seem to have an advantage because as I think I mention i in the lectures , it 's perfectly possible , you see this happening in our own society which is supposed to be monogamous , perfectly possible for a man to get married , raise a family and then in his forties to desert his wife and raise a second family . |
| 9 | Given that for every person who attends live opera , at least 1,000 more buy and enjoy reading poetry , will the Minister change his priorities and become the first legislator to acknowledge the unacknowledged legislators of the world ? |
| 10 | The political state made it clear that Robert Dundas would win his election if two additional nominal voters could be placed upon the roll , but the whole scheme would of course come to nothing should he lose any of his voters , or if Mr. Glassford would not also divide his valuation and make a second vote . |
| 11 | The lawyer , however , still wished to win his argument and asked a second question , |
| 12 | ’ Mathers killed his cigarette and started the second half of the Danish . |
| 13 | The bowler adjusted his line and dropped the next one on leg stump , on the half-volley . |
| 14 | OK , on paper it all sounds like nausea-inducing stuff , the kind of thing that would cause any self-respecting Popkid to pack up his T-shirts and join the next peace convoy out of town . |
| 15 | He switched off the engine then reached into his pocket for his cigarettes and lit the third one since leaving the Windorah . |
| 16 | Jed picked up his glass and swirled the last inch of beer around . |
| 17 | But when Mr Cheng looked at his papers and asked the first question , Hassan closed his eyes . |
| 18 | The drunk lifted his bottle and shook the last few drops into his throat . |
| 19 | The Archdeacon realised he had been carried away , cleared his throat and gulped the last of the sherry . |