Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [be] [vb pp] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Michael Roper and his step-brother were thrown thirty feet from the lift onto the snow below . |
| 2 | His mum 's moved te' cat in and a snake into te' bathtob ! ’ |
| 3 | Sutton Hall said he would have to pay a carriage fee of £68 ; his cheque was cashed last August , but he still has n't been sent the units . |
| 4 | His certificate was dated 5 July 1794 . |
| 5 | His car was vandalised several times and he was forced to move his business after it was set on fire . |
| 6 | Mercifully , his car was abandoned three miles away , and two-year-old Natasha Brown was able to tell a passing couple that ’ a naughty man ’ had taken the car . |
| 7 | Daniel 's weight plummeted to just over two stone when his condition was diagnosed last February . |
| 8 | We are soon informed of how his wealth is made public knowledge in lines that suggest his generosity with his riches could be extravagance ; an imprudent use and showing of wealth — and his wife — rather than a wise one : This noble marchaunt heeld a worthy hous For which he hadde alday so great repair For his largesse ( and for his wyf was fair ) That wonder is … |
| 9 | In front of him on his desk were disposed various objects , an elegant and masterly still life to complement the strong head and the ambivalent natural growths . |
| 10 | But his body was exhumed last Monday for the ceremonial reburial yesterday . |
| 11 | His body was discovered two days later on a railway track in Walton , Liverpool . |
| 12 | Three hours later his body was found two miles away at Ness Point . |
| 13 | His body was recovered two hours later . |
| 14 | I earn my first of these by commenting that there were a few raised eyebrows when his peerage was announced last June . |
| 15 | He was sucked into every knot of people , and his back was slapped many times . |
| 16 | He entered Paris on 25 August and in October his government was given full recognition by the Allies . |
| 17 | When his Journey was published two years later , this quiet moment received great acclaim , hailed by one reviewer as ‘ a fortunate event in the annals of literature … we congratulate the public on the event … ’ |
| 18 | A ROBBER who made Nazi salutes after shooting an Asian boy and his uncle was given two life sentences yesterday . |
| 19 | A ROBBER who made Nazi salutes after shooting dead a 15-year-old Asian schoolboy and attempting to murder his uncle was given two life sentences yesterday . |
| 20 | His fax was created 30 years before fellow-Scotsman Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone . |
| 21 | His hat-trick was completed seven minutes later when Donnelly found him from midfield , and he made no mistake beating the lonesome figure of Keeley . |
| 22 | He had served a year 's probation because of the incident , but had not paid the fine and a warrant for his arrest was issued two months ago . |