Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a man at last who could discern the larger purposes of God , and who played his part in them to the full . |
| 2 | The West Ham Trades Council resolved that conscription was a serious threat to the labour movement , and summoned Thorne to explain his support for it at the 1916 Labour Party conference ( East Ham Echo 12 February 16 ) . |
| 3 | I think it may well be necessary for Chapter to terminate his contract with us in the near future . ’ |
| 4 | She hoped fitzAlan would begin his search for her on the road to Gloucester ; he might even think she had sought shelter with Dame Sybil , but the hope was a weak one . |
| 5 | Renko takes his pleasure with her on the floor of a very small cabin — his only good break in a grim round of murders and chilblains . |
| 6 | His weight against her on the bed was a savage joy . |
| 7 | Had he changed his mind about her in the cold light of morning ? |
| 8 | A man as highly educated as Augustine changed his mind about them in the course of his life . |
| 9 | She felt a flood of heat as he stared down at her , felt the deepening intensity of his gaze on her in the few seconds before his mouth descended slowly to take possession of her lips . |
| 10 | Corbett regained his strength and scrambled to his feet , dragging the dwarf in his grasp with him as the latter 's accomplice slumped wordlessly to his knees . |
| 11 | This is , however , a rare instance of Anderson displaying any interest in McKendrick and the change in his attitude towards him at the end of the play is confirmed in the figures for his turn-allocation . |
| 12 | He took his typescript with him from the compartment for fear of its vanishing . |
| 13 | Sometimes she sat in his room with him in the evenings when he practised , curled up on one or other of the narrow beds , with her sewing . |
| 14 | So Rodrigo departed from the King , and took his spouse with him to the house of his mother , and gave her to his mother 's keeping . |
| 15 | He was so sure of himself they had even agreed to bring his name into it from the beginning . |
| 16 | Balvinder shook his head at me across the ring : ‘ This one very weakling bird , ’ he shouted . |
| 17 | Collectors would give anything for the chance to hear him project his art to us from the clarity of a recording studio . |
| 18 | The man sitting with his back to her at the table looked round . |
| 19 | The place smelt of oil , paint , damp and slow failure , and Marriage himself sat with his back to it in the cold sunshine , looking across to the willows and alders of the far bank and the fields beyond . |
| 20 | A girl and her boyfriend had fallen out and he went round to her house the next evening to apologise , taking his dog with him for the walk . |
| 21 | The more in touch we are with our own life experience , the greater chance we will have of listening to God screaming his love for us in the ordinary events of our lives . |
| 22 | So when Jesus breathes his Spirit upon them after the resurrection , it is to enable them to enter into his own mission received from the Father and proclaim forgiveness of sins to believers , and doom to the impenitent ( 20:20–23 ) . |
| 23 | My mother would hide his food from us at the bottom of one of the holes in the oven . |
| 24 | He puts his hand over hers on the table . |
| 25 | ‘ I wanted to invite you , ’ he told her again later ( his hand over hers beneath the tablecloth ) . |
| 26 | His hand touching hers in the absolute darkness , his fingertips lingering on her fingertips just a moment longer than was necessary , was just about the most sensual feeling she had ever had . |
| 27 | He thought she looked maddeningly attractive , and emboldened by the fine claret , pressed his knee against hers under the table . |
| 28 | Housman then kept his version by him for the rest of his life , not collecting it in A Shropshire Lad , nor in his Last Poems ( 1922 ) . |
| 29 | She was glad he was here , his strength beside her on the bench , keeping her safe with his darkness from the blue sanctity of the Virgin . |
| 30 | Mr Bragg nodded towards a lean figure picking his way towards them among the splintered remains of the wooden rollers . |