Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [pers pn] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'll give you a fire if it 's cold the other day when Tony was here with his mum they had a fan heater |
| 2 | Ma Smith took in gentlemen paying guests and for his outlay he had a bedroom , a personal sitting room and the dedicated service of the widowed Mrs Smith and her daughters . |
| 3 | Even though I knew what was going through his mind I asked a supplemental , ‘ The software does support Grey Scales does n't it ? ’ . |
| 4 | And in his mind he formed a pattern of their vivid after-images against the dull mauve light . |
| 5 | He was obviously a sad man , but in his soundlessness I detected a stillness that neither his wife nor his son achieved . |
| 6 | In his heyday he had a memory like a clamp . |
| 7 | At the conclusion of his apprenticeship he became a partner in this firm , thereafter Wilberforce & Smith . |
| 8 | After completing his apprenticeship he suffered a breakdown in health and was compelled to abandon his intended profession . |
| 9 | College was dull , we covered the basics and then did a bit of everything — I hated portraiture , architectural and food shots — all the commercially viable stuff — but when I saw his work it struck a chord . |
| 10 | College was dull , we covered the basics and then did a bit of everything — I hated portraiture , architectural and food shots — all the commercially viable stuff — but when I saw his work it struck a chord . |
| 11 | By his second he had a son who died in infancy , and a daughter born 1641 . |
| 12 | Soon after his return he took a lease of Colworth House , Sharnbrook in north Bedfordshire , from John Fiott-Lee , whose principal seat was at Hartwell House in Buckinghamshire . |
| 13 | After his return he made a statement to the UK House of Commons on Oct. 24 , warning that the decision on the use of force was " not one which can be indefinitely shirked " if sanctions were proving ineffectual . |
| 14 | On his return he faced a conflict of loyalties . |
| 15 | On his desk he had a box full of eyes . |
| 16 | Unfortunately when we went into the shop to buy his gift we met a couple of his ex-girlfriends who insisted on coming along to remind him of the girls he is leaving behind , and to present him with a small , but wonderfully-packaged gift , a token of our friendship . |
| 17 | From his saddlebag he took a length of rope that he knotted as a leash round Nosey 's neck , then he drew his rifle out of the saddle holster , cocked it , and went silently forward . |
| 18 | The inspector advised him that in his opinion he had a drink problem and should do something about it . |
| 19 | In the other the Lapith 's left hand must have been gripping the Centaur 's head ( lost ) while with his right he thrusts a weapon into the breast of the creature , who yet will not let go of his prize with either hand though with both hers she tugs at one . |
| 20 | To emphasise his point he fetched a kitchen knife from the cabinet . |
| 21 | And in his place we have a murderer fascinated by the Napoleonic idea . |
| 22 | When he left to powder his nose I noticed a change of mood on the street : the club across the road had suddenly gone dark , and into the brightness of our window fitted uniformed police escorting angry ladies into vans . |
| 23 | SOME 30 years ago , whenever Professor Wilfrid Bach ventured to blow his nose he faced a hazard which has affected his thinking for life . |
| 24 | On his recovery he made a pilgrimage to the shrine of Rocamadour in the Quercy . |
| 25 | That was all he could say for quite a time ; but when he had recovered his confidence he said a lot more , all of it expressing gratitude to Sheila for her quick thinking and great pluck and shame for his own and Chuck 's roughness with her earlier . |
| 26 | Out of the corner of his eye he saw a face appear in the corridor . |
| 27 | In his cellar he has a workshop where he enjoys ‘ messing around ’ with clubs , mostly putters and drivers . |
| 28 | His blue eyes stared at her blindly and when she gently said his name he gave a start , spilling whisky over the crumpled telegram . |
| 29 | But like his friend he holds a shotgun . |
| 30 | You know , through his wife he has a claim to the throne of Castille ; through his grandmother to the throne of France . |