Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [pers pn] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Clark took off his shirt he had black-and-blue bruises over his shoulders and arm . |
| 2 | In 1908 however when Mr. Vernon S. Lovell presented his trophy it comprised two pewter quart pots and two George III candlesticks to be played for in a bogey handicap competition . |
| 3 | In his mind he spoke another girl 's name ; a girl long dead , and asked her to forgive him . |
| 4 | On his return he received consular office from the eastern emperor ; he subsequently chose Paris as his capital ; his last years were spent eliminating rival Frankish leaders . |
| 5 | On his return he wrote several letters rather hurriedly because he was anxious to catch the post . |
| 6 | On his return he made common cause with Ben Tillett and others to establish a National Transport Workers ' Federation which had its first conference on 1 June 1911 . |
| 7 | In September the Eliots were in Scarborough , again for a fortnight , but on his return he contracted Asiatic influenza . |
| 8 | I do n't know what line Peter gave you , but if he told you far-fetched stories about his inheritance he omitted one thing . |
| 9 | But we had to go and take it into his culler I had one day at that , I thought I thought I 'd had enough coal . |
| 10 | The police , having interviewed working colleagues of the victim at the London Docks , had elicited information to the effect that at the end of his shift he met two men outside the gates and said he was going for a drink with them . |
| 11 | At the end of his mayoralty he founded six almshouses at St Helen 's Bishopsgate , with the Skinners as trustees , and in May 1553 he obtained letters patent for the erection of a free school , Tonbridge School , again with the Skinners ' Company as trustees . |
| 12 | In his retirement he spent many hours on the golf courses either at Dinsdale Spa or Blackwell . |
| 13 | She did n't know whether or not he was sniffing but when I searched his room I found empty aerosols . |
| 14 | Out of the corner of his eye he saw some wirelesses in a shop window . |
| 15 | Eck 's reputation was that of a sophist or dialectician rather than a profound thinker but in his day he exercised tremendous influence . |
| 16 | The 35-year-old will join his new county on tour in Sri Lanka next week , provided he receives a favourable medical report on the double stress fracture of his back he suffered two years ago . |
| 17 | To his credit he used these dicta only as the basic stepping stones of his own work : the tools but not the finished product . |
| 18 | Though Rose is most often associated with vines and pineapples , he also planted dwarf fruit trees , especially pears , in the St James garden , and earlier in his career he exchanged rare auriculas , anemones , and other flowers with gardeners as eminent as Sir Thomas Hanmer and John Rea [ q.v . ] . |
| 19 | In the course of his career he received many honours from medical , veterinary , and agricultural societies both at home and abroad , including an honorary fellowship of the Royal Society of Medicine . |
| 20 | ‘ When I was his age I said contentious things like he did last week , but I did not speak English very well so I did not get into trouble . ’ |
| 21 | Also in 1875 Townsend made his first tour to the Continent ; throughout his life he made regular visits to Europe , especially to northern Italy , where he developed a lifelong interest in architectural mosaics . |
| 22 | In the closing years of his life he suffered serious illness . |
| 23 | For the last four years of his life he suffered periodic attacks of the same symptoms , which damaged his kidneys still further , and led to high blood pressure . |
| 24 | Within his government he maintained strict control over the formulation of policy , a control which tightened as the crisis wore on . |
| 25 | As befitted a man who had been an assistant professional in his youth he had great sympathy for those afflicted by golf mania . |
| 26 | During his reign he added vast territories to the Frankish kingdom that he had inherited ; Lombardy ( the traditional enemy of both Franks and papacy ) , parts of Spain , all of Saxony over a prolonged period of campaigning , and Slavonic regions of the Drave and Elbe . |
| 27 | My old man in his regiment they called each other bow . |
| 28 | Even in his haste he noted subtle distinctions of taste between cerebellum and cortex , between frontal lobes and limbic system . |
| 29 | But before he got into his aircraft to complete his detail he presented 20 piastres to Fagan , Fagan looked at the 20 piastres — and the 20 piastre piece was a great thing like a cartwheel , very large and bigger by far than an old-fashioned crown , some 2-2 ½ ″ wide , Fagan looked at this and the doctor said : I am sorry about the shit I blew over everybody — there is my fine , " Fagan looked at it and said " Doe , the fine was only 10 piastres . " |
| 30 | The boy was back in three days and I knew by his face he had momentous news . |