Example sentences of "his [noun sg] have [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frequently , when Eddie Stratton had flown in the past , his heart had missed a beat or two whenever he heard the ‘ ding-dong ’ tones on the aircraft intercom . |
| 2 | Joyce and his kind had given the Communists a ready argument for enlisting working-class Jews in an anti-Fascist crusade . |
| 3 | His nephew , John de Grandisson ( 1292–1369 ) , became bishop of Exeter in 1327 and before his election had continued the family 's role in diplomacy , especially at the papal court . |
| 4 | His board had rejected the management buy out proposal because : |
| 5 | Word of his presence had reached the army commander at Inverness and 1500 men were secretly sent off to capture him , but his hostess got wind of the plan and sent the prince to shelter in the woods , having posted four servants with a local blacksmith to watch for the approaching column . |
| 6 | His mum had got the caterers in back at the house and there were great plates of sandwiches and cakes and even a couple of barrels of Tetley 's out in the kitchen with the head waiter from the restaurant at Mary Ann Evans 's dispensing from the tap . |
| 7 | Before Lewis became the No 1 challenger by beating Donovan ‘ Razor ’ Ruddock , his camp had signed an agreement with Bowe 's representatives stating the winners of the fight and last Friday 's Bowe-Evander Holyfield bout would meet next for the undisputed heavyweight title . |
| 8 | He inspected the helmet , with its heavy crest and the circling ruff of fur around the rim ; his blow had cut the ruff and damaged the cheek guard . |
| 9 | On the other hand , since his agent had accepted the terms so avidly , he thought there might be problems in getting them changed . |
| 10 | The seller can not rely on any exclusion clause , no matter what liability it claims to exclude , to the extent that he or his agent has misrepresented the effect of the clause . |
| 11 | His research has shown the area to have decreased from 2,000 square kilometres in 1966 to 700 sq km in 1989 . |
| 12 | His arousal had made no secret of that fact . |
| 13 | County trading standards officer Eric Robinson said his department had advised the company how to improve its quality management systems to avoid future problems . |
| 14 | He still does n't know the exact reason for the problem that kept him in care for a week — more tests are planned at the end of next month — and which has prevented him from going back to Stamford Bridge , where his coaching has transformed the fortunes of London 's Cinderella club . |
| 15 | In his 1990 New Year address Museveni said that since taking power in 1986 his administration had reversed the decline in the economy , with the growth rate increasing from 2.4 per cent in 1986 to 7.4 per cent in 1988 , although Ugandans still had much hardship to bear in the form of higher prices . |
| 16 | Boro manager Lennie Lawrence was disappointed that his side had missed the opportunity to move into an automatic promotion place . |
| 17 | Half an hour gone the captain has an injury but his side have taken the lead . |
| 18 | The unimaginable heat and weight of Fenna had pressed the ooze in the cave , pressed so hotly and heavily that the molecules of mud were squeezed apart , breaking up into carbon atoms and hydrogen atoms , and his weight had compressed the carbon atoms into diamond crystals , and more and more diamonds until his hoard was a lure to garish youths , who had toiled up to his cave and exchanged riddles and blows with him , but when he had fixed them with his ancient evil little eyes , they retreated abashed to sing his praises . |
| 19 | His courtship had begun the day they 'd met , with the first of many small tokens of affection delivered to her desk . |
| 20 | Dines only admitted the charge when it was proven that guns found in his car had fired the shots . |
| 21 | As Hunter says , ‘ his mind had received a shock from which it never fully recovered ’ . |
| 22 | As he had grown older , his anger had turned to cold bitterness , and creeping into his mind had come the idea of revenge , something subtle enough to humble his mother , make her realize that he lived , without killing her . |
| 23 | But while his condition has improved the couple are still face eviction from their home near Oxford . |
| 24 | Even his marriage had made no difference . |
| 25 | He liked women , and before his marriage had enjoyed a succession of casual , satisfactory and uncommitted affairs . |
| 26 | But he can afford to joke because his pub has won the Egon Ronay Family Pub of the Year award . |
| 27 | His armour has become a bandage |
| 28 | Since he had left the French Foreign Legion his bar had become the Paris watering hole for old comrades-in-arms . |
| 29 | A man who was severely burned in a fire at his home has undergone an emergency skin graft . |
| 30 | His barber-surgeon had guaranteed the attachments against all eventualities . |