Example sentences of "his [noun pl] [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he pursued his policies within the parliamentary Labour Party and the Labour Party issued the ‘ Mosley Manifesto ’ , develop his policies into a full-scale plan in January 1931 , under the title ‘ A National Policy ’ . |
| 2 | Only that there was at least a minor cultural triumph on the terraces where Francois Aliane , celebrated French restaurateur from Edinburgh , rugby enthusiast and Scotophile , was waxing the way fans do and giving his views to a French spectator . |
| 3 | And anyway I 'm going to leave that on one side now because it 's more erm a problem to reconciling Mill 's views about liberty with his views about a proper government rather than directly about governments , so I 'm just going to note that and move on now . |
| 4 | Questioned on his views by a Hull-based evening newspaper Lord White tried to backtrack . |
| 5 | And when I nodded , he flicked his fingers at a passing waiter . |
| 6 | He moved his fingers with a delicate sureness of touch , thereby undermining Cassie 's wavering defences even more alarmingly . |
| 7 | The bald-headed man caught his stare and waggled his fingers in a friendly fashion . |
| 8 | The boy stroked the girl 's side , twisting the walkman lead around his fingers in a one-handed cat 's cradle . |
| 9 | He kissed his fingers in a flamboyant sort of way and swept off , his quiff bobbing above the heads of the other guests like a small ship on a turbulent sea . |
| 10 | ‘ Demon anarchists , ’ cursed the priest , throwing all his enemies into a single pot . |
| 11 | He did not put up any resistance when they flung him down on the rainswept slabs , and tied his ankles with a thick cord . |
| 12 | It appears that the promises of God , his plans for a new beginning for his world , are locked up in a Pharaoh 's palace . |
| 13 | By early November however , as the Dublin lock-out attacks against leaders of the trade unions and the Labour Party who seemed to be obstructing his plans for a general strike , not only in Dublin , but throughout Great Britain , vilifying them as " serpents whom I shall allow to raise their foul heads and spit out their poison no longer " and as having " neither soul to be saved nor body to be kicked " Almost overnight , support for Larkin turned into denunciation of his reckless methods and of his policy of attempting to bleed British unions of funds in support of sympathy strikes which seemed destined either to fail or to lead to unwanted revolution . |
| 14 | In the Summer of 1958 the Home Secretary served notice to his Ministerial colleagues that he would be making demands on the Government 's expenditure programme to finance his plans for a wholesale prison rebuilding scheme . |
| 15 | But the experience is one Mr Lang and his ministerial colleagues could have done without if his plans for a radical shake-up of the local government system are to remain credible . |
| 16 | In May , more than 100 senior judges castigated his plans as a serious threat to the quality of justice . |
| 17 | He lives with his wife and two children in Amersham and is currently taking golf lessons with one of his sons at a local club . |
| 18 | This was taken by him and his sons as a sacred treasure when they went into Egypt . |
| 19 | From now on , Charles would have to be taken seriously by his half-brothers as a potential heir to Charlemagne . |
| 20 | Texts such as " Secrets de l'Espagne " , and " Renaissance de l'Espagne " illustrate the intimate relationship that exists in Nizan 's mind between his activities as a political reporter and his activities as a political novelist . |
| 21 | Texts such as " Secrets de l'Espagne " , and " Renaissance de l'Espagne " illustrate the intimate relationship that exists in Nizan 's mind between his activities as a political reporter and his activities as a political novelist . |
| 22 | He has halted most of his opponents in a 36-fight ring career , and his two defeats were to Michael Watson and Eubank . |
| 23 | Howard thinks , picking food out from between his teeth with a sharpened matchstick . |
| 24 | And Francie dowsing himself with porridge and ( now ) meditatively picking his teeth with a used matchstick . |
| 25 | Already his mouth was watering at the prospect of sinking his teeth into a thick slice of bread liberally spread with best butter and sprinkled with sugar from one of the big sacks standing in the corner . |
| 26 | Vitor muttered , her name hissing out through his teeth in a fevered breath . |
| 27 | So you see , ’ he bared his teeth in a satisfied smile , ‘ there is nothing to worry about . |
| 28 | The Prophet 's bloody lips drew back from his teeth in a silent snarl of hate , and he began to speak . |
| 29 | Baring his teeth in a soundless snarl of frustration and fury , he turned and ran for the opposite end of the alley , away from the oncoming car . |
| 30 | Then the Prophet 's lips drew back from his teeth in a soundless snarl of triumph , and the next thing Curtis knew , he was staring down the muzzle of the gun the other had levelled at him from point blank range . |