Example sentences of "his [noun pl] [to-vb] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 His colleagues at the NSC , John Lang continued , had given him the nickname ‘ Knight Rider ’ , after the television hero ( ’ one man and his machine , dedicated to the righting of wrongs ’ ) , for his disappearances to confer with the contras .
2 Initial returns indicated the re-election of President Joaquín Balaguer , 83 , of the Social Christian Reformist Party ( PRSC ) , but on May 18 his long-time rival , Juan Bosch , 81 , of the Dominican Liberation Party ( PLD ) , accused the government of " colossal fraud " and urged his supporters to take to the streets in protest .
3 The Friar frowned , checked his ho-hoings and allowed his eyes to flicker from the enemies in front .
4 He trained his dogs to return to the kennels after they were sold .
5 Both could do worse than go back to Tony Crosland and update his ideas to allow for the issues of gender , race , environment , low growth and others of which he was ignorant .
6 As the Doctor continued his efforts to communicate with the slaves , Blake noticed the Galks talking to the Cun .
7 Bedford dentist David Woolley has written an in-house leaflet for his patients to warn of the problems of halitosis .
8 The Prince muttered , ‘ Bless you , ’ then stood in his stirrups to gaze at the Lancers through a telescope .
9 He kept his bloated thumbs well away from his body , using his elbows to ease past the bushes .
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