Example sentences of "who [verb] his [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Only a man who offers his word as a guarantee could be so naïve .
2 Martin Shaw , the Derby director who represents his club on the League management board , said : ‘ The existing rules allow for flexibility in dealing with a case where the player clearly has done nothing wrong himself . ’
3 Eric , who sold his house for the venture , is the resident caretaker , and plans to turn the house into a base for fellow trainspotters are under way .
4 Simon , who quit his job as an estate agent , begins a one-year accountancy course in Newcastle upon Tyne today .
5 But if we start from the conception of the rational man who disciplines his spontaneity by an awareness independent of viewpoint , then it is for the egoist to explain why he claims priority for responses from his own viewpoint .
6 The Paul who receives his mission to the Gentiles does so in a trance in the temple at Jerusalem ( Acts 22:17ff ) .
7 On the right of one photo is partisan , Leo Vincitic , who combine his duties on the unit with those of interpreter .
8 Former Park skipper Turner , who led his team to the title in the Eighties , achieved his hat-trick by bowling Morrison , having Aconley caught at slip and trapping Garvey leg before .
9 Thus , the shopkeeper who displays his goods with a false description commits an offence under section 1 .
10 Schreber 's father , who ruled his household like a dictator and believed that he had a mission to reform educational principles , acquired a large following , especially in Germany , and was compared favourably by one of his biographers with Hitler .
11 The terrible murderer who stalked his victims in the Tower ?
12 Former hooker Steve Jones has taken over from John Perkins as coach , included in their personnel are former Lions Staff Jones and Graham Price , and club captain Chris Huish , who announced his retirement at the end of last season .
13 But they must progress without brilliant fly-half Naas Botha , who announced his retirement at the end of his 28th Test .
14 Jo accepts that despite Craig 's well-publicised engagement to his former co-star Rachel Friend , his fans will scrutinise every leading lady who crosses his path as a possible new love interest .
15 On the Glomar Challenger , and back on shore , Hall met others who shared his enthusiasm for the ocean floor .
16 The departure of Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith was regretted by those who shared his emphasis on the political issues .
17 Those who shared his belief in the ultimate weapon , Pentagon chiefs and Congressional hawks , put pressure on the President .
18 Devoted to his wife , Julie , and a family who shared his passion for the Catholic Players , Michael was a well-known figure in the Amateur Theatre in Bradford , appearing in shows and concerts with the Society in a period of over 30 years , rarely missing an event .
19 He had a gift for friendship , and a wide range of acquaintances , but his close friends were few and in his later years were drawn from a small circle who shared his interest in the lives and books of medieval scholars .
20 Finally , there is the criticism of ‘ those associated with him ’ , presumably the Protestant clergymen who shared his objections to the meeting , and there is the suggestion that they and the Ballymoney Council have been manipulated by Rome .
21 The underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau was among those who lent his name to the protest .
22 More than one lord lieutenant told me almost apologetically of the number of supplicants who sought his intervention with the democratically-chosen authorities .
23 Vander Zalm , a Dutch immigrant who made his fortune from a garden nursery business in Vancouver and who had held the premiership since 1986 [ see p. 37940 ] , was one of the country 's most colourful politicians .
24 Peter , who made his fortune in the family wallpaper business , was a generous , demonstrative and easy-going stepfather .
25 Mr Tapie , who made his fortune in the 1970s and 80s rescuing troubled companies , once called his dramatic entry into adidas three years ago the best deal he had ever struck .
26 The screenplay was written by Herb Gardner , a cartoonist who made his name with The Nebbishes and the 1962 hit Broadway play , A Thousand Clowns , filmed in 1965 .
27 It co-stars Hugh Grant , 31 , who made his name in the film of E M Forster 's Maurice .
28 Williams , who made his debut for the county as a teenager in 1974 , scored almost 12,000 runs and took nearly 400 wickets in his first-class career .
29 In Mr Michael Fallon , aged 39 , the Tories have a seasoned campaigner who made his debut under the full blaze of the national media in the famous 1983 by-election .
30 This was the third century in 10 Tests for the left-handed opener , who made his debut in the fourth Test against the West Indies in January and hit 839 runs in the Ashes series .
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