Example sentences of "he [verb] [pron] [prep] his [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It 's hit towards the halfway line , Alan the sole defender for Blackburn at the moment , he plays it to his right , forward it goes to now that 's a good ball down the far side of the field , plenty of er men available , 's one of them inside the penalty area , the cross was n't so good from and it 's gon na run harmlessly behind for a goal kick .
2 The governor , fearing for his life , drew his sword and attacked Paulus , but his aim was either too feeble or misdirected to be effective , so he plunged it into his own body .
3 As he prided himself on his fair and honest trading , and the high standards which he always maintained except in extenuating circumstances , the ginger-haired totter had decided he should do the right thing by her .
4 Whereas Flynn was at the other end of the scale , for , despite his external charm , he really seemed to care little about anybody 's well-being — possibly because he cared nothing for his own .
5 He — um — he appointed you as his special envoy , you see — gave you carte blanche as far as time was concerned ; in fact he insisted that your entire stay here from day one should be regarded as being on company business . ’
6 As he led them into his large and sunny sitting-room , his scalp gleamed in the light .
7 Then he tried it on his own
8 He found it amongst his own but he does n't have a V A C
9 Between 1925 and 1929 he devoted himself to his regenerative projects .
10 Would she ? she wondered as he drew her into his special world of sensuality .
11 She raised her hand and stroked his face , and he caught it with his own , turning it over so that it was palm up , and kissing it .
12 He covers it with his other hand , draws his fists apart and holds them for GUIL .
13 He conceded that his knowledge of the language was slight ; that is why he referred me to his young assistant . ’
14 An amusing parallel in the film business is an account given by the director Ken Russell of how he sold the idea of making a film about Tchaikowsky ; he described it to his potential backers as the story of a homosexual who fell in love with a nymphomaniac .
15 He contradicted himself within his own question by saying that we have no constitutional ideas and then identifying an area on which we are currently consulting with a view to making constitutional changes .
16 To hasten this process , Bakewell rented out his bulls so that their performance was proven elsewhere before he used them in his own herd .
17 He used it to his best advantage last week , when he raised the ghastly spectre of Belgium to warn unwary voters of the dangers of coalition governments and proportional representation .
18 Osborne too felt his viola was mightier than the machine-guns : he used it as his only protection , making a conscious decision not to wear a flak jacket .
19 The clothier who wrote in 1760 that high wages made his workfolk " scarce , saucy and bad " was seeking to impress no one , for he entered it in his private diary .
20 He loves everything about his new uniform .
21 He told her about his old school .
22 As he lit a cigarette , ( he rolls his own from a tobacco mix in a tin ) he told me about his early life .
23 ‘ God help you , it 's the most exciting thing which has happened there since the man was buried , ’ he told me in his comfortably-scuffed office in Dublin .
24 Captain Coote 's sea pieces were fully manned and he told us about his contributing authors , unlike Mr Raban , who gives us only their dates and sometimes a mention in the introduction .
25 He installed her in his battered van , chatting volubly on every subject under the sun other than Dr Penry Vaughan on the journey , but Leonora was hard pressed to make suitable rejoinders , every nerve in her body stretched to breaking-point at the thought of what lay ahead .
26 He bewildered her with his easy lovemaking , with the sensations that he called up so easily from way inside her .
27 Iago works on Othello 's vision-interpretation until he replaces it with his own .
28 For a second he looked exasperated and then he murmured something in his own language and suddenly drew her to her feet , his hands gripping hers , steadying her and comforting .
29 He re-introduces us to his perfect plan and purpose for us .
30 Former New Seekers singer Lyn Paul was linked with him briefly and , in a ‘ kiss- and tell ’ interview , said , ‘ I think every time he took a girl out he compared her with his former wife , Gabrielle , and none of them came up to scratch . ’
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