Example sentences of "his [noun] [verb] [pron] [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As his dive steepened he felt the speed pick up again ; there was still life in the controls , somewhere . |
| 2 | Making life hell so he resigned , and threatening to expose his negligence to ensure he made the minimum of fuss , was much more acceptable to MacQuillan . ’ |
| 3 | His willingness to rethink everything aroused the hostility of the left ; but he remained too leftwing for the right , and his shadow cabinet ratings sunk . |
| 4 | The Crown Princess of Jordan opened an exhibition of his work saying it captured the real colour of life . |
| 5 | Mr Arsmtrong said : ‘ She said she thought he was going to start on her again so she went into the kitchen to get a knife and while her husband had his back turned she pushed the knife into his lower back . |
| 6 | When Ryoei Saito , 74 , president of Daishowa Paper Manufacturing Co , set the latest auction record ( $82.5 million for Van Gogh 's Portrait of Dr Gachet ) his representative said he regarded the painting as ‘ quite cheap , very reasonable . ’ |