Example sentences of "his [noun] [verb] [pron] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , their conception of American culture woefully behind the times and Cameron Smith , a KGB man with a more up-to-date approach , convinces his superiors to allow him to give the place a more modern look by duping a couple of real American experts to act as advisors . |
| 2 | It is no secret that there was great division among Transvaal administrators in releasing Rice from his contract to enable him to join the Channel 9 TV commentary team for the World Cup that clashed with the latter stages of the South African season . |
| 3 | Each must decide as he pleases , according to whether his temperament urges him to prefer the prolific , radiant , almost jovial abundance of Rubens ; the mild dignity and eurhythmic order of Raphael ; the paradisal — one might almost say the afternoon colour of Veronese ; the austere and strained severity of David ; or the dramatic and almost literary rhetoric of Lebrun . |
| 4 | The thin cotton of his pyjamas did nothing to cushion the discomfort of the wicker scraping his bony body . |
| 5 | A FEUDING doctor who was awarded a record £150,000 damages against his partner for slander has been forced to give up his battle to get her to pay the cash . |
| 6 | Steve and his wife use it to keep the weight off and ensure their 3 young daughters get the balanced diet the experts say they need . |
| 7 | For once his joking did nothing to ease the tension and no one laughed . |
| 8 | The violent scene ended with his father telling him to leave the house , ‘ so decidedly that I actually left the same day . ’ |
| 9 | His father encouraged him to read the historical books of the Bible . |
| 10 | The untimely death of his father did nothing to alter the youngest Charlton 's ambition . |
| 11 | These photographs — ‘ my life 's blood ’ — are pinned to his bench enabling him to check the size and configuration of the newly-carved elements . |
| 12 | Although this ardent Protestant was now protector ( and duke of Somerset ) , his government did nothing to help the Protestant Castalians . |
| 13 | AIAS [ Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies ] tried to get in touch with Gould and his publishers to ask them to withdraw the book from sale , or at least remove this photo . |
| 14 | God and his Reason commanded him to subdue the Earth , i.e. improve it for the benefit of Life , and therein lay out something upon it that was his own , his labour . |
| 15 | One writer had the initiative to check with Muslim organisations when his publisher asked him to remove the term ‘ pig-out ’ . |
| 16 | His visit did nothing to stem the exodus , however , and on Jan. 20 the Greek authorities declared that no Albanian would be allowed to enter Greece without a passport and visa . |
| 17 | One of his daughters takes me to borrow the telephone of a surly neighbour , who insists I pay for the call . |