Example sentences of "his [noun] [verb] him [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first glance only his sword and the shoulder straps attached to his shirt mark him out as an officer . |
| 2 | The central character is a young BBC World Service journalist who , in search of a big story , finds himself adrift in a world of moral deprivation as his investigations lead him deep into the rotten heart of the city . |
| 3 | Hazel and the others followed as best they could , with Pipkin limping and staggering behind , his fear driving him on in spite of the pain in his paw . |
| 4 | Frank Howard , defending , said Millman had been drinking to celebrate his birthday and expected his girlfriend to drive him home at the end of the night . |
| 5 | Philip did n't believe what Lee had said about his stepdad letting him out on purpose , wanting him to get killed . |
| 6 | He kept no symbols of his religion to give him away to his comrades . |
| 7 | McAllister awoke to find him above her again , put her arms around his neck to draw him down to her , but he shook his head . |
| 8 | He had two other wins that year , at Zandvoort and Monza , but his car let him down on other occasions when his excellent driving had put him in a race-winning situation . |
| 9 | Warr is not readily allocated to any single faction , though his suspicion of all governments , his eventual antipathy to land tenures ( ‘ slavish ties and badges upon men ’ ) , and his vocabulary place him close to Gerrard Winstanley [ q.v. ] and the Diggers . |
| 10 | If his work kept him late for a meal , he had satirical reproaches cast upon his head by the landlady . |
| 11 | Clifford , 16 , who attends Clacton County High School , has brittle bones but his determination saw him through to victory in Saturday 's race , which was also open to the able-bodied . |
| 12 | His intelligence marked him out from other prisoners . |
| 13 | It was irregular because his duties took him out of touch for weeks at a time . |
| 14 | The inspection of slaughterhouses which was one of his duties converted him permanently to vegetarianism . |
| 15 | ‘ His business takes him all over the world . ’ |
| 16 | His retirement took him away from the intense glare of publicity but he retained the admiration and affection of those who loved football — and those who knew little about the game but recognised a true gentleman and outstanding sportsman . |
| 17 | His looks , his temperament , his background — even his name marked him off for ridicule . |
| 18 | His friend regarded him curiously over her hamburger . |
| 19 | In The Quarry Man ( 1908 ) a workman is blinded during blasting operations at a quarry ; later his wife becomes unfaithful and he is driven to suicide ; just in time his wife pulls him out of the river and she now abandons ‘ the downward path ’ . |
| 20 | In both fields he was an individualist , and in both his successes mark him out as an artist of power and originality . |
| 21 | Seton 's body was quickly reinterred and , despite Sir James ' protests , Corbett insisted that his escort accompany him back to the Abbey of Holy Rood . |
| 22 | He does n't need his father to bail him out of trouble any more . |
| 23 | She only remembered it long afterwards , the night his father turned him out of Riverstown . |
| 24 | And it was as he turned from her , that jewel box in his hand , that he suddenly knew who had taken those jewels , and his anger carried him away from Charity 's pain and her need . |
| 25 | His aunt recognised him immediately as the well-known local ‘ drug squad ’ detective . |
| 26 | As his relations carried him off to be buried , the sky suddenly darkened and the heavens opened . |
| 27 | His success projected him on to Channel 4 's comedy series Packet of Three and its follow-up , Packing Them In , which starts this month . |
| 28 | Ronald Reagan has made a career out of being underestimated and the same mistake was made in 1980 when his critics wrote him off as an amiable , ex-movie actor ill-qualified for the presidency . |
| 29 | Ordered him out of bed and impatiently interrupted his exercises to bring him downstairs for breakfast . |
| 30 | Galliano showed two hours late , which could have ruined him , but fortunately did n't because the press loved him and his audience welcomed him back with loud approval after an absence of two seasons ( due to the lack of financial backing ) . |