Example sentences of "his [noun] [prep] [art] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Mackay launched his cavalry at the attackers ' flank to try to restore the situation , they were caught up in the rout of the demoralised infantry , now stampeding from the field , while the victorious Highlanders pressed on unchecked until distracted from killing by the chance of plunder as they reached Mackay 's baggage train . |
| 2 | He was RTS television reporter of the year in 1977 , when the award was first introduced , for his coverage of a mercenaries ' trial in Angola . |
| 3 | The whole thing did n't take very long ; just over a year after his freedom of the Weavers ' Company had been approved , William Charles Titford , Linen Draper , ‘ Son of Charles Titford of Frome , Somersetshire , Cheesemonger , ’ became free of the City , ‘ … paying unto Mr Chamberlain for this City 's use the Sum of forty six shillings and eight pence ’ . |
| 4 | Supported by a small inheritance from his father , who died in 1538 , Smith gained his freedom of the Haberdashers ' Company and subsequently of the Skinners ' , the company of Sir Andrew Judde [ q.v. ] , a wealthy City merchant and Kent landowner , whose daughter , Alice , he married about 1555 . |
| 5 | Broderick had even written a letter expressing his sympathy to the victims ' family . |
| 6 | His entry in The Cricketers ' Who 's Who includes 11 O-levels ( six As ) , four A-levels ( three As ) ; and a BSc ( Hons ) in Human Biological Sciences from Loughborough . |
| 7 | Arthur had eaten large helpings of scampi and steak-and-kidney pudding , refrained from the damson pie as a gesture , and taken his mind off the others ' plates by saying that they would do the film if he and Fred were allowed to write it , direct it , find the props , and put together the sound track . |
| 8 | His concentration on the consultants ' review is ridiculous . |
| 9 | and take his seat in the visitors ' dug-out . |
| 10 | The Anfield boss , starting his five-match UEFA ban from the dug-out and dressing room , waved a defiant clenched-fist salute as he took his seat in the directors ' box and his team followed his passionate lead . |
| 11 | ‘ He plays at pirates all the time , does wheelies on his bike , throws mud at his friends , kicks his football into the neighbours ' garden and pings his food around at the tea table . ’ |
| 12 | I ask about his work with the veterans ' organisation . |
| 13 | His duties with the Friends ' Ambulance Unit in the Western Desert reinforced a desire to give service . |
| 14 | Tom Walkinshaw , chairman of the BRDC and their trading subsidiary Silverstone Circuits Ltd before the deal was made , has since been sacked and has resigned his membership of the Drivers ' Club . |
| 15 | Mr Clarke 's reaction reveals the same double standard as did his reaction to the doctors ' equally democratic verdict which he proceeded to dismiss . |
| 16 | DESPITE fears that Martin Crowe 's knee problems might force him to withdraw , New Zealand 's captain took his place in the co-hosts ' World Cup squad . |
| 17 | His place in the defenders ' final is in jeopardy because of it , for Bill Koch 's America beat her stable-mate , Kanza , on Thursday , to boost the chances of the two Koch yachts meeting in the final . |
| 18 | The little boy was discovered in his buggy at a citizens ' advice bureau with a note pinned to him . |
| 19 | Tom Conway , the London school 's master-in-charge , felt such sympathy for the Latymer Upper side , who outplayed his own team and lost 2-1 , that he popped his head around the visitors ' dressing-room door to say ‘ Sorry ’ . |
| 20 | Men 's pores release five times as many natural chemicals , called pheromones , at this time of year , according to Dr Kelly , who will air his theory at a chemists ' conference in Guildford , Surrey , today . |
| 21 | The Skeletons , of course , ca n't reach the meat , and the man takes great delight in taking each helping and stuffing it into his own face , wiping juices from his hands onto the Skeletons ' bony faces . |
| 22 | The loyal workers were gobsmacked to find two months later their ex-boss had bought all his ex-machinery at the receivers ' auction for next to nothing and started up in business again under another name in the same premises . |
| 23 | ‘ Hello , Malcolm , ’ said Hilary Frome , pausing at the door of the sick bay on his way to the boarders ' common room . |
| 24 | He opened the boomgate and Whitlock gave him a friendly wave as he drove past on his way to the visitors ' car park . |
| 25 | Where that does not resolve any difficulty , the client may pursue his claims with the Solicitors ' Complaints Bureau . |
| 26 | Hunter dislocated his shoulder in the Lions ' tour-opening win against North Auckland . |
| 27 | Up to now , he had always competed in the skating events and had escorted one of his classmates to the Teens ' Square Dance , held well away from the elegant ball . |
| 28 | Ian Hunter ( knee injury ) yesterday withdrew from England 's squad for the international against Scotland on 6 March and his position on the replacements ' bench has been taken by Bath centre Phil De Glanville . |
| 29 | The fact that Oslear has been stripped of his position as the umpires ' boss at their annual meeting , means that Palmer , Hampshire and the England team now fear Allan Lamb 's sensational Daily Mirror revelations may never be backed by cricket 's dithering chiefs at the Test and County Cricket Board . |
| 30 | Half an hour previously , Captive Audience had run to the best of his ability in the lads ' race , plugging on one-paced up the Sandown hill to take second place . |