Example sentences of "his [noun] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One evening Rosslyn 's horse came up from the paddock as usual for his dinner , but instead of practically knocking her over like he normally did in his enthusiasm to get at the food , he stopped quietly at her side and put his head in her hands , saying non-verbally : ‘ I hurt ! ’ |
| 2 | With term approaching fast , it was quite likely that Andrew was coming to London on department business , and had seen his opportunity to call in the debt . |
| 3 | The 32-year-old Irishman said his struggle to return to the form which won him the world title and Tours of France and Italy in 1987 his 1987 level , when he won a world title and the Tours of France and Italy , had placed strains on his family . |
| 4 | His rhetoric acknowledged the end of the Cold War , but his actions or lack of them spoke volumes about his inability to throw off the attitudes and beliefs that have shaped his entire political life . |
| 5 | The deposed king had announced his decision to return at the end of May , when he committed himself to promoting democracy and announced that he was planning to sponsor an interim multiparty government of national consensus which would include members of the military . |
| 6 | The Scottish Sports Council announced today that its Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Mr Ken Hutchison has intimated his decision to retire at the end of November . |
| 7 | Walsh announced his decision to retire from the government on April 2 ; although he gave no reasons , he had earlier suggested that the government lacked sufficient political will to confront the country 's grave economic problems . |
| 8 | My friend is not simply explaining why , for good or bad reasons , he did decide to go to the Park ( as he might after the event , in which case it would be no objection to his explanation that when he got there the zoo turned out to be closed ) ; he is defending his decision to go to the Park rather than meet me at his house , and I can still try to change his mind . |
| 9 | He used the occasion to inform the public that his decision to withdraw from the campaign in July had been in response to a Republican dirty tricks campaign which had included a plan to smear his daughter through manufactured photographs and to disrupt her forthcoming wedding . |
| 10 | Tukalo , as Selkirk captain , also had cause to reflect on his decision to opt for a tap penalty when the Soutars trailed 6-12 in the first-half . |
| 11 | Defending his decision to meet with the South African delegation he said the conversation had dwelt on the future and potential business investment in the country . |
| 12 | Referring to his decision to resign from the Cabinet over the Westland affair in January 1986 , he says : ‘ I made a statement that day making it clear that I was going to continue in active politics in any role the Conservative Party wanted . |
| 13 | He succeeded Corneliu Coposu , who had previously announced his decision to resign from the post . |
| 14 | Many commentators interpreted his decision to run for the council as a means of preserving his extensive political machine while also providing a platform within the city government from which he could launch a future mayoral bid . |
| 15 | However , since the presence of the deceased on the premises was in direct contravention of an express instruction issued by the brewery to their manager , the brewery were not liable ; his permission to remain on the premises had ceased at closing time , 10.30 p.m . |
| 16 | Ollokot had expected to meet Howard and receive his permission to settle on the Umatilla Agency rather than Lapwai . |
| 17 | The change from the propagandist playing his derivative educational theme throughout A New View of Society to the leader , however temporary , of a trade union movement already inspirationally Owenite and now ready on his prompting to aspire to the control of the means of production and provision , was profound . |
| 18 | A LOYALIST politician has admitted talking to Sinn Fein about his plans to travel into the heart of republican areas of Belfast . |
| 19 | Did 1973 respond to his plans to leapfrog into the elite who would be actually paid to drive ? |
| 20 | To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what are his plans to assist with the repair and protection of the electricity supply in the event of severe weather conditions . |
| 21 | Even when he was clothed , the firelight played up his flexing muscles as he removed his jumper to use as a pillow . |
| 22 | Today , however , he used his privilege to check on the background of the child his wife idolized , more out of curiosity than any inclination to relax his stand against trying to procure the child for her . |
| 23 | As one of Scotland 's senior education professionals , he has brought his experience to bear on a number of organisations outwith the Council including the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities , as education adviser , and the University Grants Committee . |
| 24 | Once he had taken that view he abdicated , albeit unconsciously , his responsibility to rule on the submissions made . |
| 25 | His colleagues at the NSC , John Lang continued , had given him the nickname ‘ Knight Rider ’ , after the television hero ( ’ one man and his machine , dedicated to the righting of wrongs ’ ) , for his disappearances to confer with the contras . |
| 26 | He even expressed his willingness to act for the police in the future , if needed . |
| 27 | As Richard Neustadt puts it , ‘ When one man shares authority with another , but does not gain or lose his job on the other 's whim , his willingness to act upon the urging of the other turns on whether he conceives the action right for him . ’ |
| 28 | Tesfaye Gebre Kidan continued to appeal for a ceasefire and to impress on foreign ambassadors his willingness to negotiate with the rebels . |
| 29 | In an interview with The Times of India on Oct. 5 , 1990 , King Wangchuck expressed his willingness to enter into a dialogue with the dissidents . |
| 30 | His willingness to get into the crowds earned points . |