Example sentences of "his [adj] [noun] [noun sg] [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Smith dismissed speculation he would recruit former Middlesbrough coach David Nish as his right hand man if he took over the hot seat . |
| 2 | He was stuffing a thick wad of notes into his inside jacket pocket as he did so and I wondered briefly why Stubbly wanted all those French francs ; but then , that was n't any of my business , was it ? |
| 3 | He also admits to having a streak of the trainspotter in him , and it took three days ploughing through his extensive record collection before he finally managed to produce a top ten . |
| 4 | Father Devlin boomed , taking off his tall silk hat as he strode into the wide , big , lamp-lit kitchen of the O'Malley farmhouse . |
| 5 | Franco repeated the message of his 2 December letter when he said that he did not " see any advantage in change " and that if he were ever to delegate the leadership of the government , it would only be when he was no longer able to carry out the functions of that position as well as those of head of state . |
| 6 | He found it hard even to visit his old sidekick Bundini when he was dying . |
| 7 | A POLICEMAN was yesterday jailed for seven years for raping an 18-year-old woman in his marked patrol car while he was on duty and in uniform . |
| 8 | Souness believes Grobbelaar 's experience is just what his crisis-hit side need as they bid to climb out of the club 's worst start since 1953 . |
| 9 | ‘ Gabby 's famous for his slack-key guitar work because he was so good at it , but his steel playing was just as good . |
| 10 | The operator 's face was screwed up in concentration , one hand clamped to his left ear plug as he manipulated the dials of the set . |
| 11 | It was second nature to him now to note the time by the illuminated dial of his electric bedside clock before he had switched on his lamp , a second after he had felt for and silenced the raucous insistence of the telephone . |
| 12 | When critics accused Richard Nixon of ‘ indecent exposure ’ , they were n't revealing the origin of his nickname Tricky Dicky ; they were referring to his 1952 TV speech where he was broadcast cuddling his cocker spaniel ‘ Checkers ’ in an attempt to clear his name ( with dog lovers at least ) in the first cock-up regarding a slush fund . |
| 13 | This afternoon , in his home town of Vicenza , the 22-year-old Baggio will win his sixth Italy cap when he lines up to face Algeria in a game which Italy 's manager , Azeglio Vicini , hopes to use as valuable preparation for next Wednesday 's Wembley confrontation with England . |
| 14 | CI winger Jim Cowden will today be ruing his first minute gaffe when he threw away a try by trying to run under the posts . |
| 15 | Pearson , who is in training for the Gisborough Moors Race later this month , was delighted with his performance in his first NYSD outing since he won the youths title in 1978 . |
| 16 | Rachmaninov completed his First Piano Concerto when he was 18 , and studying piano ( very successfully ) at the Moscow Conservatory . |
| 17 | Harry , director of a well-known Nottingham car hire and sales company specialising in vintage machines , chose the Fouga as his first jet warbird because it seemed the most appropriate aeroplane for his skills . |
| 18 | He received his first report card when he was only four years old from a boarding school in the South of France which domestic insecurities had required our attending rather early in life . |
| 19 | Gascoigne 's header just four minutes from time — his first league goal since he joined Lazio this season — was a rare moment of inspiration in an otherwise dull display , they said . |
| 20 | DAGENHAM and Redbridge boss John Still will today relive the nightmare of his only League appearance when he pits his team against the club where his dreams were shattered 25 years ago . |
| 21 | Now , watching his grinning monkey face as he swung , arm over arm , the frantic twisting of his body , the silver of the delicate ribcage under the pale flesh where the jacket had parted from his jeans , she felt a surge of love so painful that it was like a thrust to the heart . |
| 22 | A pronouncement which proved to be news to his own personnel department when he made the first anguished inquiries . |
| 23 | No one can ever be explicit about his own value system because he is inside it . |
| 24 | Mark is believed to have become the first blind presenter to host his own radio show when he took to the airwaves at BBC Radio Cleveland yesterday . |
| 25 | He sounded friendly , his grim mood lifting as he concentrated on his driving and the island they were going to visit . |
| 26 | ACTOR John Thaw was in a defiant mood yesterday over plummeting viewing figures for his new TV show as he collected an honour from Buckingham Palace . |
| 27 | It 's some guy called Harding and its his last work day before he goes on holiday . |
| 28 | She clung to the waist of his crackling leather overcoat as they thundered up the hill and roared along Hope Street , past the Mission Hall and the Institute and the ruined silhouette of the Methodist church . |