Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eleven years later the World Federation of the Deaf at the seventh Congress in Washington awarded him an International Solidarity Merit Award , and Gallaudet College , taking advantage of his presence made him the first recipient of a medallion for " outstanding international service to the deaf " , which he received at a special convention attended by the Vice-President of the United States . |
| 2 | His work affects me the same way — which is why I bought that painting a few years ago . |
| 3 | A SIX-YEAR-OLD boy died in hospital after being hit by a car while his father taught him the Green Cross Code . |
| 4 | Unfortunately , Bob Bigg 's Palace career was greatly reduced by a badly broken leg sustained at Newport in February 1937 , which kept him out of first-team action for fully 21 months , and some of the contemporary pundits reckoned that his absence cost us the single promotion place from Division 3 South in 1938–39 . |
| 5 | He was n't in the sitting-room , so , interested in the house in spite of herself , she started to explore , his absence giving her the perfect right to do so . |
| 6 | He never earned a degree , but an allowance from his mother gave him the financial independence to devote himself to a career as writer . |
| 7 | Either he was smiling , or the gaunt hollows of his face gave him the daunting appearance of a smile . |