Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [verb] [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Zeppelins appeared over the south coast and the first civilian war casualties were a little boy and his sister killed when a bomb destroyed their cottage at King 's Lynn . |
| 2 | His resignation comes after a report claimed it was cumbersome and spent too much on administration . |
| 3 | The solid trapdoor lifted and crashed over onto the tiled floor , and his heart soared as the torch light revealed the wooden rungs of a ladder descending into the darkness below . |
| 4 | I can assure you that he is highly delighted with his decision to purchase because the cost savings over the life-time of the machine more than offset the initial cost difference . ’ |
| 5 | The attack came after steel erector Mr Fox and his mum complained when the pitbull ran amok in the pub , Bristol Crown Court heard . |
| 6 | It is his responsibility to decide whether the glider should be manned at the nose or tail , and whether someone is needed in the cockpit . |
| 7 | One of five officers was kicked unconscious and another had his nose broken after a prisoner slipped his handcuffs to lead the assault . |
| 8 | There he would be met by the doctor and my father , who was allowed to travel with him because he had regularly accompanied the doctor on his evening rounds before the curfew was established . |
| 9 | But his head cleared as the pain receded and he remembered what he had been going to ask Curtis . |
| 10 | Then he walked into his bedroom and sat on the edge of his bed with his head bowed while the bath filled , breathing deeply . |
| 11 | Twenty minutes later , George Leeming lay as they had first seen him , except that his eyes were now open and his back arched as the doctor had placed a pillow under him to make him more comfortable . |
| 12 | His pledge came after the president gave a dramatic special pardon to former Defence Secretary Caspar Weinberger and five top aides of former President Ronald Reagan . |
| 13 | The additions to his power in the course of the 1470s may have constituted a reassessment of his position , with the king 's perception of his role developing as the duke matured . |
| 14 | The additions to his power in the course of the 1470s may have constituted a reassessment of his position , with the king 's perception of his role developing as the duke matured . |
| 15 | SMOKEY ROBINSON has been singing and writing his love sings since the age of 13 and it 's a whole three decades since he had his first hit . |
| 16 | Elliott moved the car along the street , staying a few yards back from Goldmam who was twenty feet behind Helen and Nicola , his pace increasing as the distance narrowed , timing it nicely . |
| 17 | Mohammed Hussein Nagdi , who resigned as Iran 's ambassador to Italy in 1982 to campaign for the government 's overthrow , was killed on his way to work when the hit squad pulled up beside his car and opened fire with a submachine gun , police said . |
| 18 | Ashenden doubted it , his doubt redoubling as the coach drew further and further away from Oxford along the A34 . |
| 19 | Rohmer rose to his knees , lifting first one hand and then the other in front of his face to see if the material of his gloves was broken . |
| 20 | His face stung as the room resounded to the sharp slap across his cheek . |
| 21 | Former police officer Christopher Hardcastle , owner of Quarry Garage , Crossgates , said 17-year-old Darren Habberley had gone to his garage to apologise before the matter was reported to the police . |