Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [vb past] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tramp choked a little , as if the gum he accepted and popped into his mouth had gone the wrong way . |
| 2 | His aide had employed the only Manchu equivalent for a recognition of higher rank ‘ sama ’ — the word which meant ‘ lord ’ . |
| 3 | She said he did n't have an enemy in the world and that his murder had left the whole family devastated . |
| 4 | Suddenly , his gaze dropped to probe the scented hollow between her breasts . |
| 5 | True , his editor had taken the surprising step of allowing him to pursue this story all the way to London . |
| 6 | The boxer : the end of the round , the bell went , his seconds had put down his stool , he was there to sit , and his opponent had to walk the whole way back to his own corner . |
| 7 | Disappointingly for the authorities , Moscow and Leningrad voted for the ‘ renewed federation ’ by tiny majorities ; in Gorbachev 's own district in Moscow 375 voted against the proposition and 376 in favour , the only uncertainty being whether the General Secretary or his spouse had cast the decisive ballot . |
| 8 | If we are not yet ready for such a grave ceremony , sooner or later we will be ; and if anyone thinks it macabre or mawkish , let them first read Derek Humphry 's moving account in his book Jean 's Way of how , when his wife had entered the terminal stage of bone cancer , he and she sat together over coffee and she took the pill which , with her full approval , he had obtained and kept safe for the occasion , and how she died peacefully in his arms . |
| 9 | Celsus reports that his father managed to persuade the consular consilium that it was still due . |
| 10 | In 1877 his father had heard the American evangelist D. L. Moody in London , and had sold his racehorses and devoted himself to personal evangelism . |
| 11 | He was simply going to have to leave Islam , the way his father had left the Rotary club . |
| 12 | Both Henry VI and his father had devastated the Roman Patrimony and made the popes their victims . |
| 13 | Hendry rallied after the break , winning four of the next five frames to trail 7-6 , but his countryman steadied to take the next two frames and seal victory . |
| 14 | His man had increased the Nazi presence in the Volkstag from a single seat to 27 seats . |
| 15 | President Endara confirmed on Jan. 23 during a visit to Costa Rica that his government intended to abolish the Panamanian Defence Forces in favour of a civil guard force modelled along Costa Rican lines . |
| 16 | His voice seemed to fill the few inches ' space between them , bringing them even closer . |
| 17 | It was as if the dominance of his spirit had conquered the physical results of lack of sleep , lending him a new vitality which arced across the distance between them , charging her own weakened batteries , as he responded to a challenge which had been originally hers . |
| 18 | And , too , another part of her mind was asking how he dare go almost insane because his daughter had committed the so-called sin when he himself , by his own admission , was keeping a woman on the side . |
| 19 | Rory had fumed , unaccustomed to being dictated to , but his will had proved the stronger . |
| 20 | The red bitch was the seventh in a line of dogs that had belonged to Kalchu 's family since his grandfather had brought the first one back from Tibet some forty years previously . |
| 21 | Sweat from his hand began to soften the crisp white document that had been drawn up after many long night-time meetings when they had all finally agreed to form a co-operative . |
| 22 | One incident which contributed to his training managed to reach the national papers . |
| 23 | But a senior Kuwait delegate claimed his country had offered the other ministers a compromise on the tough quota demands it made when the meeting started but said the proposal were rejected . |
| 24 | It was immediately assumed that Robson , who had missed England 's 0-0 draw in Sweden last month because of bruised ribs , would again be absent when his country strove to acquire the further point they need in Poland to ensure qualification for the World Cup finals next summer . |
| 25 | Homesickness , the love of a teenage girlfriend called June and a premature belief in his ability had encouraged the young Souness to jump ship . |
| 26 | He had wanted to give her something to remember him by ; the feel of her warm and strange in his arm had surprised the clumsy offering out of him before he knew . |
| 27 | As always his mother had had the upper hand . |
| 28 | It was Sunday , and Yanto had enjoyed the casual breakfast with his Mother , something he rarely had time for during the working week Their chat during breakfast had revealed to him that his Mother had enjoyed the previous Friday evening out with Sid Watkins and would probably see him again . |
| 29 | His son had to dismiss the Crimean commander on his behalf because after catching a cold Nicholas had insisted on inspecting troops in twenty-three degrees of frost . |
| 30 | He said that his party had bucked the national trend by ‘ putting our position in a straightforward way ’ . |