Example sentences of "his [noun pl] [prep] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Merry puts forward his plans for dealing with the ruffians by force . |
| 2 | From a brief and rather difficult passage in his judgment [ 1991 ] 2 H.K.L.R. 400 , 413 , it seems that Barnett J. was disposed to consider that the submission was correct , but it evidently served only to underline his reasons for concurring with the district judge . |
| 3 | Commenting on his reasons for selling off the chain he founded in 1978 , Mr Weatherburn said that last year had been ‘ very difficult ’ , not just because of the stampede into remaindering by other companies ( see also Christmas in the Bookshops , page 27 ) . |
| 4 | He was shivering , and fumbled in his bedroll for a cloak , which he pulled about his shoulders before crouching beside the fire once more . |
| 5 | As Mr Leslie had explained earlier he was completely sober and was not given to imagination , he screwed his eyes up looking for the reason for the footsteps ; he could n't see the feet but heard them quite distinctly passing him in the ballast below . |
| 6 | No doubt his motives for going on the pilgrimage were varied . |
| 7 | Is the Home Secretary aware that , by purporting to describe his motives in persisting with the deportation order despite the instructions of the court , he is contributing to a debate which he described as sub judice ? |
| 8 | He liked Curtis and he fully sympathised with his motives in going after the crazed killer on his own . |
| 9 | Flashman 's wife Helen , the company secretary , helped winch him to his feet before going into the meeting , flanked by club secretary Brian Ayres and a team of legal experts . |
| 10 | Focusing more particularly on forgiveness , Jesus defended the woman who had poured myrrh over his feet by pointing to the same reason : ‘ Her great love proves that her many sins have been forgiven ; where little has been forgiven , little love is shown . ’ |
| 11 | Scrambling to his feet , he tested the floor at his feet by stamping with the heel of his uninjured leg . |
| 12 | Writing during the war , Basil recalls his days of working at the Euston Road Studio : |
| 13 | Although Paul usually forgot his dreams on waking in the morning , he began to remember his dreams and started to keep a diary of what he had dreamt . |
| 14 | Stuart is known as Bobby to his team-mates after graduating from the ex-England manager Bobby Robson 's School of Excellence . |
| 15 | Towards the end of field-work a constable newly transferred to the Neighbourhood Unit from one of the sections expressed his difficulties in adjusting to the new round of duties , stating that it was more difficult to pass the time because nothing seemed to happen ( FN 17/12/87 , p. 16 ) : establishing informal contact with the public was not yet itself seen as doing police work and boredom was unappealing . |
| 16 | The principle that no man can be a judge in his own cause may also be infringed if a person has so actively identified himself with the temperance cause , by his actions in campaigning against the granting of certificates , that it would be contrary to elementary justice that he should act as a member of a licensing board . |
| 17 | He claims the Bishop justified his actions by talking about the suffering of martyred saints . |
| 18 | Angry Cruyff FOOTBALL : Barcelona coach Johan Cruyff yesterday accused his players of throwing in the towel and lacking the heart to defend their Spanish League title after his side dropped a point with a poor performance in a 1–1 draw at home to Real Burgos yesterday . |
| 19 | CROONER Des O'Connor is expecting to have the last laugh on his critics by soaring to the top of the Christmas hit parade . |
| 20 | The youngster was destined to follow many of his ancestors by dying from the family curse hydrocephalus water on the brain . |
| 21 | He wanted her to make enquiries with some of his friends about his chances of getting into the South African Army after leaving France . |
| 22 | Already , he knew that his chances of living through the next four or five weeks had been severely curtailed . |
| 23 | He is expected to play again in January , specialists having approved his return to training , but is unwilling to turn out too soon , as he did against Steaua after surgery , for fear of jeopardising his chances of playing in the World Cup . |
| 24 | Converting that into a winning performance at London is another matter , hence his insistence on downplaying his chances of finishing in the money . |
| 25 | The England international magically skipped past four defenders as though stardust had been sprinkled on his boots after turning on the edge of the area . |
| 26 | On shower day he made Frank strip off all his clothes before going to the bathroom . |
| 27 | He improved his championship best to a wind-assisted 10.39 seconds in the 100 metres semi-finals and the organisers have agreed to pay his expenses for competing in the Olympic trials in Birmingham on June 27 and 28 a bonus normally offered only to winners . |
| 28 | He shared with his sister a dislike of the future Empress , a dislike which in his case was exacerbated by the fact that Eugénie , by producing an heir , effectively removed his hopes of succeeding to the throne . |
| 29 | David Lawrence is putting his feet up … after the trials of test cricket in New Zealand … and after the shattering knee injury that dashed his hopes of playing in the World Cup . |
| 30 | Duregar pushed forward , pinning his hopes on breaking through the East Gate . |