Example sentences of "and his [noun] [verb] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This man and his parents originated from the south of England . |
| 2 | Lying awake in the room next to hers , the episode with the boy had kept recurring to him , the sweat running on the boy 's face and his hands protruding from the sleeves of the dog's-tooth suit and his voice making its extraordinary statements . |
| 3 | Boys with generally excellent appetite , Oliver Twist and his companions suffered from the tortures of slow starvation , starvation for three months , at least they got so for ferocious , is that right ? |
| 4 | In drama a number of people agree to abstract from what they know of the ‘ hiding ’ function and to combine that knowledge with what they have understood about a particular ‘ hiding ’ context , say , King Charles and his followers hiding from the Roundheads ( hiders are therefore labelled Cavaliers , and the seekers Roundheads ) and to behave ‘ as if ’ only that function mattered . |
| 5 | He stands in the midst of a field of strong young rice on the rich land he and his compañeros wrested from the rancher , more by doggedness than force , in 1981 . |
| 6 | All this the Doctor and his group learn from the aged Keeper of the Conscience , Arbitan . |
| 7 | After the Sloth , Gan and his woman retired from the fire they did n't help build , the merits of Gan 's woman were discussed . |