Example sentences of "and his [noun sg] [verb] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He waved frantically , and his sister did the same . |
| 2 | But there 's no mistaking Madge 's absolute technical control and his determination to make the most of the grand old man 's music . |
| 3 | We noted the grim approaches ; incessant traffic noise in narrow streets ; parked vehicles hemming in the pavement ; rubbish dumps on waste land nearby ; the absence of green playing spaces on or near the school sites ; tiny playgrounds ; gaunt looking buildings ; often poor decorative conditions inside ; narrow passages ; dark rooms ; unheated and cramped cloakrooms ; unroofed outside lavatories ; tiny staff rooms ; inadequate storage space with consequent restrictions on teaching materials and therefore methods ; inadequate space for movement and P.E. ; meals in classroom ; art on desks ; music only to the discomfort of others in an echoing building ; non-soundproof partitions between classes ; lack of smaller rooms for group work ; lack of spare room for tuition of small groups ; insufficient display space ; attractive books kept unseen in cupboards for lack of space to lay them out ; no privacy for parents wishing to see the head ; sometimes the head and his secretary sharing the same room ; and , sometimes all around , the ingrained grime of generations . |
| 4 | Paul Davies is a guru of mathematical physics and his book covers the same territory as that of Hawking ( whom he cites often ) and Gribbin and is almost as impenetrable ; however , he makes every effort to take the layman along with him , so that by judicious and generous skipping you do gain something of value . |
| 5 | The discovery was a direct outcome of the interest of Dr Bevan Reid ( Reader in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Sydney University 's Queen Elizabeth II Research Centre for Mothers and Infants ) in the cause of cancer , and his aim to resolve the many questions surrounding the problem . |
| 6 | He 'd picked up the baby and held her while Ma gave her the medicine , and his face had the same look as when Billy had fallen in the river . |