Example sentences of "[noun] [vb infin] his [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had seen Caballeros make his 3 and knew that unless the Spaniard cracked he would need to finish with two birdies himself . |
| 2 | Should the auditor design his own software packages ? |
| 3 | Can David know his own roads , I do n't know . |
| 4 | Well , let brother Spencer enjoy his ill-gotten gains while he may , the day was coming shortly when his fraud would be exposed for all to see . |
| 5 | Much in the Bible exists to expose man 's tendency to make religion suit his own pleasure , or ( as might be said ) match what he finds " helpful " . |
| 6 | That 's first time I 've seen Richard use his right hand . |
| 7 | People got bored watching little Johnny take his first steps ? |
| 8 | SALT , for example , gave the Soviets an advantage in the number of ICBM 's ( even if the US maintained predominance in total numbers of warheads ) ; grain sales to Russia helped Brezhnev solve his agricultural problems but upset US markets ; Jewish emigration from the USSR increased but not enough to please the critics so that the US Congress ( under the Jackson-Vanik amendment ) decided to tie economic deals with Russia to greater Jewish emigration . |
| 9 | I 'm by the window and I 'd seen Pickerage make his enticing little way there just a minute before . |
| 10 | Against which team did Ian Rush score his record-breaking goal ? |
| 11 | A roar of arousal sounded out at once and he spoke above it , formal and explanatory now ( letting the standard phrases quell his own misgivings ) . |
| 12 | Now let Dr McNab justify his curious treatments , or lack of them , if he can . " |
| 13 | The beast 's eyes shone at him and he felt the teeth touch his bare skin ; then Isay appeared out of nowhere and brained it . |
| 14 | Then he says ‘ But he who tells of wars and heaven , under the sway of grown up Jupiter , of pious heroes and semi-divine leaders , who at one moment things of the holy assemblies of the gods on high and then of those deep kingdoms where a fierce dog barks , let him live in the frugal manner of Pythagoras and let herbs provide his harmless diet ’ . |
| 15 | Let some other heiress finance his illicit family . |
| 16 | ‘ When did your husband get his false teeth , Mrs Hatton ? ’ |
| 17 | Not by so much as a blink did Rose betray his own surprise at seeing Naseby , whose face had turned a delicate shade of puce . |
| 18 | The two cherry berets kept him up ; then I saw Osvaldo hook his bare foot round a malai 's boot and the two of them went down . |
| 19 | ‘ How does Hank like his new Triumph ? ’ she asked . |
| 20 | In consequence it is becoming increasingly accepted that not only does the anthropologist have his own social history and subjective stance , but more importantly , that those accounts which ignore this seem to lose something in the telling . |
| 21 | Wo n't the photographer have his own ideas ? ’ |
| 22 | As for Jack he is making Leonard re-evaluate his whole position . |
| 23 | Dr Sasaki , who believed that the enemy had hit only the building he was in , got bandages and began to bind the wounds of those inside the hospital ; while outside , all over Hiroshima , maimed and dying citizens turned their unsteady steps toward the Red Cross Hospital to begin an invasion that was to make Dr Sasaki forget his own private nightmares for a long , long time … . |
| 24 | Several times he almost stopped himself , but it felt so good to be unburdened that he let his tongue defy his better judgement . |
| 25 | The intention of the Old Testament law on usury , for example , was to make a man use his good fortune to help tide his less fortunate neighbour over a bad patch until he could again become self-sufficient . |
| 26 | Only in rejecting the terms on which life is offered to him can a man discover his real dignity , his real self . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Let the man have his dying request , Barry . |
| 28 | Now , with money in the bank , a small crew of employees and plenty of business , what does Mr Chambers put his relative success down to ? |
| 29 | Now what the Capitulary of Thionville actually says is : ‘ When famine or plague occurs , men should not wait for our edict but should straightway pray to God for his mercy ; as to scarcity of food in this present year , let each man help his own people as best he can , and not sell his corn at too high a price . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ The battle was over in less than an hour , ’ says the leaflet , and eventually the Prince 's message went out , ‘ Let every man find his own way to safety the best way he can . ’ |