Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He drew the attention of the soldier-in-charge and explained about his position in the club . |
| 2 | He must have been out with his bike probably come in got off his bike went straight inside at least I brought my drink with me Well you wo n't offer me a drink . |
| 3 | The smart-money crowd is saying that the revised scoring — with every race counting for title points — is tailor-made for this French Ferrari driver , who now has a more-than-willing helper in Jean Alesi to look after the business of returning the Ferrari compliment to Senna and allowing Prost to go about his business unencumbered by Brazilians wishing to use his piece of road . |
| 4 | And as if that were not enough , the church bell is also , by ancient repute , therapeutic : place inside it if you can whatever part of your body is troubling you , get the bell ringer to go about his business and you will , with luck , be cured . |
| 5 | He fastened the beads round his neck , arranging the knife so that it rested hidden between his shoulder blades . |
| 6 | When , after that , we used to hear controversy about Dr Paisley and later heard about his imprisonment in 1966 , because of that afternoon when we heard the gospel preached with power and conviction , we found ourselves tending to take his side in the controversy . |
| 7 | No one had realized the seriousness of the illness , and the players only heard about his death from newspaper billboards on their way to the ground . |
| 8 | Magwitch was taken to prison to wait for his trial . |
| 9 | Never one to let a lack of cash stand in his way , Desmond persuaded the liquidator to agree to a long closing — i.e. to wait for his money until UPH had re-sold the site . |
| 10 | He did not have long to wait for his answer . |
| 11 | It seems that it is not clarification of definition , tell that to the woman who looked for two , thirteen years after a stroke husband and they had to wait for his death , that you did n't sell him a dread disease policy because there is not clarification of definition . |
| 12 | As the black chauffeur-driven Jaguar pulled up outside , Coy came into the reception area to wait for his guest . |
| 13 | Williams , who beat Trevor Currie on Tuesday night to add the European championship to his Commonwealth title , may have to wait for his shot at the British champion , though Mason rises to his former sparring partner 's rhetoric . |
| 14 | Williams , who beat Trevor Currie on Tuesday night to add the European championship to his Commonwealth title , may have to wait for his shot at the British champion , though Mason rises to his former sparring partner 's rhetoric . |
| 15 | I just have to wait for his letter , but I think the sensible thing to do would be to talk to you about what he 's putting you on because a lot of these drugs are not without potential side effects . |
| 16 | As one train starts to move , a passenger gazing through his carriage window , observes movement but is unsure whether it is his own train that is moving or the train on the opposite line . |
| 17 | De Franco was appointed president of the Central Bank of Nicaragua replacing Raúl A. Lacayo Solórzano who had been criticized for his credit policies . |
| 18 | Meri had been criticized for his management of the Foreign Ministry , especially for having dismissed two deputies in February without consulting the Prime Minister . |
| 19 | An unexpected retention in the Cabinet was Foreign Minister Carlos Iturralde Ballivián who had been widely criticized for his conduct of diplomacy within the Organization of American States ( OAS ) , for the handling of border disputes with Chile and for his failure to secure Bolivian membership of the Mercosur common market with Argentina , Brazil , Paraguay and Uruguay [ see p. 38096 ] . |
| 20 | The SPD polled an average of 26.64 per cent ( 21.88 per cent in March 1990 ) , but apparently only made real inroads on CDU support in Brandenburg , with the respected East Berlin lay Protestant leader and lawyer Manfred Stolpe heading its campaign against the CDU 's Peter-Michael Diestel ( who had been criticized for his handling of the dissolution of the Stasi secret police — see p. 37828 ) . |
| 21 | The only minister who actually lost a vote of no confidence ( by 74 to 23 ) was Arnis Kalnins , who resigned as Minister of Economic Reform , having been criticized for his inability to conduct the restructuring of the economy along free market lines . |
| 22 | The FNM attacked the size and cost of the new Cabinet and called for the resignation of Maynard and of Philip Bethel , who had been criticized for his stewardship of the Transport Ministry and the troubles of the state airline Bahamasair . |
| 23 | Kohl was again criticized for his reluctance to give an unequivocal commitment to the inviolability of the Oder-Neisse border with Poland . |
| 24 | Ambassador had a month off from competing for his stud duties , but otherwise his preparation was not much different from any other event horse , with hill work figuring largely in his fittening programme . |
| 25 | Was n't he enjoying this journey , with two women competing for his attention ? |
| 26 | Only she , of all the women , seemed not to be competing for his attention . |
| 27 | I hated the growing fear my father ( and we ) shared during his illness , that he would mess the bed , and once suggested to him that all families should be required once a month to show each other the contents of their potties . |
| 28 | Speaker J , in his preceding contribution , has talked about the money received for his work at a particular point in the past . |
| 29 | Meanwhile , Mr Candlish expresses his gratitude for assistance received during his period of office as president . |
| 30 | The following May I called him , got through his secretary by saying Mr. Jones asked me to call at this office , which was more or less true , erm , so I got through to him , and said , my name is Ricky Elliot , we met at the N E C , you asked me to give you a call this month about time management training . |