Example sentences of "[verb] his [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He somehow manages to distil the very essence of everything good in the lineage of Bobby Vee , Jefferson Airplane , Bob Marley and The Fall , mangle the results in the scrambled computer of his mind and offer up a new vision so convincing you forgive his rants against organised religion . |
| 2 | Doctors ordered the star , who had been playing up to 150 gigs every year for the last 10 years , to rest or maybe wreck his voice for good . |
| 3 | We shall consider words , phrases and sentences which appear in the textual record of a discourse to be evidence of an attempt by a producer ( speaker / writer ) to communicate his message to a recipient ( hearer / reader ) . |
| 4 | The concept 's importance in theoretical terms is that the epic poet catches himself dreaming , and tries to communicate his dream to the rest of the group , through a mythic poem , or a ritual drama . |
| 5 | And Mr Bush , unlike John Kennedy , who came from a not dissimilar background , has found it difficult to communicate his beliefs to others . |
| 6 | In Holt the Court of Appeal held that para. ( a ) required the debtor to communicate his decision to the creditor and required that the legal consequence was the extinguishment of the debt . |
| 7 | ‘ Whatsoever then , he removes out of the state that nature hath provided , and left it in , he hath mixed his labour with , and joined to it something that is his own , and thereby makes it his property . ’ |
| 8 | In order to secure sufficient parliamentary backing in February 1991 from the opposition Radical Liberals , Centre Democrats and Christian People 's Party for the approval of the 1991 budget , Schlüter was forced to modify his plans for income tax cuts [ see p. 38020 ] . |
| 9 | The student who finds difficulty in writing out his results may equally use audio-recording as a tool , perhaps later transcribing his account into written form after he has formulated it . |
| 10 | The goal actually stemmed from a Southend corner but Kenny Irons made a superb interception in his own half and released Morrissey who brilliantly beat his cover before lashing a 16-yard shot high past ‘ keeper Sansome . |
| 11 | But there was to be no happy ending , as first Barwick and then Treleaven beat his mark by a stroke , the latter even bogeying his last hole , the 18th , after his drive found the trees . |
| 12 | A HUSBAND who beat his wife in a savage three-hour assault can wait until his holidays before going to jail . |
| 13 | He beat his drum under her window and she asked him to give her a rose . |
| 14 | Benedict beat his fist on the bed and glared at her . |
| 15 | Killion groaned and beat his fist against his forehead . |
| 16 | They pulled him round and beat his head against a stool until his brain boiled . |
| 17 | The former captain of Staffordshire , who played off scratch for many years , beat his age by two shots . |
| 18 | On the final lap it was Robert who beat his brother to the Metropole corner , after the 180mph descent from Coleraine . |
| 19 | A Tottenham teenager beat his stepfather to death with a cricket bat after an argument about mess caused by his puppies . |
| 20 | The King — ( He pushes forward the POISONER/KING tormented by guilt — haunted by fear — decides to despatch his nephew to England — and entrusts his undertaking to two smiling accomplices — friends — courtiers — to two spies — ( He has swung round to bring together the POISONER/KING and the two cloaked TRAGEDIANS ; the latter kneel and accept a scroll from the KING. ) — giving them a letter to present to the English court ! |
| 21 | Soon after this incident Richard emerges from the obscurity which had surrounded his movements in the last two years since he knelt in homage at Montmirail . |
| 22 | In contrast , turbulent confusion has always surrounded his theory of labour supply . |
| 23 | He who loves his dream of a community more than the Christian community itself becomes a destroyer of the latter , even though his personal intentions may be ever so honest and earnest and sacrificial . |
| 24 | Professionally ridden by Nicola Norman , the pony also loves his hunting with the Blackmore and Sparkford Vale . |
| 25 | He 's still very intense about the art , still loves his cricket with a passion . |
| 26 | do n't be silly he loves his dinner at night , do n't you darling ? |
| 27 | He stroked the side of her face with it , amused by her attempts to catch his fingers in her teeth , teasing her with it , darting little touches here and there on her lips . |
| 28 | She raised her face to his then , and reached out to catch his lips with her own . |
| 29 | He had trouble finding them and managed to catch his finger in a filing cabinet . |
| 30 | He had been wakeful all night , gnawing over and over the tangle of his doubts and fears , and unable to worry his way through them to any certain hope . |