Example sentences of "[prep] his [adj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conversely , when Woosnam was taken ill so badly during the Johnnie Walker tournament in Bangkok earlier this year that on completion of his round he had to be rushed to hospital suffering from dehydration , he did not leave until he had first dealt with the hovering group of reporters . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , in place of his ideal he substituted ‘ rough trade ’ , favoured by other homosexuals of his class partly because it is easily discarded . |
| 3 | Mr. Ratcliffe told me he could not say that an average person would not be woken by a heavy goods vehicle passing by his window and , to his credit , whilst making the very best of his brief he did not suggest that the present position is not disturbing . |
| 4 | With his right arm he swam , and with his left he waved wildly , shouting as loudly as he could . |
| 5 | In his left he balanced a glass of scalding hot tea . |
| 6 | Via the dynamic of the perverse , Faustus violates Christianity in the name and image of Christ ; assimilating Christ to his opposite he discloses that opposite within Christ . |
| 7 | Two tables to his left I recognized the handsome young Guards major who had just become a father . |
| 8 | To his left he heard a low growl and a faint crunching noise . |
| 9 | Over to his left he caught a glimpse of a Georgian mansion huddled a quarter-mile off the main road . |
| 10 | Turning to his left he ran , making for T'ai Cho 's room and the labs beyond , hoping it was n't too late . |
| 11 | To his right wing the hills sloped gently down and were of little interest but on his left they formed a steep escarpment up whose side came a soaring wind . |
| 12 | I — er — I told him about his insulting you . ’ |