Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A willingness to stand up and promote his trade with gusto typifies Mr Smythe 's approach to his job as chairman his Association . |
| 2 | grant him every advantage which we can conceive a white to possess over the native ; concede that in the struggle for existence his chance of a long life will be much superior to that of the native chiefs ; yet from all these admissions , there does not follow the conclusion that , after a limited or unlimited number of generations , the inhabitants of the island will be white . |
| 3 | We with erm about savings his side is made in public transport . |
| 4 | After he had been out of work for months his telephone rang and a manager asked to see him . |
| 5 | Although puzzled , he hesitated to investigate more closely for fear his driver should imagine his interest to be prurient . |
| 6 | Thus the ghastly memories brought back to him by an egg ; or his feeling , so terrible he does not express it , when 20 years after Maidanek his friend Michael has forgotten his name . |
| 7 | As a player for Scotland his peacock style and brasserie good looks made him a figure of considerable loathing . |
| 8 | At the beginning of March his council announced that they had set the charge at £400 . |
| 9 | At the beginning of March his wife drove him to Regents Park , and he was able to take a few steps in the spring sunshine . |
| 10 | A bit of romanticism his mistress might have abhorred , Ruth suspected , as she had hardly enamoured herself with the locals , nor they with her . |
| 11 | It would be many more months till the carapace matured into full symbiotic harmony with his body — and of course his spirit must be tested and tempered in combat before sockets would be cut into the carapace , whereby he could plug himself into power armour in a full fusion of man and equipment . |
| 12 | Of course his museum , giving people the chance to see magnificent collections of textiles , silver , ceramics , furniture and paintings , is an outstanding public asset . |
| 13 | ‘ I could see that he was touched by my offer , but of course his wife would not have allowed that . |
| 14 | Of course his wife did visit me , but always with her daughters and other ladies who came for regular afternoon visits . |
| 15 | There were posters signed by his partners , by the local lawyers ' association , the Miletti family , various relatives , and of course his wife and children . |
| 16 | Of course his Dad liked the house in Hill View Road ; it was only ten minutes walk from the Sports Centre . |
| 17 | Kevin was a politician and of course his life was in the States , but had n't he said only the night before , ‘ My heart 's here in Ireland , Rose . ’ |
| 18 | Another major contribution by Newton was of course his law of gravitation . |
| 19 | joined us just as we were ready to go overseas , he had just come out of er Flight School and of course his heart was set on being a fighter pilot and here he became a co-pilot so he was a very disappointed man and he did not stand up well in combat so there were n't too many missions , about five and I bounced him off the crew and would n't fly with him any more and got then other co-pilots to fly with me from our Squadron . |
| 20 | The religion which Proust eventually elaborated , as we shall see , was I think a religion of art , and the masterpiece which he wrote was of course his novel in fifteen volumes . |
| 21 | He had of course his grasp of military and diplomatic practice to help him ; and he was firmly convinced that the Roman constitution was open to analysis in Greek terms . |
| 22 | As to my honourable friend 's confi concerns about Essex and of course his constituency borders mine . |
| 23 | Of course his answer for A agreed with that determined experimentally . |
| 24 | It may be influenced by his upbringing , age , social environment , family background , intelligence , education , interests and of course his job and where he lives . |
| 25 | And of course his creature follows him . ’ |
| 26 | As an actor , that was of course his aim . |
| 27 | We have the highest regard for Doctor Morris , and of course his niece is most welcome . |
| 28 | Of course his office overlooked the harbour and was hung with enlarged photographs of yachts and of sailing occasions . |
| 29 | Of course his mother kept a place just across road on Road away from the er away from Road , just a bit further on the road towards towards Mill . |
| 30 | erm His father died in nineteen hundred and three and his mother in nineteen hundred and five and of course his mother 's death was a particularly shattering blow , and he actually spent six weeks in a clinic for neurotics . |