Example sentences of "[prep] his [noun sg] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But more than this , his domination with every aspect of the club is such that the transition period after his departure could be as painful and prolonged as the one Leeds endured after Don Revie left in 1974 . ’ |
| 2 | Initially the king was unsympathetic to Hopton 's petition , claiming that at the material time he had not been acting as a justice owing to a bureaucratic muddle over his appointment , but by December 1290 he had agreed that the money Hopton had already paid towards his fine should count instead towards a fine he had made to secure the wardship of the lands of his late wife . |
| 3 | He vowed there and then he 'd never return to a tournament like that ; he felt that a man of his stature should n't be playing in what was , after all , a second-rate event while the Masters was on . |
| 4 | Alternatively , a client who has been treated as an expert investor on the grounds of his experience may claim that , in fact , he was a private investor , that he should have received warnings as to the risks and that , had he received them , he would not have entered into this type of transaction at all . |
| 5 | Instead he demanded that at least part of his inheritance should be handed over to him at once : either England or Normandy or Anjou . |
| 6 | It was hard to stop the sudden rush of emotion just the mention of his name could provoke , but she did her best . |
| 7 | At the same time it is implied that when Re takes his eternal position in the sky , the power of his name will remain on earth , invested in the living Horus , the king . |
| 8 | This week Les Bence and two of his squad will take on a team of religious fundamentalists from the local mosque . |
| 9 | Damien and a companion of his choice can now head off for a fabulous hero 's weekend in London . |
| 10 | In one of these , K.192 , he first introduced the famous four-note ‘ tag ’ ( C , D , F , E ) associated with the word credo ( I believe ) , which near the end of his life would supply the finale of his last symphony , the ‘ Jupiter ’ . |
| 11 | It was only when Jean-Claude came to Paris and was settled in the attic , wondering what to do with the rest of his life , that he realized he was already a composer and the rest of his life would be spent composing . |
| 12 | Constance could not decide whether or not his diffidence sprang from fear or indifference , and she found it puzzling that someone as confident as Nicky in every other area of his life should be so timid when it came to love . |
| 13 | Any discussion of his life must inevitably start with the legacy of his music which , 200 years later , still moves , delights , fascinates , and astounds us . |
| 14 | There is a danger that the rest of his life will seem like an anti-climax after his sensational start on the experimental wicket at Southampton . |
| 15 | This is well enough attested by the existence of a Hornblower Club in which aspects of his life could be canvassed seriously and by C. Northcote Parkinson 's ‘ biography ’ , The Life and Times of Horatio Hornblower , with its elaborate statement of provenance ( the lifting of a hundred-year-old embargo on three boxes of family papers ) . |
| 16 | It was as though the dullness of the tasks , the strenuous but commonplace duties of his life could only be borne if they were dramatised . |
| 17 | The British , however , were determined to make the most of any argument or " agreement " to protect their " independent " deterrent , especially as Macmillan — quite apart from any strategic calculation — insisted that his own political position and that of his government would be put at risk if Britain were deprived of this great-power symbol . |
| 18 | Yet there is a danger here in over-gilding the memory of Attlee 's Whitehall — a danger that even familiarity with the formerly secret record of his government can not entirely eradicate . |
| 19 | In any case the priorities of his government could not easily be reconciled in the context of British policy-making , let alone in conjunction with the United States . |
| 20 | A drowning man escaping from the wreck of his marriage would drag me down . |
| 21 | The thought came as no relief to Merymose , for although the loss of his quarry might not mean his dismissal from the Medjays , he could expect demotion , or at best to end his days in no higher rank than he held now . |
| 22 | Only by the power of his Spirit can we see our lives oriented with his life ; his will with our will . |
| 23 | Mr Saunders has already been charged with the theft of the £5.2m , raising the possibility that this part of his trial may have to be delayed until Mr Ward is extradited . |
| 24 | The first trend is the movement within the philosophy of religion away from the Cartesian view that if God existed some proof of His existence must be capable of being set out , in the way that Descartes himself attempted to set it out . |
| 25 | Visible expression of his anxiety could be found in his fingernails which were so savagely bitten that his sheets were often stained with blood . |
| 26 | In verse 24 and 25 he adds this : ‘ If an unbeliever … comes in … he will be convinced by all that he is a sinner … the secrets of his heart will be laid bare . |
| 27 | He was afraid the events of his dream would be clearly written in his eyes . |
| 28 | No coffin-maker or funeral furnisher worthy of his reputation would have failed to dress a corpse , no matter how lowly his subject might have been . |
| 29 | He had failed to recover from the structural hip injury which troubled him throughout the World Cup and the date of his return could not be forecast . |
| 30 | However , that part of his brain may have been damaged and unable to give an accurate reading . |