Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pers pn] under his " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | George did that , really , so that when his grandchildren came he had n't got them under his feet . |
| 2 | Soon after he had taken me under his ample wing he had remarked , ‘ Think of me as the Brahmin of the Banal ! |
| 3 | He had taken me under his featherless wing to this extent , giving me lifts and sharing with me some of his unusual theories . |
| 4 | Simon 's uncle had taken him under his wing , so Simon and his wife , Mary , half lived there . |
| 5 | Here she had first met Ion Manescu who had taken her under his wing — she was an invaluable conduit as to what was going on in Moscow and sympathetic to the Romanian régime . |
| 6 | He 's the sort of grandfather I would have liked to have , ’ Paige said shortly , then softened her tone as she thought of the kindly gentleman who had taken her under his wing . |
| 7 | He 's lost them under his leg . |
| 8 | Mr Foster , also of Barnes , was found lying on the floor with the knife that had killed him under his body . |