Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] his [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A DoT spokesman said : ‘ These trips of his may sound like jolly larks , but he is being very irresponsible . |
| 2 | It reminded her of the old days when just a passing glance of his could reduce her to a state of burning confusion . |
| 3 | If he had been asked where he got it , that obstinate jaw of his would have remained clenched , but Isambard knew how to ask his questions now . |
| 4 | This Melanie of his must have been a right madam , thought Leonora when Penry went off to get himself a glass of whisky . |
| 5 | I vividly remember , although I was in a thoroughly sleepy condition , telling him that in my view the only proper justification for an enquiry about Mr Profumo 's personal life depended on the possibility that some act of his might have compromised security , because he obviously had information which was secret . |
| 6 | That steely Irish charm of his would appeal to some women , I do n't doubt . |
| 7 | Asquith thought that the erosion of his would lead to the growth of an irresponsible opposition , undermining the near unanimity of support for the war effort . |
| 8 | And yet the treatment of his characters is not exactly what that prefatory article of his might have led one to expect . |
| 9 | She was a poor companion — they had nothing in common — but he hated her being absent and was afraid that , one day , a friend of his would come to see him and ask where she was . |
| 10 | Well any wife of his would have had a miserable life ! |
| 11 | And what the soldier wants will enormously affect what this belief of his will make him do . |
| 12 | That a creature of his should fall into mortal sin , and that of a violent kind , was astonishment enough , but that this pliable mortal should ever undertake personal action of any kind came as an even greater shock . |
| 13 | The intensification of attacks on the character of Clinton included fresh revelations that an uncle of his might have attempted to use his influence to prevent him from being drafted for service in Vietnam . |
| 14 | In the future , colleges like his would have to sell courses and expertise widely , often linking on a franchise basis with higher education establishment , to supply components for degree and other higher qualifications while extending to younger students , the opportunity to gain a variety of academic and vocational ones . |
| 15 | He believes he can shape the world to his conception ; that this scheme of his will answer all the questions . ’ |
| 16 | What was more , it was in the highest degree unlikely that any protest of his would have the slightest effect in any matter relating to Hilary Frome . |