Example sentences of "[prep] his [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | The threat of his withdrawing from the coalition was again sufficient to rally the support of Roh , who was forced to join Kim in disowning the planned constitutional reform [ see p. 37860 ] . |
2 | Thereafter Anselm gave him such aid as he could against the despoilers of his see among the Norman barons who had recently penetrated into southern Wales as far as Pembroke . |
3 | ‘ Rosemary does n't want you living quite so close ? ’ his mother bridled , having been very much against his going at the start , but now , because he looked so upset , ready to take up cudgels on his behalf . |
4 | Does not this inclination arise from his believing in the goodness , the worth , of what has this property and from his belief that its goodness is an important ethical truth ? |
5 | He accepted no payment , and ignored a ban on his stroking by the Dean of Lismore . |
6 | All UNACO operatives were allowed to choose their own handguns and , although he had initially used a Colt .45 , there had been one main reason for his converting to the Beretta : its magazine capacity fifteen rounds as opposed to the Colt 's seven . |
7 | The basic principle of law is that assignment of a contract is not possible where the identity of the assignor is an important factor for the other party to the contract either as a reason for his entering into the contract in the first place , or because it is for some reason significant for the proper discharge of the contract . |
8 | ANDREW Morton , author of the best-seller , Diana : Her True Story won his second award in a week at the What the Papers Say Awards lunch when he was named investigator of the year for his delving into the Royal Family which led to his best-selling book Diana : Her True Story . |
9 | Trent held eight of the fresh thousand-dollar bills folded in the back pocket of his jeans ; the original three for the charter augmented by a further five in payment for his agreeing to the rendezvous . |
10 | One who did put up was Ba Pe , but Aung San was nauseated by his persisting with the corrupt practices which had disfigured pre-war parliamentary politics : and anyway his usefulness was exhausted . |