Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [prep] his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The meal was finished , his father had returned to the newspaper , rather deflated at his family 's lack of appreciation of his vice-presidency , and his mother had finished her ice cream and was rising from the table . |
| 2 | He ignored this and leisurely got into his undershirt . |
| 3 | The monument to Chaloner Chute , also designed by him and in a seventeenth-century classical style , was eventually erected after his death by his cousin T. L. Chute . |
| 4 | A good working relationship also enhances an officer 's intelligence system , more effectively bringing to his attention knowledge of pollutions for which the discharger or his neighbours may be responsible . |
| 5 | Throughout his career he seemed to be around when it happened but the finger of accusation rarely pointed in his direction . |
| 6 | But he lacks unction ; he rather plays with his text |
| 7 | An unexpected retention in the Cabinet was Foreign Minister Carlos Iturralde Ballivián who had been widely criticized for his conduct of diplomacy within the Organization of American States ( OAS ) , for the handling of border disputes with Chile and for his failure to secure Bolivian membership of the Mercosur common market with Argentina , Brazil , Paraguay and Uruguay [ see p. 38096 ] . |
| 8 | She also wrote to her brother , whom she had mostly but not altogether forgiven for his betrayal of her to her mother . |
| 9 | His success in winning the confidence of the people in one of Bristol 's poorest areas paradoxically led to his dismissal . |
| 10 | He has since given over his castle to the worship of Isis . |
| 11 | ‘ You are hurting me , maman , ’ the prince protested , a little frightened by his mother 's anguish . |
| 12 | He was duly reprimanded for his arrogance , providing him years later with another memory that would help make him a sympathetic captain . |
| 13 | In the team 's acclimatisation tour of Latin America , he kicked his way into the public 's imagination and sowed the seeds of notoriety which eventually led to his life ban . |
| 14 | Accusations of corruption made against Alfonso Guerra which eventually led to his resignation as Deputy Prime Minister in January 1991 [ see pp. 37263 ; 37968 ] . |
| 15 | For a second he blacked out , coming to as something big rammed into his back . |
| 16 | It is regarded as essential that the client is expressly reminded of his freedom of choice of solicitor . |
| 17 | The question of what he was to do with himself for the rest of his life was never properly resolved in his mind or anyone else 's , which perhaps accounts for his periodic assaults on the whiskey bottle — what Minto called ‘ Warnie 's benders ’ . |
| 18 | I fundamentally disagree with his proposition , although I congratulate him on the stand that he has taken for his principles . |
| 19 | It slowly rose into his throat . |
| 20 | Has since resigned from his family to spend more time with John Major . |
| 21 | He scowled and once more she was forcibly reminded of his Viking heritage , the cold , hard power that had fortified the Norsemen as they had bounded from their makeshift camps intent on conquest . |
| 22 | He eventually capitalized on his knowledge of Europe by publishing in 1796 both a set of five maps of the Rhine , Meuse , and Scheldt and a survey entitled A Developement of the Views and Designs of the French Nation , which sought to warn the English of certain French activities . |
| 23 | He tugged and pulled at it until it eventually moved over his nose and ears , causing his hair to spring up in all directions like soft wire . |
| 24 | He knows the precise needs of our hearts , in such a unique and personal way that we experience the remarkable conviction that we are being personally and intimately addressed by his word . |
| 25 | The Vancouver based Rob Boyd duly added to his record here — a second to go with the two wins and a third . |
| 26 | He alleged that Whitefoot had literally spat in his eye . |
| 27 | He 's endlessly fascinated by his garden and constantly changing it . |
| 28 | The Oxford college where Bill Clinton studied politics says it 's greatly honoured by his victory in the American Presidential Election . |
| 29 | She was angry enough to go into his room and accuse him ; but she thought better of it , for he was shifty and quick and , besides , she did not want to see him . |
| 30 | Since sperm are manufactured by the million , the male 's reproductive potential is really only limited by his access to females . |