Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] [verb] his [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Leiden he met his lifelong friend and correspondent , the Dutch poet and diplomat , Constantine Huygens . |
| 2 | In spring he dons his curious plumage : long ear tufts , and dramatic barred , streaked , blobbed or plain ruff-collar . |
| 3 | Each Tuesday he meets his unelected Cabinet , the Executive Council , and they approve — ‘ rubber stamp ’ is how critics describe it — legislation passed on by the Civil Service . |
| 4 | And yet that high broad forehead was his , the little tilted nose was his , his the pointed — although in her case , flat — ears , and in her huge eyes he saw his own little ones . |
| 5 | Leaving the Chelsea Arts Club he unlocks his fluorescent green mountain bike , which has a child 's seat on the crossbar . |
| 6 | This courage was to later re-emerge when , as an adviser , he fought to bring about educational change and improved resources , or , when against opposition he backed his own judgement at an appointment interview , or the courage to back a teacher in difficulty from whom others had withdrawn support . |
| 7 | In later years , when he was in the position of having to counsel others he found that these doubts were quite common , and in answering their doubts he answered his own as well ! |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't care about the baby , ’ Philip said , and with those few words he doomed his unborn son . |
| 9 | With his unkempt ginger hair running down into sideboards it made his hard face look even meaner . |
| 10 | From Hegel he derives his basic manner of thinking , asserting the primacy of experience . |
| 11 | In Hungary he got his first win — by almost a lap over the entire field — and in Belgium last week he did it again , although not without some drama . |
| 12 | Just before half-time he slid his easiest opportunity wide , then turned his back in favour of Mike Marsh after Hutchison was fouled for a penalty six minutes from time that clinched a fourth-round tie with Crystal Palace . |
| 13 | Near nightfall he saw his younger sister Katya come out of the kitchens into the yard , saw her empty some slops for the few chickens who scuttled about . |
| 14 | In recent months he accepted his increasing illness with an admirable fortitude and resignation . |
| 15 | yeah , that , that bloke his got his fucking , there 's this bloke he 's got his sun glasses on and he thinks his er sun bathing , so he got this fucking what 's it , his trousers on still and he 's trying to get his trunks on and his trousers on still cos this blokes there , he 's fucking going from all this and that |
| 16 | For a second she felt his hot , strong sweaty body against hers , then he kissed her . |
| 17 | Just for a second she met his curious gaze then looked away , feeling her heart pounding in a way that made her feel sick . |
| 18 | A year after their marriage she produced his only legitimate child , a daughter whom they christened Jennifer . |
| 19 | In return she got his little smile . |
| 20 | Heaving his body up to his feet he left his cool sanctuary and ambled over towards them . |
| 21 | He was born in Capel Curig in 1906 , and in that village he spent his whole life . |
| 22 | In December he became a cardinal ; and the following February he followed his old master de Gasparri as Secretary of State . |
| 23 | In May he prepared his own aircraft for flight from the local farm . |
| 24 | By January Waites was practising his putting , in April he walked his first 18 holes over his own club at Hollinwell and in May he played his first round , shooting a 78 . |
| 25 | Secure in the backing of an army corps and a party in Madrid the king refused to recognize the authority of the Regency ; on 4 May he published his first decree declaring the work of the Cortes null and void and adopting a modification of the Persian programme . |
| 26 | He falls asleep with his head on her grave mound , to be taken away in spirit to a strange land where all his grief suddenly fades — and where to his utter delight he sees his lost child facing him , on the other side of a river . |
| 27 | He won the Two Thousand Guineas on Shotover for John Porter of Kingsclere in 1882 and on Shotover he won his only Derby , also in 1882 . |
| 28 | With difficulty she rolled his dead weight first to one side and then the other to search his pockets . |
| 29 | The moment she heard his soft Irish voice , Ruth remembered . |
| 30 | Danjit stumbled forward so that for a moment she felt his lubricious body-thrust . |