Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] his [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As one train starts to move , a passenger gazing through his carriage window , observes movement but is unsure whether it is his own train that is moving or the train on the opposite line . |
| 2 | Electing to leave him to his own devices , I wave through the windscreen but he is still fumbling through his camera bag and does n't say goodbye . |
| 3 | He had reason to be proud he thought , as he gazed through his car windscreen at the line of traffic ahead . |
| 4 | He qualified for his colliery manager 's certificate in 1947 and is one of the longest-serving members of the Institute of Mining Engineers . |
| 5 | ‘ Like his lovely lady wife having inadvertently poisoned off his star pupil , you mean ? |
| 6 | Nigel gave up all belief in things occult after that and asked for his money back . |
| 7 | Five years later , the plaintiff , having been informed that the painting was not a Constable , returned it to the defendants and asked for his money back . |
| 8 | Today at the appeal court his counsel asked for his prison term to be reduced , saying it was a bad case , but not the worst case . |
| 9 | The High Court has ruled that the historian from Oxfordshire will still have to pay Lord Aldington one and a half million pounds for allegations he made about his war record . |
| 10 | Commenting on the killing on Nov. 7 of a two-year-old child by an ETA car-bomb intended for his policeman father , Extabe described the ETA leadership as " four imbeciles " and said that such operations were turning Basque opinion as well as general opinion against ETA . |
| 11 | Instantly alert , Forster checked through his spy port . |
| 12 | Twice former winner Tony Allcock cruised through his opening match when he beat Jersey 's David Le Marquand 7-3 , 7-2 , 7-1 in the concluding first-round match . |
| 13 | Town are unchanged Player Manager , Hoddle has shaken off his back trouble . |
| 14 | A COMMUNITY was in mourning last night after a young cyclist was killed as he rode through his home town . |
| 15 | Dr. Tomlin has written a letter to Mr Gorbachev explaining about his hunger strike , and asking for support to help make him a Czech national again . |
| 16 | Woolton was an exponent of laisser faire , Leathers a rather unsuccessful interventionist , Alexander ineffectual all round , and Cherwell what he had always been , a highly intelligent courtier to his chief , though he did succeed in driving through his pet project of hiving off atomic energy from the Ministry of Supply into what became the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority . |
| 17 | In fact , Joshua 's retirement to the safety of his estate had freed Dowd to wander until the old man 's demise , when he was drawn back to offer his services to Joshua 's son Nathaniel , only revealing his true nature once he 'd made himself indispensable , for fear he was trapped between his bounden duty and the zeal of a Christian . |
| 18 | Once when Williams was ill , Horne called at his flat and dropped through his letter box details of a holiday plan which he though might do him some good . |
| 19 | He was far more impressed at the fair in Guérande , an old fortified town north-west of St Nazaire , which he visited during his walking tour of Brittany with Du Camp in 1847 . |
| 20 | ‘ We were talking about radiation transmitted from the cosmos and he mentioned about his space flight , ’ explained Eric , who thought nothing more of it until he received the signed sticker through the post . |
| 21 | This is how Chris Symonds earns his sporting glory … riding in the british bobsleigh team … he 's the number two man … and has just won himself a gold medal in the world cup competition … this weekend he competes in the world championships … he 's been back home to get ready to train for his rollercoaster ride on ice … |
| 22 | Mr Mentiply had already departed for his lunchtime imbibition at the Greyhound Inn when they reached the bungalow . |
| 23 | He , in turn , might consider as his role model MacLaurin , who has taken Tesco from a poor second fiddle to Sainsbury to one of Britain 's great success stories . |
| 24 | ‘ So Edouard has the investment capital he needs for his expansion programme ? ’ |
| 25 | He was just beginning to worry about his fuel situation when he was called into the searchlight area , only to be fired on by A.A. He advised Control that he was coming in to land and requested that the flare path be lit , but was advised that there was still an alert in force and therefore no flare path could be employed . |
| 26 | ‘ What do you know of his family history ? ’ |
| 27 | HE was walking towards his run-up marker and straight towards the lens of the camera at the bowler 's end . |
| 28 | Walking her round , Luke was reminded of his schoolfriend Spike , who 'd been caught in the locker room with another boy . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | No one at the university was to know of his DIA connection , and to avoid any written record that might compromise his cover , Donleavy arranged for him to be paid during this period with American Express money orders drawn at 7–11 stores around Falls Church , Virginia . |