Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] his [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every time a Labour MP pairs with a Tory , leaving that Tory MP free to go about his other business commitments , most of them highly paid , that MP abstained from taking part in opposing this government 's policies . |
| 2 | The Everton and Wales star , caught doing 80 in a 50mph area , escaped a ban after magistrates heard about his extensive charity work . |
| 3 | He can indulge himself with whichever other women attract him , but you 're to remain for his exclusive use , keeping yourself unencumbered , ready and available for whenever he has a whim to renew the relationship ? ’ |
| 4 | Marius Steen was often criticized for his healthy disrespect for ‘ Art ’ and there are many stories of this supposed philistinism which he loved to tell against himself ( On first hearing of Michelangelo , he is reputed to have asked ‘ Michael who ? ’ |
| 5 | I hoped that Mavis had n't passed on my thoughtless , remarks about his easy-going approach to work and was therefore somewhat self-conscious when he appeared in my office at half past two on the dot . |
| 6 | A shadow , as the name implies , is someone who follows another person about all day as he goes about his normal work . |
| 7 | At his trial last year he was told he should be punished for his wicked driving . |
| 8 | Sir Anthony 's lips slid over his small teeth in what passed for his public smile , and he accepted , without waiting for their answer . |
| 9 | Strangely , for a man fighting for sport 's most brutal crown , Bowe finds himself apologising for his obvious lack of aggression in the countdown to his day of destiny . |
| 10 | The protestors claim the support of a former Brazilian government minister sacked for his strong stand on the environment . |
| 11 | Henley rower , Steve Redgrave has been honoured for his outstanding achievement in the sport . |
| 12 | Are we to assume that he is to be honoured for his illustrious career as US Secretary of State for Defence ? |
| 13 | The most popular president in post-war history , Pertini was revered for his complete integrity , his identification with the Italian people , and his commitment to democracy . |
| 14 | A mystic and religious leader of the Oglala people in the late nineteenth century , Crazy Horse was revered for his military prowess and for his honesty . |
| 15 | ‘ There was something touching about his early fashion shots ; a warmth that other photographers failed to capture , ’ Harrison says . |
| 16 | My perfect house , the one I am condemned to search for just as the womaniser in 10 is condemned to search for his impossible mate , could only have existed in some fiction I had read — or in a past life . |
| 17 | As he fell asleep , Byron 's lines floated through his fuddled mind . |
| 18 | A DEVOTED son who cared for his paralysed father until he died has received a prestigious European Child of Achievement award at a ceremony in France . |
| 19 | The father , for reasons put forward by Miss McCreath connected with his own situation and his wish to as it were be forgiven for his past behaviour , and in the hopes of showing that he can in the future notwithstanding his past behaviour be contemplated as somebody to play a röle in the life of his children , supports the making of an interim care order or does not oppose it because he acknowledges that there should be supervision by the plaintiffs . |
| 20 | His heart beats faster and once a trembling goes through his slender body like unbearable expectation . |
| 21 | Kevin Seymour goes through his photographic record of Islander 's cruises to Spain and Scandinavia |
| 22 | It was only because of fortuitous circumstances that Bunny Johnson was allowed to carry through his successful challenge in 1975 . |
| 23 | … when he chuses for his skilful Tongue |
| 24 | At the Versace emporium on London 's Bond Street , customers are clamouring for his suggestive leather look . |
| 25 | Connon was angry when the doctor arrived , but even in anger he did n't lose the moderation of speech or manner which Antony now recognized as his main characteristic . |
| 26 | He 'll be fightin' for his European Plan as submitted ; including the UK element . ’ |
| 27 | The bullet ripped through his deltoid muscle and pulverized part of the scapula as it exited , the impact enough to spin him almost three hundred and sixty degrees . |
| 28 | MR ARTHUR Scargill , NUM president , demanded yesterday that , if Labour won , it should repeal all anti-union legislation , dismiss the British Coal board and reinstate all miners sacked during his year-long pit strike , writes Kevin Maguire , Labour Correspondent . |
| 29 | I froze when they first said that in the town where we lived for his firm job . |
| 30 | The fifth , René Lévesque , likewise recognized for his visionary leadership , was the premier of Quebec between 1976 and 1985 who brought that province to the brink of separation from the rest of Canada . |