Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pron] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had sent her , with Ned and the barmaids and Heaven knew how many others watching , to wait for him in his bed . |
| 2 | While this internal argument reached its height , his superiors argued about him without his knowledge . |
| 3 | At the same time as the Nun 's Priest is made to try to claim for himself in his tale the equivalent of : he , or Chaucer , reassures those who are able to share in the joke that the opposite is the case . |
| 4 | The chief allotted Sycorax and Ariel three women to attend them , and then turned to face Kit , and traced between them with his staff three circles in the dust . |
| 5 | ‘ He 's old enough to have respect for one who cared for him during his teenage years . |
| 6 | Before kiln operator Steve Kelly died at 55 , he asked for help to be given to the team of Macmillan nurses who cared for him in his last months . |
| 7 | But the moment the military dictatorship resorted to armed aggression against British subjects the radical student protester , who cared for nothing but his ideals and for justice , freedom and equality , unhesitatingly sided with the invaders and began to protest , not against them , but against his own government 's attempts to restore the freedom , democratic rights and civil liberty of those who had lost them ! |
| 8 | And look at her … turning soft with admiration for a man who cared for nothing but his ambition . |
| 9 | And Roger laid about him with his whip , and left the print of it on two of the rogues before they downed him and used the thong to bind him . |
| 10 | Now he laid about him in his denunciations of England 's political leaders and institutions . |
| 11 | One evening he asked for one with his coffee , which I gave him . |
| 12 | But at the age of forty he was at last beginning to wonder whether the image he created for himself in his twenties could stay with him for ever . |
| 13 | Abberley looks for something by his bed . ) |
| 14 | He cares for nothing except his own self-gratification . |
| 15 | Without another word he turned and strode towards the escalator , leaving Matchsticks to struggle after him with his heavy case . |
| 16 | He was a bachelor , and this was certainly expected of him by his colleagues . |
| 17 | In fact , I remember Mr Simpson , the landlord of the Ploughman 's Arms , saying once that were he an American bartender , he would not be chatting to us in that friendly , but ever-courteous manner of his , but instead would be assaulting us with crude references to our vices and failings , calling us drunks and all manner of such names , in his attempt to fulfil the role expected of him by his customers . |
| 18 | He learned English in order to deliver the lectures expected of him in his new post . |
| 19 | With heartfelt thanks he ran to the stable and , before his parents had gone more than a few yards , he had galloped past them towards his home . |
| 20 | He stands above me on his knuckles like a gorilla , and peers at me curiously . |
| 21 | His great-nephew described how when at home on Sundays the Bishop would have twelve poor men and women to dine with him in his hall , ‘ always endeavouring while he fed their bodies to comfort their spirits by some cheerful discourse , generally mixt with some useful instruction . |
| 22 | Ted puffed energetically at his , uncertain yet whether to congratulate himself on being parked up here with this very attractive young girl , or to commiserate with himself for his failure to make more than token progress . |
| 23 | When Duval was arrested in London , high society queued to commiserate with him in his cell . |
| 24 | She saw more of England driving with him in his car , or walking through cities while he attended to business , then she ever had before . |
| 25 | She even hinted that he had been bullied into it by his wife . |
| 26 | I mean I know through the summer holidays that I 've really got to get to work with him on his maths , likewise I know I 've got a lot of work to do myself for |
| 27 | He had then suggested she come with him to his house to help unload . |
| 28 | Tears misted her eyes as she stared back at him , wishing she did n't feel so confused , and heard him curse softly , as though the words were torn from him against his will . |
| 29 | Third , the motorist did NOT ( contrry to The Scotsman 's report ) spend any time looking for a parking space or walking from it to his destination . |
| 30 | ‘ The great landowner seems to reign there like the lion in his forest , driving from him by his roars all who seek to approach his presence . ’ |