Example sentences of "[verb] his [noun] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She should be firmly denying his claim to any rights where she was concerned , not arguing about his habit of using unsuitable endearments . |
| 2 | The fact that he demonstrated his interest in those eight cases , emphasised them and talked so wildly about them , shows that his concern is not with the genuine asylum seeker , but with diminishing the respect that this country should hold for people who are in desperate trouble and whom , in better and more self-confident days , hon. Members of all parties would have been in favour of helping . |
| 3 | In 1941 he stood as an independent candidate in four by-elections ; but although he retained his deposit on each occasion , there was to be no political comeback for this highly cantankerous patriot . |
| 4 | She put down her needle and thread and went on , her voice calm with conviction , ‘ Of course we do not know what God plans for us , so we must be ready to accept His will in all things , but sometimes prayer alone will heal the one who is ill and this is the best way . ’ |
| 5 | An official refused to accept his registration for both races at the start of the meeting and he forgot to report again after the 100 metres final . |
| 6 | We can see no merit in repeating here the reasons he gave for that decision since he pronounced his findings in that case in public , pursuant to rule 11(2) of the Hearings before the Visitors Rules 1991 , and the reasons were complex . |
| 7 | Eliot , who invited his friends to this performance , who attended some of the rehearsals , and who expressed his full confidence in the director Rupert Doone , continued to follow in his text the original impetus which Cornford had given him . |
| 8 | He felt it was possible and he opted to at least try to stay out of the glitterama ; and , as the movie industry would soon learn , this cool-headed assessment of the way he hoped his career would pan out would soon include his rejection of many scripts including The Godfather , The Sting and The Great Gatsby . |
| 9 | With Marco on the radio announcing his arrival to half a dozen people , Tabitha took the Alice rolling along the side of the valley , past the darkened chariot of some Terran senator paying an incognito visit to the brothels , and a recent model Freimacher Charisma , one runner broken , half buried beneath somebody else 's spilt cargo . |
| 10 | He described to me a life of violence and hatred in which he lost no opportunity to vent his anger upon those around him — and , what is more , he actually enjoyed doing so . |
| 11 | H-M had enough field Ops to handle the sanction , but Manolo recognized his limitations , and had had Rodriguez and Terhune augment his forces with some local soldiers who knew the sand . |
| 12 | But when he realized by late afternoon that none of the farmers at Casterbridge wanted a farm manager , or even a shepherd , he decided to try his luck at another fair the next day . |
| 13 | At first he believed Hollywood and Broadway to be out of reach , and decided to try his luck in another branch of the industry , radio , centred in nearby Chicago . |
| 14 | But , to her intense relief , Ven did not pursue his thoughts in that direction , but continued , ‘ By my reckoning , be it a hire car back to Mariánské Láznë or a taxi to the airport , you 'd most likely need aid from someone to help you with language difficulties . ’ |
| 15 | Does the right hon. Gentleman share with me the view that nobody should be allowed to bomb his way into any forthcoming general election campaign ? |
| 16 | But Cadfael was certain by then that Herluin did not know his Tutilo at all , probably never had any clear idea what went on in the minds of any of his novices , because he paid no regard to them . |
| 17 | Meredith marched across , grasped his pullover in both hands and dragged him off the pillows to shake him violently . |
| 18 | For a moment he was still , then he grasped his midriff with both hands , groaned and jumped to his feet . |
| 19 | I asked , mopping his face with some tepid water — the coldest I could find . |
| 20 | In 1948 Abdallah had moved quickly to establish his legitimacy in those areas of Palestine under his control . |
| 21 | ‘ Man has a lot of trouble keeping his friends in this business . |
| 22 | But Michael Barnes is keeping his plans for that celebration time secret — the most important thing right now is getting the Opera House all lit up again for Jack and the Beanstalk . |
| 23 | She tried again to meet Norman 's eye but he was rather desperately keeping his attention on that slut Yvonne . |
| 24 | To his eternal credit , Griffin maintained his dignity throughout all the traumas and had the great consolation that his name will live as long as the great game is played . |
| 25 | Colin had not planned to meet his father like this . |
| 26 | One of his gunners , FS Cameron , who oddly enough baled out from two aircraft whose captains , ultimately , were posthumously awarded the VC , has his portrait in that magnificent War Museum at Canberra . |
| 27 | Longtime Ibanez player Frank Gambale has his moniker on this new Ibanez FGM 100 and if you can answer two easy question it could be yours . |
| 28 | The Sky Blues ' lethal weapon , who gunned down Liverpool a week earlier , has his sights on more targets at the top of the table . |
| 29 | He 's let his house to some English people . ’ |
| 30 | They [ the Stationers ] have so pestered their printing-houses and shops with fruitless volumes that the ancient and renowned authors are almost buried among them as forgotten … so they who desire knowledge are still kept ignorant ; their ignorance increaseth their affection to vain toys ; their affection makes the stationer to increase his provision of such stuff , and at last you shall see nothing to be sold amongst us but … |