Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Monmouth was executed , Ken was sent for to attend him in his last hours . |
| 2 | I said to Schur , after reminding him of his promise , ‘ Tell Anna . ’ |
| 3 | He told Orchard , who had tickled and spanked the girl after enticing her to his flat : ‘ The prosecution accept , and I proceed on this basis , that your motive here was in no way sexual . |
| 4 | She knew she had to let him go , but after buttoning him into his coat , she wrapped her arms tightly around him , crying almost hysterically . |
| 5 | After taking us through his life and times , he moved on to the matter of his death which he hoped would be quick and peaceful . |
| 6 | One of the best descriptions of the landscape of Madeira is that given by White and Johnson ( Madeira. : Its Climate and Scenery , 1860 ) : ‘ When Columbus was asked by Queen Isabella to give her some notion of the configuration of Jamaica , it is said that he took up a sheet of paper , and after crushing it in his hand , partly opened it out ; then placing it on the table , he told her Majesty that she would derive a better idea of the island from the crumpled paper than from any description conveyed in words . |
| 7 | CUSTOMERS who spent four hours haggling with a double glazing salesman may sue after beating him at his own game . |
| 8 | After missing him during his stay in Geneva ( he 'd been presiding over Berlioz 's Benvenuto Cellini at the Grand Théâtre there ) , I finally succeeded in making contact with him in Rome , where he was conducting the orchestra of the Academia di Santa Cecilia in music by Schubert , Nino Rota and , not unexpectedly , Berlioz — the Symphonie fantastique . |
| 9 | He slipped away to the great palace of King Darzin and begged to be rewarded for warning him against his enemies . |
| 10 | He has a way of drawing you into his enterprises , which is flattering . ) |
| 11 | Randy , going amazingly steady for him , had spent the fortnight screwing Trace Coley , who was as pretty as she was spoilt , because he 'd heard rumours that Kevin was thinking of including him in his team next year . |
| 12 | I er , but Gordon was , sort of got it into his head that er they were . |
| 13 | And half way through the second act , when Ptolemy accused Caesar of driving him from his palace and Caesar said , ‘ Go , my boy , I will not harm you ; but you will be safer away , among your friends , here you are in the lion 's mouth ’ , Stella imagined St Ives spoke more severely than usual . |
| 14 | Our system of criminal justice demands that the government seeking to punish an individual produce the evidence by its own independent labours , rather than by the cruel , simple expedient of compelling it from his own mouth . |
| 15 | ‘ Do n't dare accuse me of wanting him for his money again ! ’ she shouted , suddenly losing control . |
| 16 | For during this first term the long regular letters to Harry Hooton appear to be a substitute for letters to Helen and a roundabout way of informing her of his progress . |
| 17 | He might even find a way of turning it to his own advantage . |
| 18 | If occasionally he still dreamed of Madeleine , of holding her in his arms , kissing her , he had reconciled himself to the belief that marriage between them could only have ended in disaster . |
| 19 | He accused her of blaming him for his failure to return with Oreste when , if anyone was to blame other than her sister Ellen , it was she herself . |
| 20 | In an exchange of views in the weekly popular magazine Ogonek in November and December Kharchev accused officials from the CPSU and the State Security Committee ( Komitet Gosudarstvennoi Bezopasnosti--KGB ) and Orthodox Church leaders of punishing him for his liberal stance on Soviet religious observance , and particularly on the status of the Uniate Church [ see below ] . |
| 21 | The sheer joy of having me under his power , of being able to spend all and every day staring at me . |
| 22 | The girl who earned her nickname by wrestling with an alligator who made the mistake of choosing her for his dinner , has added yet another incredible feat to her repertoire ! |
| 23 | He was a strange man , still lonely in spite of taking her for his wife , and kept his own counsel , never discussing his thoughts with her , keeping his troubles deep , and always ensuring that she had whatever she needed . |
| 24 | At first his kiss was strangely tentative , as if he was afraid of hurting her with his need . |
| 25 | ‘ Everyone seems scared of putting him in his place , and we feel powerless . |
| 26 | But at least one British pirate , who works as a computer engineer , is putting the problem of identifying them to his employer 's IBM , which is normally employed in designing circuits . |
| 27 | The man , in his 20s , clung to an overhanging tree when his damaged craft was in danger of carrying him to his death over a raging weir . |
| 28 | A group of Scots taken prisoner at Solway Moss , the earls of Glencairn and Cassillis , lords Fleming , Maxwell , Somerville and others , obtained their release and were sent back to Scotland when they signed a request to Henry that he should take Mary into his care , with the intention of marrying her to his son , the future Edward VI ; their offer that they would help to bring him to power in Scotland , should Mary die , was kept entirely secret . |
| 29 | His keen instinct gave him a deep understanding of his environment and his innate intelligence led him to devise ways of altering it to his advantage . |
| 30 | When he dozed again , and the memories returned , he did n't fight them , knowing he had a means of scouring them from his system once he got back to England . |