Example sentences of "[noun pl] [subord] his [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Aug. 18 Ratsiraka declared Madagascar to be a federation of six states with himself as President , claiming to have the support of the five provinces where his ruling Arema party continued to hold majorities in the regional councils . |
| 2 | I met him once , in the late 1980s , a year or so before his death , in a pub in Camden Town : he was a quick , if ageing , inquisitive and half-bolting creature : more for his thick spectacles than his literary associations , other drinkers in the pub called him ‘ The Professor ’ . |
| 3 | He proved rather better at handling animals than his own family , who scattered in all directions — his wife to Israel , his younger son to America , and Wim to England . |
| 4 | Village Group director Paul Hunter said he had been forced to ‘ rest ’ drivers until his firm Liverpool 's largest coach independent was paid . |
| 5 | Police heard their dying screams because his eight-year-old daughter Clare had dialled 999 and left the line open . |
| 6 | Obediently Thacker closed his eyes while his curious companion rummaged through one of many hiding places and produced a dark bottle . |
| 7 | She gasped out the words as his dark head bent towards her , but instead of kissing her lips he let his mouth trail over her neck , nuzzling under her hair until shivers started to race down her spine . |
| 8 | She gave a hoarse moan of resistance and desire , pushing at his broad shoulders as his strong hands pressed her hips closer to his body , and as she felt that mouth claiming hers with deeper passion , and felt the evidence of his hard excitement , she felt her body clamouring for more , her eyes closing and her mouth moving under his hungrily , little gasps of shocked desire coming from the back of her throat . |
| 9 | Eliot 's vision of the urbane savage was very different from Arnold 's , but gave him the same privileges as his Romantic predecessor . |
| 10 | Surely , in a different generation , John Jackson would have gained more honours than his single appearance for the Football League . |
| 11 | Of more concern is the way Barnes has failed to silence his critics with his feet since his poor display and when asked if he will win his 69th cap next week , Taylor said simply : ‘ I want to give it some thought . ’ |
| 12 | Fernando Matthei Aubel , and the head of the paramilitary police , Gen. Rodolfo Stange Oelkers , both members of the current ruling military junta , to remain in their service posts when his new government came into office . |
| 13 | But it is rich that John Major should talk of earning honours when his own Government is widely regarded as inept in so many ways . |
| 14 | Michael Heseltine was the main spokesman of the Conservative approach to the inner cities until his ministerial career was abruptly interrupted by the Westland affair in 1986 . |
| 15 | Younger by four years than his go-getting elder brother , Ryan was basically easygoing , with no driving ambitions , content just to get by . |
| 16 | She seemed more interested in Willy 's student days than his subsequent misfortunes . |
| 17 | It is three years since his last winner and Curant , 41 , nowadays concentrates on the business he operates with his wife , Sue . |
| 18 | Hymns was an alternately brutal , comic and touching study of pubescent schoolboys while his new work , dull morning cloudy mild , stems from the diary of an old man whose memories are bound up with his obsessive recording of the weather . |
| 19 | The Santerres were waiting for us with Bowyer who looked as if he had really settled in , shirt open at the collar , stubby feet enclosed in buskins whilst his fat face was flushed with drink and his breath smelt like a wine press . |
| 20 | Matthew Casson , 14 , was chosen as one of only six finalists in the North of England in the Sainsbury 's Future Cooks Awards after his winning recipes impressed judges . |
| 21 | JUST weeks before his pregnant wife was found hanging , a hospital technician was allowed home early from work after telling colleagues she had left him . |
| 22 | Pretending to be a Polish airman , he almost flew off from Carlisle with one of Britain 's newest fighter planes before his true identity was discovered . |
| 23 | In an effort to defuse the political tension following the calling of the third general strike since his re-election , Balaguer promised fresh elections in May 1992 , two years before his current mandate was due to expire . |
| 24 | The man was speaking two days after his 14-year-old daughter was attacked in a garden 100 yards from her home in Lanchester , Co Durham . |
| 25 | Furthermore the resulting " socialist man " seemed to have the same needs as his capitalist counterpart for material goods , especially those based on energy and materially intensive technologies . |
| 26 | Byrne plays the young ragamuffins ' father , Papa Riley , a former leader of the travellers who went to pieces when his beloved wife died in childbirth and now subsists on cheap whisky and stale fags in a rundown council flat while his boyos fend for themselves . |
| 27 | At a time when English officialdom has been worrying about the fact that some among their top youngsters are playing more golf than is good for them , Stevely has had the same feelings where his own pupils are concerned . |
| 28 | He furnished much of the office from his own resources although his annual salary of £250 was some 20% below the WEA 's nationally recommended minimum for District Secretaries — a reflection yet again of the District 's precarious financial position , then in deficit in excess of £100 . |
| 29 | Leon Panetta , Mr Clinton 's budget director , suggested that the president should delay releasing his health-care reforms because his economic plan was in trouble in Congress . |
| 30 | Thijs Lijbregts , who took over from Rinus Michels after Holland won the European Championship , has the additional pressure of managing one of the fancied teams while his best player , Ruud Gullit , is struggling to recover from a knee injury that has so far necessitated four operations and is threatening his career . |