Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [prep] his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For reasons beyond his control , the new tsar found himself at war with Persia just as he was coming to terms with the Turks . |
| 2 | They were popular preachers and evangelists — Diego de Cadiz , a Capuchin revivalist preacher , attracted audiences which fought for scraps of his clothing . |
| 3 | Originally intended as an outlet for the excessive number of seconds that were still being produced ( both flawed material and finished items ) , it was selected mostly because of its convenient location for Bernard on his route from London to Clogau . |
| 4 | Taylor was educated at home and at a private day-school , and as apprentice to his father . |
| 5 | Ray Doyle had bowed to Jack Stone 's pleading request for protection for his family . |
| 6 | On 5 June he is said to have ignored a request from a Catholic merchant for protection for his family in the Mansion House ; and he stirred himself only when the Bank of England was reported to be in the mob 's sights . |
| 7 | Petitions to the Admiralty for remuneration for his discovery brought nothing . |
| 8 | The two told how Pringle had called for Jason at his home in Geneva Road , Darlington , on Sunday afternoon and they had gone for a ride around in a van . |
| 9 | He payed without a murmur , but on being asked for 4d for his share of tea , exploded saying " Who in ****** hell has been drinking tea " . |
| 10 | An action was instituted — the only libel action where I acted for Harold Wilson which came to court — and I thought it wise to brief a member of the Opposition to act as counsel on his behalf . |
| 11 | He continued as chairman until his death . |
| 12 | In the city itself there is the Oskar Reinhart Foundation , which he set up for Winterthur in his lifetime , and which houses over six hundred works by Swiss , German and Austrian artists of the sixteenth , seventeenth and eighteenth centuries . |
| 13 | When he did finally get to his feet his legs were unsteady and he had to stick close to the tables for support on his way to the door . |
| 14 | A registered student may be excused enrolment for part of his course of study or research following his election or appointment to office in any representative student body approved for the purposes of this paragraph by the Senate , and a student so excused shall remain a registered student for as long as may be approved by the Senate . |
| 15 | The Lancastrian , Henry Tudor , when he heard of what had happened , gathered a force in France and landed in Wales — where he had lived for part of his life — and he opposed Richard III , who was killed in battle in 1485 . |
| 16 | In effect AB sells the importer part of its dollar balance in New York in exchange for part of his sterling deposit . |
| 17 | If he 's needed urgently and he ca n't find anywhere to park , he could waste precious minutes while someone 's lying dying for want of his attention ! ’ |
| 18 | Without waiting for direction from his captor he had sat down , his overcoat , muddy and stained , pulled around him for warmth , and his bowler hat , the crease of a dent in its crown , clamped on his head . |
| 19 | The club was a meeting place for musicians of his era , and Archer Street was for many years the centre of the British dance music business . |
| 20 | Jones played on , helping back row partner Adrian Varney grab two tries , before going to hospital for x-rays on his jaw . |
| 21 | Deng Xiaoping , China 's " elder statesman " leader , had considerable success during March in his effort to reinforce the reformist line which he had been actively promoting since early January . |
| 22 | On the steps of the City Hall he spoke to a crowd of 50,000 who had waited for hours for his appearance . |
| 23 | Frank was withdrawn much of the time , often sitting for hours with his blindfold down . |
| 24 | He would sit for hours with his blindfold down , taking no part in the general conversations , or at best looking at Brian and me , shaking his head when his compatriots said something with which he disagreed . |
| 25 | She took to following him in her car , being willing to sit for hours outside his house waiting for him to come out and then trailing and following him until he came home again . |
| 26 | The other person was a man who could actually speak for hours about his reading , which was extensive . |
| 27 | He moved from job to job , for a period boxing in a fairground booth and also trying his hand at acting , whilst also posing for Minton in his studio in return for ten shillings a week . |
| 28 | Exiled Nigerian poet Olu Oguibe has been awarded the All Africa Okigbo Prize for Literature for his collection A Gathering Fear ( Kraft Books ) . |
| 29 | She looked for sarcasm in his expression and spotted it , just for an instant , hidden in the slight curve at the corner of his mouth . |
| 30 | Essential to the ethos of chivalry was the earning of fame , which enabled the knight to hold his head high in the world , and was complementary to lordship , inheritance , or manor house as signs of his position in society . |