Example sentences of "[prep] his [noun sg] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite Karajan 's meteoric ascent to positions of power and influence after Furtwängler 's death in 1954 and Böhm 's dismission from Vienna some months later , it is clear that Karajan 's ultimate aim was not power but independence : hence the contract for life with the Berlin Philharmonic , hence the founding in 1967 of the Salzburg Easter Festival , brilliantly engineered and financed by Karajan after his return to influence in Salzburg and his eight-year reign at the Vienna State Opera . |
| 2 | A BARMAN was pushed over a 200ft cliff after his wife agreed to a £2,500 ‘ murder contract ’ , a court was told yesterday . |
| 3 | Mr. Prince has a degree in forestry and spent two years after his graduation working as a forest conservator in Guyana , South America , followed by a further two years with the New Zealand State Forest Service . |
| 4 | His United counterpart , Alex Ferguson , was also reluctant to look too far ahead , despite the obvious temptations after his side returned to scoring form with their victory over Norwich last week . |
| 5 | TELEVISION viewers waiting for the result of the 3.10 race at Doncaster last Wednesday heard director Bob Gardam called Lord Howard d'Warden an ‘ Old Fart ’ after his lordship wandered in front of the camera and Mr Gardam thinking he was safe in the privacy of the TV scanner , for some reason came over loud and clear on the course 's PA system . |
| 6 | One boy called Haile Nehari actually escaped from prison — he had been put there after his sling-shot aimed at a pigeon hit an Ethiopian soldier instead . |
| 7 | An account of the establishment of Henry I 's household written just after his death opens with the writing office and chapel , still a single department , which organized the king 's writs and the king 's prayers . |
| 8 | One of these two pictures , Portuguese Cannon , Mazagan ( Plate 17 ) , was after his death presented by the Royal College of Art to the Tate , in memory of him . |
| 9 | Another landlord Geoff Addy , from the Old Dun Cow , left yesterday after his rent increased by £19,000 . |
| 10 | Darwin , however , waited until April — after his March meeting with Gould — before deciding to go ahead . |
| 11 | A new Bishop of Gloucester has been named , four months after his predecessor resigned in disgrace . |
| 12 | The funeral of Jason McFarlane , 21 , of Friar Crescent , Darlington , who died after his motorbike smashed into a parked van on the A1 near Gateshead takes place on Monday . |
| 13 | Sunderland defender Anton Rogan is linking-up with the squad after his club bowed to pressure from the Irish FA that they have first call on him under FIFA 's World Cup rules . |
| 14 | But Kernaghan has to wear a brace on his right leg for another five weeks after his knee locked against Tranmere Rovers . |
| 15 | The Republic of Ireland international has bounced back after his future looked in doubt following the arrival of Paul Bracewell . |
| 16 | ‘ I did n't even know the water was there , ’ said Couples , whose Augusta victory came after his tee shot to the short 12th on the final afternoon defied gravity by clinging to a near-vertical bank instead of dropping back into the lake . |
| 17 | He went to a party after his mother collapsed at their home in West London and even invited two school pals to stay . |
| 18 | A CRASH victim had his head held above icy water by rescuers after his car plunged into a marsh . |
| 19 | A NEWLY-WED died after his car collided with a wagon on the A66 , an inquest heard yesterday . |
| 20 | ‘ Why are you being so mean to me ? ’ he demanded , sprawling full-length across the bed , despite his promise to sleep on the couch , and unloosening his tie . |
| 21 | But despite his willingness to collaborate with this tall , blond , handsome editor and publisher with his square , even teeth invariably clamped over fat Turkish cigarettes and whose ice-blue eyes sometimes narrowed as he weighed up the profit or nuisance value of a potential contributor , Vaughan regarded Lehmann critically , detecting mistrust and calculation behind the editor 's apparent kindness and friendliness . |
| 22 | RANGERS manager Walter Smith refuses to take winning this season 's Premier League title for granted — despite his side cruising at the top . |
| 23 | Soon after coming of age , his ‘ hard conscience ’ towards his tenantry drew on him a judicial rebuke from the lord chancellor Thomas Egerton , Baron Ellesmere [ q.v. ] , and he steadily enlarged his estate by buying out minor gentry families in the vicinity . |
| 24 | But the after-effects of his experience remained with him far longer . |
| 25 | Manville was aware of his back slamming against a wall . |
| 26 | His face had grown so thin that as he spoke you could plainly see the elaborate machinery of his jaw setting to work with all its strings , sockets and pulleys . |
| 27 | He went out and Robertson heard the hooves of his garron clopping on the road . |
| 28 | Yet when a scorpion rushed straight at him , he ran out of his hut to cry to a six-year-old child outside ‘ There are hot beasts within ! ’ |
| 29 | This was a big point in a barley-grower 's favour when he took some of his corn to show to a maltster . |
| 30 | The flesh of his forehead looked like pastry after someone has drawn a fork across it . |