Example sentences of "[prep] his [noun sg] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | LOVE-cheat minister David Mellor was last night blasted by British architects after his ministry awarded a plum £6million contract to an AMERICAN firm . |
| 2 | Waldemar Pawlak , appointed Prime Minister after the fall of the Olszewski government on June 5 [ see p. 38972 ] , offered his resignation to the Sejm on July 2 after his failure to form a government . |
| 3 | EVERYONE is entitled to their opinion , and while I agree with Joe Hyam 's concerning service charges ( Caterer , 15–21 August ) , I feel he is taking unfair advantage of his position to have a go at people who do not do things the ‘ Joe Hyam ’ way . |
| 4 | The foreman of his jury wrote a letter to " The Times " : " Where a jury has to decide , as men and women of the world , " how much " " , the degree of uncertainty is so great that a random answer , consistent only with a total lack of any sort of yardstick , can be expected . |
| 5 | Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini had spent much of his life combining a climb towards the summit of the Shiite hierarchy with the elaboration of a coherent set of ideas about what was wrong with both contemporary Iran and much of the outside world . |
| 6 | When it mattered , Linford responded with the run of his life to beat a world class field in Barcelona . |
| 7 | Asil Nadir has been reluctant to return to Britain , partly because he says , media coverage of his case makes a fair trial unlikely . |
| 8 | The seventeen volumes of his survey provide a remarkable survey not only of poverty but of employment and religious observance in London . |
| 9 | Marc 's sneer and the sheer force of his presence brought a reluctant answer from between Peter 's lips . |
| 10 | Though Larry does not ultimately succeed in reintegrating himself into the world , his efforts to come to terms with the consequences of his experience in the death world of his hallucination indicate a potential mode of interpersonal relation that would provide the basis for a more ‘ sane ’ existence . |
| 11 | It was n't that she had anything against him personally ; he was a charming and clever man , dedicated to his school , an entrepreneur who was using the fruits of his success to fulfil a lifetime 's dream — and good luck to him , she thought . |
| 12 | He was using the common coin of the judicial language which is frequently employed to remind the jury of their duty in a serious case and their Lordships do not consider that he overstepped the limits of his obligation to ensure a fair trial . |
| 13 | This man , eager to draw first blood , swerved as he neared Sharpe , then leaned out of his saddle to give a gut-slicing sweep with the glittering blade . |
| 14 | If anyone writes in to say that Francis Bacon noticed the flashes when he got out of his coach to freeze a chicken in the snow , I shall leave the country , suitably disguised , and write piteous letters about being a laughing stock to all , coupled with the name of sundry . |
| 15 | Suger 's historical writings led the monks of his abbey to develop a taste for history and hence to compile a series of chronicles . |
| 16 | The enormity of his betrayal wrenched a choking sob from her . |
| 17 | Frere stepped on to the ice , sniffed at the cold air , and then , hands clasped at his back , the tail of his frock-coat lifting a little in the breeze , he sailed off . |
| 18 | ‘ A failure to inform a citizen in writing and at the earliest practicable moment of precisely why he is being deprived of his liberty constitutes a fundamental breach of his rights and , where that failure is never remedied , as was the case here … |
| 19 | In Clarke v. Clarke [ 1990 ] 2 F.L.R. 115 , 119 Lord Donaldson of Lymington M.R. said : ‘ A failure to inform a citizen in writing and at the earliest practicable moment of precisely why he is being deprived of his liberty constitutes a fundamental breach of his rights and , where that failure is never remedied [ the committal order ] can not stand . ’ |
| 20 | The headteacher of a day school for maladjusted pupils asked the staff of his school to keep a diary on one day , 27 November 1985 , to try to record an impression of the activities , concerns and pressures which make up daily routine . |
| 21 | On top of the boulder of his head sat a tweed hat with a grouse feather stuck in its band . |
| 22 | McLeish last played for Scotland against Bulgaria in a European Championship qualifying tie , since when he has battled injury to the extent that both player and national coach could yesterday be candid about the reasons why his sudden recapture of the captaincy of his country has a storybook feel . |
| 23 | The focus of his gaze has a startlingly piercing quality ; an intensity that seems to strike at your very core . |
| 24 | The sound of his music attracted a school of dolphins , whereupon Arion leapt overboard and was carried safely to shore on the back of one of the dolphins . |
| 25 | Mr Patten will also outline the forthcoming ‘ green Bill ’ , underlining the Government 's commitment to environmental protection in the wake of his decision to reject a proposal for a new town at Foxley Wood , Hampshire . |
| 26 | The 500th anniversary of his birth provides a convenient moment to consider whether he deserves wider recognition . |
| 27 | Syl went out of his way to preserve a semblance of youthfulness , wearing his clothes untidily and even eating in a haphazard fashion as though he was n't quite old enough to have learned proper manners . |
| 28 | Paul goes out of his way to say a heartfelt ‘ Thank you ’ to the Christian church in Philippi for the way that they had continued to care for him . |
| 29 | He added : ‘ Bryan seemed to be going out of his way to play a father 's role with the children . |
| 30 | He collected the full list of the contents of the dead boy 's pockets , and one unexpected item in the collection sent him out of his way to pay a visit to ‘ The Salmon 's Return ’ before he finally reached Paviour 's house . |