Example sentences of "[noun prp] [coord] his [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ability to read and write was confined to churchmen ( this was common throughout the whole of northern Europe ) , not even William or his Norman Barons were able to read , so William appointed Lanfranc as Archbishop of Canterbury and he set up a diocesan pattern which endured and encouraged the growth of ecclesiastical courts of law and a succession of ‘ clerks ’ who became the forerunners of the civil servants . |
| 2 | Holidays spent in Swindon or Wales , a time of freedom from the severities of classroom timetables and disciplines , gave opportunities for naturalistic pursuits in a setting more favourable even than the widening circle of his weekend and holiday explorations of London and Surrey commons with Arthur Hardy or his own brothers , themselves an essential escape from domesticity , homework and discipline . |
| 3 | One of these writers , the poet Hölderlin , claims our particular attention here for the new attitude towards Germany that his commitment to the Greek ideal entails — and also for his intuitive awareness of a greater complexity underlying " the spirit of Greece " than Winckelmann or his immediate successors had been able to recognize . |
| 4 | The accord , formally entitled the " Agreement on Reconciliation , Non-aggression , and Exchanges and Co-operation between the South and the North " , was signed on Dec. 13 , by South Korean Prime Minister Chung Won Shik and his Northern counterpart Yon Hyong Muk . |
| 5 | There was no sign of Pinky and his razor-wielding gang : Joshua supposed that Graham Greene had drawn his inspiration not so much from Hove as from Kemp Town , where smelly pubs and mean little houses cluster under railway arches , and supermarket mums push twins in Siamese prams . |
| 6 | But somehow it was the Celtic team of the '70s and particularly their manager Jock Stein and his Italian darling Lou Macari who fashioned the most memorable images of betting . |
| 7 | Jeff and his big mouth ! |
| 8 | A world that had hoped for the old uprightness , not for the collective cowardice of Colonel John Stephenson and his spineless masters on the International Cricket Council . |
| 9 | In the '70s great play was made of his love affair with the former Miss World Mary Stavin and his brief flirtation with Karen Berlinski , one half of an appalling Euro disco duo who briefly graced the German hit parade . |
| 10 | Aoun and his two colleagues , Gen. Issam Abu Jamrah and Gen. Adgar Ma'luf , were subsequently given a special pardon by President Elias Hrawi . |
| 11 | , Johann Christian ( 1735–1782 ) , composer , was born 5 September 1735 in Leipzig , the sixth and youngest son and the eleventh of the thirteen children of Johann Sebastian Bach and his second wife Anna Magdalena , daughter of Johann Caspar Wilcke , court trumpeter . |
| 12 | Coke 's juridical ideas lived on through Hale and Mansfield and his political ideas filter through the work of Blackstone and Burke . |
| 13 | However , finally I 'm cosily ensconced with the affable Mr. Adams and his excellent lead guitarist ( linchpin of the Dudes of Leisure ) Keith Scott , and the talk turns to tunes … |
| 14 | These makers can now be identified as Jean and his two sons , Martin and Jean fils aîné . |
| 15 | But it had to be called off after a police blunder led to Dennis and his alleged victim coming face-to-face with each other before the parade . |
| 16 | Count Raymond came to him privately and told him that Eleanor and his other sons were also plotting against him . |
| 17 | I watched Gaveston and his meddling tricks . |
| 18 | Erbani , Lorieux and Carminati in the pack are no strangers to the international arena with 75 caps between them , but Fouroux and his assistant coach Daniel Dubroca hope that the French will show willingness and enthusiasm for battle and put behind them the inept and inexplicable performance witnessed at Strasbourg . |
| 19 | Wally will , of course , live on in our hearts and minds , thanks to his continuing adventures on our Saturday Morning cartoon show Wally and His Whalesome Pals , and his smiling face will still appear on the packets of Wally 's Whalefood , the popular krill-based breakfast cereal . |
| 20 | In addition to Father 's parents , two bachelor uncles came to live with us at Low Birk Hatt : Great-Uncle Isaac from Dummah Hill and his younger brother , Great-Uncle William Bayles . |
| 21 | Living so close to him , she understood ; she was beginning to see not the disfiguring scar and limp , but instead the essential Neil , who was so kind to herself — for all his teasing of her — and to Matey and his poor patients . |
| 22 | From the first moment I saw Inverness Doogie and his Welsh wife , Miranda , I had them down as a sort of suicidal Sonny and Cher . |
| 23 | Paul Cole sends Magic Ring back sprinting after the colt 's failure in the Greenham and his first target will be the Temple Stakes at Sandown . |
| 24 | Seasoned seaman Sam Neill and his young wife sail their yacht off the coast off Australia . |
| 25 | CHURCH matters will never be far away for Sellafield technical support officer David Ivey and his new wife , Marilyn . |
| 26 | In May 1165 the Queen took Richard and his elder sister Matilda ( born 1156 ) to Normandy ; a fortnight later King Henry crossed the Channel in the other direction , leaving his family behind while he mounted a major campaign , albeit an unsuccessful one , against the Welsh . |
| 27 | Despite the fact that Richard and his elder brother had performed homage to Louis VII for their lands it was obvious that their father had in no way relinquished control . |
| 28 | There could be little doubt that Richard and his elder brother would give very different answers to these questions . |
| 29 | An agreement to increase contacts aimed at resolving the financial dispute between Iran and France [ see p. 37929 ] was confirmed on Sept. 27 following a meeting in New York between Vellayati and his French counterpart , Roland Dumas . |
| 30 | Though there is an element of ambiguity about the whereabouts of Wilfrid 's see , it is most likely that Ealhfrith intended him to be bishop of York , the significance of which is unlikely to have been lost on Wilfrid and his royal patron if Pope Gregory 's original plan to establish York as an archbishopric was known to them . |