Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [prep] his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If at any time after a person has been charged with or informed he may be prosecuted for an offence a police officer wishes to bring to the notice of that person any written statement made by another person or the content of an interview with another person , he shall hand to that person a true copy of any such written statement or bring to his attention the content of the interview record , but shall say or do nothing to invite any reply or comment save to caution him in the terms of paragraph 10.4 above . |
| 2 | Placement support which at the least minimised the chances that the ex-patient would be evicted from his home or sacked from his job the first time a problem occurred would seem essential . |
| 3 | There was nothing secret or mean in his character , and we soon became good friends . |
| 4 | He did n't throw his head back like Peggy Pine did when she laughed , or giggle into his fist like Paccy Moore ; he did n't make big gestures like Mario in the fish and chip shop , or even get wheezing and coughing fits like Dessie Burns often did . |
| 5 | Additionally , carried away by enthusiasm that ought not to affect the judgement of experienced lawyers , they advised him , or agreed on his urging ( I do not know which ) , that he should issue writs for libel , which he did , with the disastrous effect that he actually accepted some damages from one publication before he was compelled to reveal the falsity of his assertions . |
| 6 | Nor was she at all put off or frightened by his intensity , when he flew into a temper if a drawing went badly . |
| 7 | Before this week , Parmer had never been dropped or substituted in his club career . |
| 8 | No teacher will wear or display on his person or car a badge which indicates support for a pressure group ( like CND or Greenpeace ) . |
| 9 | The success of the new News at Ten will stand or fall on his relationship with the seven million plus viewers . |
| 10 | Mr Karimov knows that he will stand or fall on his ability to stave off economic collapse . |
| 11 | The former research scientist , who has resigned his seat on Middesbrough Council , said he would stand or fall by his record over the last few months . |
| 12 | Jim , seated , or perched on his chair , could not settle , but got up and stumbled about , laughing helplessly , or sat and laid his head on the table and laughed , sounding as if he wept , then in an excess of happiness and gratitude , banged his two fists on either side of his head , which banging turned into a little sharp jubilant rhythm . |
| 13 | He could be out on the patio , or walking among his lemon groves . |
| 14 | In the forests of Dean , Windsor , Cannock , Sherwood , Essex , Inglewood and Galtres the warden took the lop and top , and sometimes the bark , of oaks given by the king , or felled for his use . |
| 15 | Ensure that your child does n't rely on his emergency bronchodilator , or forget about his condition after he 's had an attack . |
| 16 | It took him a considerable time to do so but he succeeded and left a deep mark on Korea only equalled or exceeded by his arch-rival , Kim Il Sung in north Korea . |
| 17 | The employee therefore see his involvement in a union , or support for his union , to be the best means of securing his personal objectives ( eg. through extra pay or shorter working hours ) or the employee may consider that his own goals would be furthered better by loyalty to senior managers in the organisation and acceptance of the organisation 's goals . |
| 18 | Dr Mumby said , ‘ It would be a waste of time taking Mr Royan 's blood pressure or listening to his chest . |
| 19 | Stalin would not have been suspected , or connected with his murder , and it would have provided an excellent reason for the purges , which Stalin began due to his paranoia of being replaced . |
| 20 | He was not supposed to know whether the dealer was buying or selling on his client 's behalf , but nonetheless he attempted to guess this from the runner 's facial expression and comments . |
| 21 | ( THE PATIENT FOLLOWS THE MOVEMENT , WITHOUT PUSHING OR PULLING THROUGH HIS ARM . ) |
| 22 | What about might be going out with his mum or something , or going to his gran 's . |
| 23 | It is always a dodgy business , sacking a manager or calling for his sacking . |
| 24 | There was only one person to whom Jerome would be reporting with so much fervour ; Bénezet , naturally curious about anything that might serve his turn or redound to his profit , was not averse to picking up a few crumbs of useful information by the way . |
| 25 | It may not appoint a legal guardian for the child or consent to an adoption order or an order freeing the child for adoption or providing for his adoption abroad ( s33(6) ( b ) ) . |
| 26 | He would feint and leave two or three opponents sprawling or plodding in his wake before he released the ball , unerringly , to either the flying Joe Hulme , who would not even have to pause in his flight , or the absolutely devastating Cliff ( ’ ’ Boy'' ) Bastin , who would take a couple of strides and whip the ball into the net . |
| 27 | Locked together now , welded , this was purely a matter of power and its absence , history 's eternal lesson of the powerful absorbing the powerless , as first her lack of resistance and then her wild response empowered Luke — to take , to give , to plunder or to reward at his pleasure . |
| 28 | A new hermit was supposed to get a licence or blessing from his bishop , but Rolle had no time for these forms . |
| 29 | Sometimes his route to the nearest safe place involved scrambling over loose rock , or entailed ladder climbing to escape from a stope , with his only source of light a guttering candle held in the hand , or stuck to his hat with a blob of clay . |
| 30 | But Mansell , who has clashed verbally and physically with the triple champion said : ‘ My boss Frank Williams has told me he ca n't stop people like Ayrton phoning him or coming to his room . |