Example sentences of "[coord] [vb base] his [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No matter what benefits the salesperson discusses , the buyer may be reluctant to change from his present supplier or change his present model because to do so may give rise to unforeseen problems — delivery may be unpredictable or the new model may be unreliable . |
| 2 | The House might decide to act on its own by appointing a committee to inquire into the matter or a private member might move resolutions or introduce his own measure . |
| 3 | The average business traveller , who does n't pay his own bills or make his own booking , will plump for that option in preference to a detour down a country lane or through suburbs in search of some unknown quantity which might turn out to be a gem . |
| 4 | God , by his unpredictable and uncontainable Spirit , is guiding the destinies of nations and individuals who do not know him , or deny his very existence . |
| 5 | All they wanted to do was poke fun at him , look at the cut of his suit , or his hairstyle , or measure his bald patch . |
| 6 | Then came the terrible sense of disbelief and at last the dawning realization that she would never be held in his embrace , breathe in the scent of his cigars or hear his kindly voice ever again . |
| 7 | He took great care not to touch her or allow his grubby clothes to come into contact with her beautiful skirt and creamy-white blouse . |
| 8 | Keegan 's bout of flu will not keep him from Ewood Park ( or spoil his 42nd birthday on Valentine 's Day ) when Newcastle will use north-east rivalry to combat Blackburn 's expensive strength . |
| 9 | By the mid-1930s such ‘ option ’ arrangements were characteristic of private sector provision also ; it was for the male breadwinner alone to decide whether he would so provide for his dependants or take his full pension on retirement . |
| 10 | It was that or see his own dream die . |
| 11 | Nor do his choral forces always suggest that they are home in the idiom . |
| 12 | On one occasion when Reagan , at short notice , addressed an audience of between three and four thousand teachers As a GE spokesman Reagan had the opportunity to hone his oratorical skills , and develop his political ideas . |
| 13 | I distance myself from the position and the policy of the President and advocate his immediate resignation [ and ] the handing over of power to a collective body , the Federation Council . " |
| 14 | But ships are too valuable to lie idle for very long , and Robert barely had a month in which to re-acquaint himself with his new wife and pat his young infants on the head before he was leaving John Street and Stepney again — through Limehouse into Poplar and aboard the Orynthia in West India Dock . |
| 15 | In his third camp , Eichstatt , in spite of the crowded and stressful conditions , he managed with the help of the Red Cross and some accountant brother-officers to study for and sit his final accountancy examinations while actively preparing for his escape . |
| 16 | Liverpool 's third choice keeper is set to jump queue ahead of David James and make his first appearance of the season in the absence of the suspended Bruce Grobbelaar . |
| 17 | Liverpool 's third choice keeper is set to jump queue ahead of David James and make his first appearance of the season in the absence of the suspended Bruce Grobbelaar . |
| 18 | Remembering my conversations with him at the end of 1975 and the beginning of 1976 , it was clear that he wanted fresh fields to conquer , that he thought he had more than proved himself as a racing driver and that he thought he could , with no great difficulty , follow a Bruce McLaren , for instance , and make his own way in cars of his own . |
| 19 | Lord Scarman said : ‘ The principle is that parental right or power of control of the person and property of his child exists primarily to enable the parent to discharge his duty of maintenance , protection and education until he [ that is , the child ] reaches such an age as to be able to look after himself and make his own decisions . ’ |
| 20 | We are committed , morally and politically , to treating everyone as free , with a right to see things from his own standpoint and make his own decisions . |
| 21 | What could she say to him except that she felt her life — their life together — slipping away ; that whether she survived or slid wearily from her broken body , there was no longer any prospect of happiness for them ; that he should forget her and make his own world without her ? |
| 22 | The others watched him cross the road and make his unsteady way down York Street . |
| 23 | Yet , late in his reign , this complex and careful trimmer was ready to pose as an enlightened despot and woo his educated subjects . |
| 24 | You are then obliged to play a Spade from the dummy and East will win it with his 10 and cash his winning Club for the setting trick . |
| 25 | He would drive round his home village for a couple of weeks , impress his family and friends with the car , cigars and drinks and pick his future wife . |
| 26 | A farmer could apply to a county court for a possession order and evict his former employee , though the court was empowered to suspend the order for up to six months . |
| 27 | Beat that fear and victor was certain , and victory brought glory and fame and medals and money and , best of all , sweetest of all , most glorious and wondrous of all , the modest teasing grin of a short black-haired Emperor who would pat the Dragoon General as though he was a faithful dog , and the thought of that Imperial favour made the General quicken his horse and raise his battered sword . |
| 28 | ‘ The frills fell off , ’ retorted Meredith cheerfully , willing herself to walk normally across the room and suffer his amused appraisal . |
| 29 | I recall how he used to tell the story of the three pigs : when the wolf ate the pigs who 'd built their houses of straw and twigs , my father would gather me up and rub his bristly face against mine , saying , ‘ Gnaggle , gnaggle , gnaggle . ’ |
| 30 | and flash His hot message |