Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [adv] [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pears was whisked off still wearing his goalkeeper 's jersey and limping heavily after being hurt in the final minutes . |
| 2 | Fed up constantly repairing his sole pair of shoes specially built 6 years ago , John despaired of finding someone to make him another pair . |
| 3 | In order to get a response in subject searching , the user has had not only to specify his needs but also to specify them in a way that " matches " the system . |
| 4 | Although no clear winner emerged from the debate , most commentators believed that Clinton had performed well enough to consolidate his position as the leading contender . |
| 5 | Tucked carefully inside lay his seventeenth-century pamphlet . |
| 6 | Both cars spun on to the grass outfield , Senna 's McLaren minus its left front wheel and Mansell 's car damaged badly enough to ensure his retirement . |
| 7 | It was certainly obscure to Theo , who had gone off sadly shaking his head . |
| 8 | ‘ I said you were sunk low enough to match his sordid background , yes . ’ |
| 9 | When he returned to college immediately following his discharge , he was lucky to escape with relatively minor punishment — the Master ordered one month 's gating and ninety pages of Greek translation — and was determined not only to drop his more unsuitable friends but , as in his first year at Cambridge , ‘ to write for all the Prizes ’ . |
| 10 | All Mr Clinton 's talents will be required not merely to stroke his allies in the Capitol 's anterooms , but to keep the country focused on what he is aiming at . |