Example sentences of "[vb pp] [subord] his [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A rescue helicopter was scrambled after his empty dinghy was spotted floating out to sea . |
| 2 | The man had every caution given him not a minute before to be careful with the gun , but his time was come as his poor shipmates say and with that they console themselves … |
| 3 | Camille Alliali , former Minister of State and a member of the government since 1966 , a close confidante of the President who was sometimes tipped as his possible successor , also left the Cabinet , as did Public Works and Transport Minister Koffi Aoussou ; the latter 's responsibilities passed to Construction and Town Planning Minister Vammoussa Bamba . |
| 4 | He may have gone to Italy in order to escape the regime of Queen Mary I , and his support of the Protestant settlement of 1559 was clear , but his credit suffered because his Catholic wife practised her faith within his household . |
| 5 | It remains to be seen whether his own observa-tion of six years ago ( ‘ I was a rotten singer ’ ) still applies . |
| 6 | As laid down in the will that he had made on 29 April 1696 , revising an earlier one dated 13 July 1685 , in which his wife had been named as his sole heir , Howard 's estates were inherited by his only surviving child , Henry Charles Howard ( born 18 October 1668 ) ; from him they descended to his son , Charles Howard [ q.v. ] , who became tenth Duke of Norfolk in 1777 . |
| 7 | Sometime before he became king in 1625 , James I 's son Charles had adopted as his personal religion a conservative version of Protestantism known as Arminianism ; he had done so either because he disagreed with the doctrine of predestination , or more probably because he found the austere liturgy of undiluted Calvinism distasteful . |
| 8 | He was disturbed when his 2 attackers crashed in through a back door . |
| 9 | But Mackenzie was greatly missed as his devoted service to deaf people was universally acknowledged , and he was a man of great charm and Christian virtue who had many friends among the deaf community . |
| 10 | How far would Rock Hudson have got if his true proclivities , hidden so long by a succession of girlfriends provided by the studios , had been known ? |
| 11 | His funeral was as well orchestrated as his political meetings had been . |
| 12 | Even the surrounding sounds of birds and cicadas were hushed as his throbbing ululations resounded off the cliffs above us and through the bamboo forest . |
| 13 | Although Garvin was shown as his formal superior in terms of the office organization chart , that was to some extent a convenient fiction and the Mamur Zapt had his own lines of communication to the powers that were . |
| 14 | The C & AG 's role is more properly understood if his full title is given : ‘ The Comptroller General of the Receipt and Issue of Her Majesty 's Exchequer and Auditor General of Public Accounts ’ . |
| 15 | Alexander has n't played since his younger brother Ben was killed in a car crash in June . |
| 16 | What is most disappointing though is that Nashwan is not to return to Paris to try to prove that his defeat in the Prix Niel by Golden Pheasant and French Glory , who now occupy prominent positions in the Arc betting , was because he was having an off-day rather than because he has deteriorated since his magnificent victories in the 2,000 Guineas , Derby and Eclipse Stakes earlier in the year . |
| 17 | He felt himself yanked across the room and flung across his father 's legs , his body protected while his outstretched hand dangled like bait in the dog 's face . |
| 18 | In completing William of Sens 's work , he showed that he was more deeply influenced than his French predecessor by contemporary Continental developments . |
| 19 | When asked if his first sniff made him fee sick , Carl had this to say : ‘ No , it 's something I enjoyed and I wanted to do more . |
| 20 | The Financial Times of March 1 reported that Gorbachev had appointed as his economic adviser Oleg Ozherelev , hitherto an official of the central committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ( CPSU ) and formerly dean of the economics faculty at Leningrad University . |
| 21 | Her stomach tightened when his free hand lightly touched her breast , discovering the shape , stroking the nipple through the fine material of her nightdress , making desire explode in her mind like a shower of stars . |
| 22 | He ended 1984 , acknowledged as his greatest year , as the world No. 1 . |
| 23 | Edward IV died in April 1483 , and the power struggle resumed as his younger brother , Richard , Duke of Gloucester , was Protector of the heir , the twelve year old Edward V , and the Duke removed the heir and his brother , who was two years younger , to the Tower of London where they died . |
| 24 | As far as Gloucester was concerned , it was a recognition of the fact that the north had now emerged as his main sphere of interest , and his surrender of land in East Anglia was to some extent the corollary of the consolidation of his northern interests which was taking place in the same year . |
| 25 | As far as Gloucester was concerned , it was a recognition of the fact that the north had now emerged as his main sphere of interest , and his surrender of land in East Anglia was to some extent the corollary of the consolidation of his northern interests which was taking place in the same year . |
| 26 | But the striker admitted after his 80th minute winner had plunged Middlesborough deep into relegation trouble : |
| 27 | In the slow passages Cziffra 's deep , brooding tone can hold the listener as enthralled as his legendary virtuosity . |
| 28 | One thing he has discovered since his global circumnavigation , is that it 's a big conversation killer . |
| 29 | This results from the strategy adopted by Mr Papandreou , whose eight years in office ended when his socialist Pasok party was defeated in an inconclusive election last June . |
| 30 | Livestock too present many dangers with one farmer being killed when his Simmental bull attacked him . |