Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [noun] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hall complex , to the right of the entrance to the castle , and built by Roger Bigod III , was intended as accommodation for his large household and for guests . |
| 2 | For comparison , of the 27 homosexual men who seroconverted none had suffered from bacterial pneumonia , nor had any participant been treated for complications of his HIV infection . |
| 3 | He was taken to Our Lady 's Hospital in Cashel where he is being treated for burns to his upper body . |
| 4 | Mr Haughton was taken to Whiston Hospital and treated for burns to his chest and right shoulder . |
| 5 | The cell mate was treated for burns to his hands and later returned to the gaol . |
| 6 | In 1759 some of the greatest Portuguese nobles whom Pombal regarded as threats to his position , the Duke of Aveiro , the Marquis of Tavora , the Marquis of Alorna , were accused of conspiring against the king , tortured and in some cases broken on the wheel . |
| 7 | What Bourdieu means by modernization and modernity is clarified through consideration of his analysis of traditional , tribal societies . |
| 8 | In Ashley v Esso Transportation Co Ltd ( 1956 ) The Times , 8 February the plaintiff claimed as part of his damages for injury suffered whilst working in a ship the extra expense incurred since the accident in having to buy his cigarettes ashore instead of on board free of duty . |
| 9 | Here Gehlen collected up the thousands of spools of microfilm that over the years he had painstakingly amassed as part of his record of Russian intelligence . |
| 10 | Jodie Foster makes her debut as director with Little Man Tate , a sensitive film about a 7-year-old prodigy ( played by Adam Hann-Byrd ) torn between love for his mother ( Foster ) , and admiration for the brilliant psychologist ( Dianne Wiest ) intent on nurturing his genius . |
| 11 | I was particularly taken by Debra Gillett as the likeable innocent who takes some hard knocks before the night is out , while Danny Webb offers a memorable portrait of the sharpest and most driven of the salesmen , cruelly torn between elation at his own success and a growing awareness of just how grubby the whole operation is . |
| 12 | Now he 's come for advice to his local stockbrokers . |
| 13 | They had come for Russell for his attack on the man in the car . |
| 14 | The unacceptability of certain conversion methods is accentuated for Gandhi by his belief that all religions have elements of truth and error and that no particular religion can lay claim to a monopoly of the truth . |
| 15 | I knew that such contradictions could be resolved for Jean-Claude in his work , and I felt that he , like me , should not allow them to dominate life . |
| 16 | Note that the points value of a Shaman 's chariot is included as part of his total points value . |
| 17 | If he could have looked through time at his late 1980s counterpart , would he have been scornful of his sunglasses , his insignia of rank , his fat-cat complacent air ? |
| 18 | Mr Rushdie said the fatwa , issued after allegations that he had blasphemed against Islam in his novel , The Satanic Verses , symbolised the worst of religious fanaticism . |
| 19 | He felt an enormous sense of gratification mixed with affection for his two foster parents . |
| 20 | Ben saw the anger mixed with sadness on his father 's face . |
| 21 | Li Shai Tung stood before him , staring into his face , a faint smile of sadness mixed with satisfaction on his lips . |
| 22 | The Goblin is almost completely unaware of what is happening around him , and he has to be carried into battle by his mates . |
| 23 | Petty responded with venom in his History of the Down Survey ( 1659 ) . |
| 24 | The informer believed he had come under suspicion by his commanders but in fact the UDA/UFF leadership suspected another member of setting up the team . |
| 25 | Athelstan gazed at the square , squat pillars decorated with greenery like his own in Southwark , though not as beautiful . |
| 26 | It was decorated with photographs of his relatives . |
| 27 | Anderson 's new lecture ( scenes eleven to fourteen ) , which is interspersed with scenes of his room being searched by plainclothes police , satirically comments on human rights under the Czechoslovakian constitution and causes annoyance and embarrassment to the Colloquium chairman , who brings the session to an abrupt end by staging a false fire alarm . |
| 28 | Throughout the trip my feelings toward him varied from fury at his incompetence to humour and pity . |
| 29 | The original plaster lay scattered in pieces on his death , it not being clear just how Rodin would have wanted it pieced together . |
| 30 | A secured creditor may , with the agreement of the trustee or leave of the court , at any time alter the value which he has , in his proof of debt , placed upon his security , but if he is the petitioner for the bankruptcy order or has voted in respect of his unsecured balance , he may revalue his security only with the leave of the court ( r 6.115 ) . |