Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] [verb] his [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each horse had his own harness ; and if it could n't be spared to be sent down to the shop for repair , the horseman brought it himself , got it seen to and took it back ready for work on the next day . |
| 2 | To make the coat shine each horseman had his own , usually secret , recipe . |
| 3 | This action shows his psychopathic nature of killing out of a mere whim without reason . |
| 4 | AMRULLAH , racing 's best known non-winner , is back in training for another attempt to break his incredible losing sequence which has now reached 74 . |
| 5 | On to John Harle 's ‘ In the Shadow of the Duke ’ ( EMI Classics ) : classical saxophonist Harle is a fan of Duke Ellington and this album reflects his clear affection for both Ellington/Strayhorn tunes and the ellington band 's characteristic smooth , swelling , surging sound . |
| 6 | Would it not have been too painful , not least having to watch another youngster take his first steps into the fatherless state ? |
| 7 | At the rime his Jewish appearance did not strike me as peculiar because I had not yet got used to the idea of people thinking racially , but I learnt later that he was half Jewish and that he did this job to keep his Jewish wife out of trouble . |
| 8 | His irritation at this failure to control his warring vassals was further increased in the spring of 1188 when Richard , no longer distracted by rebellion , launched his Brabançons in a massive attack on Toulouse . |
| 9 | The first is a simple reflection of the common view that one person should so far as possible be entitled to tell another person to mind his own business . |
| 10 | ‘ The first is a simple reflection of the common view that one person should so far as possible be entitled to tell another person to mind his own business . |
| 11 | Midfielder Ronnie Whelan is expected to be out of action for another month following his latest injury setback , a thigh injury which required surgery . |
| 12 | On this claim rests his whole theory of mental language , and yet it can not be true for , if it were , there would be no serious portability of software , as between , say , machines of radically different architectures . |
| 13 | Although well known in Spain , Gordillo this month holds his first show in the United States in the newly revamped quarters of the Marlborough Gallery . |
| 14 | The 30-year-old rode 313 winners in South Africa this season to land his fifth jockeys ' title in record style . |
| 15 | STRIKER Peter Beardsley has this season rediscovered his best form with Everton after being dropped too early by England . |
| 16 | There are not many harsher disappointments in county cricket than finding yourself on the outside looking in , as was the case with another Robinson — Phil — at the start of this season following his acrimonious departure from Yorkshire . |
| 17 | Mike Rayer will take over the No 15 jersey from Clement and will face the tourists for the second time this season following his recent appearance for the Wales B team . |
| 18 | The former Tory MP who this week made his maiden speech in the House of Lords , plays a conciliatory role within the Conservative Party as a close friend of both Margaret Thatcher and John Major . |
| 19 | This week marks his 5th aniversary in charge . |
| 20 | Tottenham boss Peter Shreeves is relieved to have an extra 24 hours this week to prepare his battered side for their crucial European Cup Winners ' Cup return with Porto . |
| 21 | ‘ What 's it all about ? ’ he would quip , this phrase becoming his unanswerable leitmotif . |
| 22 | There were the inevitable assertions that they must raise a great army to defeat the insufferable Edward should he dare set foot on Scottish soil , this earl promising his thousands and the next outdoing him . |
| 23 | This clinic embodied his four major principles which were : |
| 24 | This incident sharpened his radical catholicism . |
| 25 | Half a minute later another Frenchman sent his pousse-pousse puller staggering in the gutter with a blow to the head after an apparent argument about the fare , and Joseph realized with a shock that such beatings were merely routine . |
| 26 | Not someone or some thing using his poor little body to give us a dreadful warning . |
| 27 | The sergeant nodded with approval , knowing that he needed some way to dissipate his nervous energy in the coming hours . |
| 28 | Now his club 's tighthead , he has gone out of this way to improve his scrummaging technique with specialist advice from among others , his boss , Sandy Carmichael , the 50-times capped Scottish and Lions tighthead Iain Milne ( ‘ immensely helpful ’ ) and Jim Telfer ( ‘ he is just the kind of coach I need because I can be a bit lazy and the fact that he just keeps at you all the time was very good for me ’ ) . |
| 29 | Ampler took gold in the 100km team time-trial in the Seoul Olympics and this year scored his third successive win in the Peace Race , the amateur equivalent of the Tour de France . |
| 30 | He has now completed the marathon three times and this year achieved his best time of 3 hours 39 minutes , coming 8,348th out of 27,000 runners . |