Example sentences of "[subord] [verb] his [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tony did no more than repeat his run of the morning . |
| 2 | Certainly if farmers wish to have a suitably skilled and motivated labour force by the late 1980s they will have to do more to recognize the farm worker 's quite legitimate aspirations and to help rather than hinder his search for ‘ a place in the sun ’ . |
| 3 | He loves driving , rather than seeing his car as a way of getting him from A to B , and sees his car as a status symbol , and means to power and freedom . |
| 4 | Dr Scott , from long experience , did no more than wrinkle his nose at the odour of decay , and spent twenty minutes there , mostly occupied with a careful consideration of the head . |
| 5 | ‘ The answer is to stand off and let him play in front of you , rather than wrestling his way round the back . ’ |
| 6 | Better than enduring his fumbling during the night in the vain hope of satisfaction when the need was strong in her . |
| 7 | In fact , however , he adapts the few terms he does borrow to fit his case , rather than forcing his view of narrative to comply strictly with linguistic principles . |
| 8 | Rather than use his apartment as an extension of the office , Milton did things the other way round . |
| 9 | On Ware 's death in 1766 Cameron , inspired by Burlington 's researches , determined — rather than complete his apprenticeship with his father — to travel to Italy and publish his own book on Palladio 's drawings of the Roman imperial baths . |
| 10 | Yes , I mean I have a very helpful husband , but he 's helping , he sees him himself as helping me rather than doing his share of it without having to ask what help I need . |
| 11 | But to get the best out of his investment , McCoist believes Kendall should encourage his man with a consistent run in the side rather than undermining his confidence with reserve-team football . |
| 12 | ‘ Out Of The Blue ’ was fractured in the extreme , ‘ Heartland ’ became a loose-limbed skank , and Marr more than proved his worth on ‘ Violence of Truth ’ . |
| 13 | Probably they got better rather than risk his wrath by doing otherwise . |
| 14 | His final letters from Aden , for example , although highlighting his fascination with " bolshevik mysticism " , record at the same time his growing interest in another potential outlet for his talents and energies a business entrepreneurial career in the shipping line of Antonin Besse , his erstwhile benefactor in Aden . |
| 15 | Who would not rather own to theft and deception within the Church 's writ , rather than put his neck into the sheriff 's noose for murder ? |
| 16 | When they make love , she can help by being patient and relaxed as well as responsive to any shared physical closeness , rather than increasing his anxiety to ‘ perform ’ satisfactorily . |
| 17 | He marched south to destroy the royal army rather than waste his time in taking castles ; the king came westwards from Tonbridge and Battle , doing considerable damage en route . |
| 18 | Ex-Eton schoolboy Jonathan Barton was bullied but unlike Charles , he knew better than to take his complaint to the headmaster . |
| 19 | He began to realize , too , what hardship she had suffered rather than ask his family for money . |
| 20 | The chicks have taken Indian names after regions of their natural habitat , Sisquoc was born on 30 March and has more than doubled his weight of 201.9 grams . |
| 21 | He stared at her , almost as if seeing his daughter for the very first time , his eyes boring into her , and she suffered his scrutiny as best she could . |
| 22 | as if to confirm his train of thought there came a great crashing and a screeching of metal . |
| 23 | For all that , it was a key letter and sounded a new note , and it was his first written in French , as if to underline his sense of liberation from the worst aspects of things Dutch — their narrow-mindedness , their lack of joy . |
| 24 | His heart was beating agitatedly , as if sharing his sense of foreboding . |
| 25 | Brian Everthorpe takes a chair at the far end of the table , slightly withdrawn as if to mark his difference from the engineers . |
| 26 | as if saying his name to herself had magically conjured him up , Jessamy heard his voice behind her . |
| 27 | His head is cocked slightly to one side , as if to reduce his height to Shirley Esplin 's level , and a slight sympathetic smile goes up one side of his face . |
| 28 | Lucier stood up , with his hand spread across his breastbone as if to protect his heart from the jolt , and weighed up the possibilities of escape . |
| 29 | He shrugged his shoulders and smiled as if deprecating his lack of education . |
| 30 | Clayton continued working in the darkroom while pursuing his goal of becoming a photographer . |