Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] [verb] he [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lessee was protected , not by a real action , but by a personal action against his lessor , in which he could recover , not the land itself , but only damages to the breach of his landlord 's contract to allow him the use of the land . |
| 2 | Densil 's mum let him a room . |
| 3 | Peter Mueller 's experience brought him no great success , either racing or on the French roads ; the new roundabout in Bourg St Maurice , on the road to Val d'Isere , had nearly caught us out , and later we heard that Mueller had crashed and written off his car . |
| 4 | The COBRA man 's computer told him the whereabouts of every Lord-Lieutenant and Chief Constable in Great Britain . |
| 5 | For instance , erm erm a good illustration of this is Locke 's erm erm argument on the right of inheritance and erm in this case I am quoting from the first treatise of government the right a son has to be maintained , has to be maintained and provided with the necessary the necessities and conveniences of life out of his father 's stock gives him a right to succeed to his father 's property for his own good but this can give him no right to succeed also to the rule which his father had over other men . |
| 6 | ‘ Pete 's brother-in-law built him a massive speaker cabinet with 12 speakers in it . |
| 7 | Ramsey 's college refused him a research fellowship . |
| 8 | Durrant 's determination won him the ball at the byeline just inside the Marseille penalty area . |
| 9 | Malcolm 's return brought him a straight push for three and a ninth Test hundred , but he immediately drove half-heartedly at Hemmings and gave Gooch a simple catch at mid-on . |
| 10 | Saturday 's quintet gave him the remarkable tally of 15 wins from the 35 races run on the Flat in Ireland in 1992 . |
| 11 | Bowes must have taken Nedham into God 's Gift to show him the place where the accident happened . |
| 12 | Notker thought Charlemagne 's reaction showed him a " just ruler " . |
| 13 | The king 's original intention , goaded by the Pope 's refusal to grant him a divorce , had been to effect a greater lay control of an uncertain church . |
| 14 | He said Mrs Mawdsley 's husband phoned him the following evening to say she had seen her doctor and had been signed off for a month . |
| 15 | Pilate 's wife sent him a message begging him to have nothing to do with Jesus as she had experienced a bad dream because of him . |
| 16 | The Labour Party finally conceded defeat on April 25 after Moda'i confirmed on television that he would definitely support Likud , despite Peres 's offer to give him the deputy premiership and the finance portfolio . |
| 17 | Later in the morning he had accepted Mr Mallory 's offer to buy him a drink in the plain , four-square , oddly restful pub at the end of the road . |
| 18 | The telephone went , which was a possible cue , and she came out and heard somebody 's secretary giving him a brushoff . |
| 19 | Today 's stunt guarantees him a mention and proves that ideas inspired by a chat over a pint are n't just a load of hot air . |
| 20 | The smile contrasts , moreover , with the expression to be imagined on the face of the male lead , Patrick Standish , in Amis 's novel of 1988 , Difficulties with girls , when the cat in Patrick 's life pays him a visit . |
| 21 | Mr Portillo 's promotion makes him the youngest Cabinet minister since Dr David Owen was appointed Foreign Secretary under Labour . |
| 22 | Cora-Beth 's voice gave him no time to consider the matter further . |
| 23 | Once Mandru had even been frank enough to remark to one of the vibrancers that the sound of Nehushtah 's voice gave him a headache . |
| 24 | The king 's favour made him the special target of the reforming Ordainers , who in 1311 called for the exclusion from court of both Henry and Isabella , the resumption of his grants from the king , and the transference of the custody of Man to ‘ a good Englishman ’ ( a phrase which reveals one reason for his unpopularity ) . |
| 25 | Andy Cole 's U-turn gave him the space to shoot high into the net . |
| 26 | The Southampton central defenders left it to Flowers — but Goddard 's challenge won him the ball and left him with a simple chance . |
| 27 | Not only did David 's suggestion earn him a Winning Ideas Gold Award and the tidy sum of £1,000 but also a luxury trip to the Imola San Marino Grand Prix . |
| 28 | ( George 's conviction made him the first high-ranking member of the CIA ever to be convicted of felony offences while conducting official duties . ) |
| 29 | This became the Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company , and D'Arcy 's shareholding made him a very rich man . |
| 30 | They moved to the Caribbean in 1984 after Mr Clarke 's mother left him a small banana plantation in her will . |