Example sentences of "his [adj -est] son " in BNC.
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| 1 | Edward 's treatment of his youngest sons was markedly lacking in generosity , and noted by contemporaries : in a political sermon delivered during the crisis of 1376 Thomas Brinton Bishop of Rochester argued that the king should place his sons above the servants , for it was not right and just that servants should become lords and lords beggars . |
| 2 | After three years , during which he had to cope with the death of his youngest son , Mr Mathew was denied leave to appeal against the March 1984 judgment . |
| 3 | His youngest son looked exactly like the portrait . |
| 4 | On the Colonel 's left sat his youngest son , Charles William Bellingham Farrier , who was twenty-five years old . |
| 5 | Green also anxiously records bouts of measles , his youngest son Thomas having fits as a baby , and Joshua being troubled with erysipelas , which made for a tiring journey for him back to Keswick . |
| 6 | Being met with silence he bade every father , together with his youngest son , to return the following day when the children would be killed unless someone spoke up . |
| 7 | Looking again , however , she saw a subtle difference , as though her father possessed some quality which had been omitted in the forming of his youngest son . |
| 8 | ‘ That 's enough ! ’ he snapped at his youngest son . |
| 9 | Not for the first time in the past few months , Jonadab was disturbed to recognise envy and the seeds of discord in his youngest son . |
| 10 | The two families began to exchange visits with more frequency and Jonadab and his youngest son were , on the surface at least , reconciled . |
| 11 | His youngest son ZEUS was saved this fate , being raised in a secret cave and suckled by a she-goat . |
| 12 | Then the Sheikh went over to his Youngest Son , spoke a word of blessing and lifted that tall boy in his arms as though he were a small child . |
| 13 | Edward took advantage of the failure of another earldom , that of Hereford , to endow his youngest son , Thomas of Woodstock . |
| 14 | William looked frail beside his youngest son although both were the same height . |
| 15 | Among the 2,500 objects , borrowed from collections world wide , is an autograph letter from Columbus to his youngest son that had been preserved in Rostock . |
| 16 | But that Saturday for the first time in his life , he invited his youngest son Patsy to attend the ball-game along with himself and his other three sons . |
| 17 | His youngest son John was to be betrothed to the Count 's daughter and heiress presumptive . |
| 18 | But Henry II took into his own hands the county of Cornwall and all the Earl 's estates in England , Wales and Normandy and kept them to provide for his youngest son John , allowing only a small portion to go to Reginald 's daughters . |
| 19 | Harry turned to his youngest son , who sat on his left and who was the family favourite . |
| 20 | But when I started walking across the table to the farmer , his youngest son , a boy of about ten , picked me up by the legs . |
| 21 | His youngest son , Son , is studying for his masters degree in environmental science . |
| 22 | His own collection , bequeathed to his youngest son William , included works said to be by Hans Holbein [ q.v . ] , |
| 23 | His youngest son was known to Regency society by the sobriquet Poodle Byng . |
| 24 | They had three sons and two daughters , all of whom predeceased him except his youngest son , John . |
| 25 | About this time steel began to replace malleable iron as the premier construction material , so Colville sent his youngest son David to the Hallside works of the Steel Company of Scotland to gain the necessary experience of steel-making . |
| 26 | This sad and unsatisfactory conclusion is , of course , regrettably paralleled by the case of J. S. Bach , who in his will left at least five keyboard instruments , three of which devolved upon his youngest son , Johann Christian . |
| 27 | He staggered upright and carried his youngest son into oblivion , journeying towards the south , lost in the bleak and frozen wilderness . |
| 28 | Dreamer crouched above the place where his father had lost his youngest son . |
| 29 | Edward loved his youngest son , and therefore had a clause written into his will , stating that Swift Investments was to remain in the Swift family . |
| 30 | John Shakespeare was pleased that his oldest son was married , but I do n't think Will 's mother wanted him to marry so young . |