Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [verb] his [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second symptom of change following his long residence at Lyons is this : in later years , but never earlier , Anselm occasionally used the phrase Libertas Ecclesiae , of which Hugh and Gregory VII had been the chief advocates for the last twenty years . |
| 2 | Fortunately , Prince Nikolaus Esterházy was an enlightened and civilized person , who appreciated Haydn 's outstanding abilities , and allowed him a certain degree of freedom to pursue his own interests . |
| 3 | Each manager will identify opportunities within his own sector of responsibility to demonstrate his personal commitment to TOP . |
| 4 | When Sir Dudley Digges and Sir John Eliot [ qq.v. ] were arrested for accusing Buckingham of murdering King James , the mildness of Strode 's reaction to this breach of privilege terminated his parliamentary career . |
| 5 | He 's taken a break from the murky world of espionage to help his 5 year old Labrador unravel the mysteries of the canine psyche . |
| 6 | The sergeant watched his boss scrutinise Jane Pargeter , her lips pulled into a look of scepticism to match his own . |
| 7 | Spears of light made his pale features glow . |
| 8 | ‘ Fell in the river ? ’ repeated Gus like an indignant echo , and stared at the smear of blood staining his muddy fingers . |
| 9 | In fact , the war gave him a new sombreness of attitude to match his stark experience of the " essential problems of life " ; and inevitably this sombreness communicated itself to his continued thinking about the problems of tragedy . |
| 10 | Arthur Whitten-Brown , the navigator , who by a twist of fate spent his formative years living in Chorlton , Manchester , selected and installed all the instruments . |
| 11 | His pictures vary in style : in his later days he showed himself capable of the common sort of conventionally flattering portrait , but , particularly from his earlier years in London , there exists a body of work demonstrating his great talent for lively detail and natural rather than conventional compositions . |
| 12 | It was probably the custom for the owner of Rocamar to exercise his seigneurial rights over his guests in the good old days . ’ |
| 13 | The rational procedures of Euclid 's Elements of Geometry inspired his own Elements of Philosophy . |
| 14 | Accordingly , he formulated a new conception of drama to suit his own inclinations . |
| 15 | Indeed , the situation was so bleak in 1980 that Sir John came out of retirement to replace his second son Peter , who had taken control of the family firm three years before . |
| 16 | A heavy sigh of exasperation lifted his big chest , drawing her worried eyes . |
| 17 | Again the victim of affliction protests his own innocence , but in this case at the expense of a mischievous spirit rather than of a person . |
| 18 | The great Irish sea-god Manannan Mac Llyr made the island his home and still occasionally throws up a veil of mist to hide his erstwhile kingdom from passing pirates . |
| 19 | A fine sheen of sweat glazed his heavy , quivering jowls . |
| 20 | Three dozen assorted fight fans and hangers-on and a dozen Mexican sportswriters and cameramen milled around listlessly as the self-proclaimed King of Boxing took the stage to deliver another high decibel paean of praise to hype his latest promotion . |
| 21 | For example , attenders are usually expected to get there under their own steam ; ordinary ambulance services have been reluctant to ferry day patients , and local ambulance service personnel are not trained to understand why an able-bodied young man lacks sufficient motivation as a result of schizophrenia to make his own way half a mile down the road to the day hospital . |
| 22 | Gene Hackman , enjoying a new lease of life following his Oscar-winning performance in ‘ Unforgiven ’ after a series of disasters , is one of the firm 's stalwarts , and McDeere 's mentor . |
| 23 | Since 1980 the JCT has provided the industry with a number of new model forms , giving the employer a much wider range of choice to suit his particular contractual needs . |
| 24 | Hamill , who has dropped back to 34th place in the Challenge Tour order of merit following his recent two-week break , had a three-under par 68 in the third round to leave him with a tournament aggregate of 210 , seven shots behind leader Frederick Larsson of Sweden . |
| 25 | When the Secretary of State made his recent announcement in the House of the second wave of trust applications and approved in principle applications for the four London teaching hospitals he said that , in the interim , until the review was completed , they would benefit from the advantages that could flow from greater local hospital management devolution . |
| 26 | How on earth can the Secretary of State justify his disgraceful decisions , particularly on the Royal Scottish National hospital in my constituency , where the application for trust status was opposed by virtually the entire community , the patients ' relatives association and 96 per cent . |
| 27 | In view of the statement made by the Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary that terrorist movements can be destroyed very effectively from within , will the Secretary of State consult his right hon. Friend the Prime Minister to ensure that the full weight of the intelligence services is brought to bear on all terrorist movements within the United Kingdom ? |
| 28 | The Colonel 's cool compassion showed his command of the situation : no moment of fury distorted his fearless and level-headed view . |
| 29 | This is a separate head under which to deal with the solicitor 's duty to his colleagues to attend to his work with proper expedition and to achieve a satisfactory level of performance to justify his agreed profit share . |
| 30 | Prior to calling the election Mahathir had claimed to have tapes of Razaleigh telling his own supporters that if Semangat " 46 won , he would " destroy " the PAS and the Democratic Action Party ( DAP ) , the largest opposition party in the coalition . |