Example sentences of "he [vb past] its [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He it was who had pressed for the creation of Christ Church parish , and he became its first incumbent ; Benjamin and Elizabeth had the singular distinction of having him officiate at their marriage — poor surroundings , then , but in the presence of a minister of great reputation . |
| 2 | He became its first president . |
| 3 | He did not accept it until 1909 when he became its proclaimed prophet . |
| 4 | He found its heavy odour suffocating . |
| 5 | He regarded its main value as providing the opportunity for social research upon which the government could base more far-reaching changes . |
| 6 | So he decided to give the council a sermon when he blessed its monthly meeting . |
| 7 | He said that social security benefits , which are tied to movements in the Retail Price Index , would reflect the change , but that he recognised its particular impact on people with low incomes and therefore Peter Lilley would take it into account when benefits were uprated next year . |
| 8 | As a matter of interest , this very organ of Amativeness was first brought to the attention of its discoverer , Professor Gall , when he noticed its unusual heat in a hysterical widow . |
| 9 | Tearing the sticky tape from the front of his torch , he directed its increased light onto the grey metal door . |
| 10 | The " infernal road " joining Preston and Wigan , he knew not " in the whole of language , terms sufficiently expressive to describe " , as he negociated its four-foot-deep ruts . |
| 11 | He hated its silly expression . |
| 12 | But it has been seen that Picasso was also attracted to tribal sculpture because he admired its conceptual quality . |
| 13 | It seems likely that he owed his remarkable escape to the fact that his house lay right on the fringe of the nuee ardente , in the extreme south-east of the town , so that he escaped its worst effects . |
| 14 | A FAITHFUL dog foiled a knife attack when it bit a man on the arm as he threatened its young owner . |
| 15 | He pulled its hind legs towards him , turning on his stool to call to his younger son who was milking invisibly somewhere behind him , ‘ Leave her ! |
| 16 | Keeping the perimeter fence a few yards away on his left , Angel One loped silently along until he reached its north-western limit . |
| 17 | He raised the status and majesty of the royal household beyond even the limit set by Diocletian , which included an acceptance of Christianity in a purely formal sense , since it is very doubtful if he understood its true meaning . |
| 18 | He did wonders for Oracle Corp 's revenues when he ran its European arm . |
| 19 | He could fancy that he smelt its medicinal tang in the rain-washed air . |
| 20 | On one hand he disliked its American disdain for Marxism , on the other what he identified as an English druggy self-indulgence . |