Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [verb] [pron] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | His inability to rid himself of the woman is a recurrent theme , even though a psychoanalytic institute in the US ( where for some reason another analyst has written a book which presents the patient as a great therapeutic success ) actually sent him money regularly so that he could pay her off when she got too demanding . |
| 2 | The knight must be ready to fight hard when his prince required it of him ; he must never desert ; nor must he refuse to fight for the common good ; and , above all , he must fight fearlessly . |
| 3 | God , when he gave the World in common to all Mankind , commanded Man also to labour , and the penury of his Condition required it of him . |
| 4 | His work reminded me of that of Kyffin Williams , the Artist of Anglesey . |
| 5 | For Dr Neil the feel of her , so soft , the scent of her hair , and of McAllister herself , was so wild and sweet and struck him with such force that his breathing grew a little ragged and his body reminded him of how long it had been since he had satisfied it . |
| 6 | He knows that it is his business to contribute something of his own to this store of experience ; and that he should play his part in moulding it and improving it to meet changing conditions . |
| 7 | In the other case the husband of a client asked to have the support worker withdrawn after four months because he felt that his wife suspected him of having an affair with the support worker . |
| 8 | His father-in-law accused him of breaking his marriage vows and questioned his integrity as a Privy Councillor . |
| 9 | In the second case , that where the wife agrees to become surety at the instance of her husband though she does not understand the effect of the document or the nature of the transaction , her failure to do so may be the result of the husband 's actually misleading her , but in any case it could hardly ever occur without some impropriety on his part even if that impropriety consisted only in his neglect to inform her of the exact nature of that to which she is willing blindly , ignorantly or mistakenly to assent . |
| 10 | In a way , his approach reminds me of Rob Armstrong 's , in that he views the guitar first and foremost as a sound-producer , rather than a beautiful piece of furniture which the maker hopes is going to sound good . |
| 11 | She had consented to intercourse with him and would not have done so had she known of the disease , yet her consent was not vitiated by his omission to tell her of his bodily condition . |
| 12 | In several ways his position reminds me of Bakhtin , that other thinker who has come to our rescue from the ( necessary ) tribulations of post-Saussurean thought . |
| 13 | Huy sat in silence , hoping that his expression betrayed nothing of his thoughts . |
| 14 | Kenny Milne is far and away the Scots ' best hooker and his injury robbed them of a great deal in both tests . |
| 15 | There was nothing in his house to remind him of Ecalpemos . |
| 16 | From them and from a local solicitor , Thomas Watson Brown , he learned much about trade union administration and the drafting of trade union rules ; they also , he claimed , fed his ambition to lead a national seamen 's union , initially at the cost of some domestic disharmony , his wife and his mother-in-law accusing him of neglecting his own restaurant business and resenting the time he spent with his own visitors , particularly " old long-faced Brown " the lawyer . |
| 17 | His family knew nothing of education and so gave him no support or encouragement , still less active aid . |
| 18 | Though his face showed nothing of his amusement , Hank laughed inwardly . |
| 19 | An anonymous memorandum sent to Rome just after his death accused him of storing up great wealth and even of having profited from the neglect of the episcopal estates , accusations which can not be substantiated but which may not have been complete fabrications . |