Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( " Is groundsel nice , mother ? " ) and Hazel , touched to think that he must be dreaming of old days , rolled over on his side to give him room to settle again . |
| 2 | But his failure to attend a WRU coaching course ( a sin of omission shared with Ray Prosser , perhaps the finest coach of forwards Welsh rugby ever had ) coupled with his outspokenness denied him access to the magic circle . |
| 3 | Women were easily captivated by Charles , when he bothered to make any effort to captivate : they humbly smiled when he turned his head to pay them attention . |
| 4 | His knowledge gave him power over the customers who came in ; they shied away from the jargon that Lewis used and Tim felt that he was acting as an interpreter in a foreign country . |
| 5 | His eyes had popped , but the sensors inside his skull fed him heat patterns that were clearer than any visual input . |
| 6 | Pilgrims also are remembered , that " god of his goodnes graunt them parte of our good prayers and us parte of theyr good pylgrimages " . |
| 7 | His blade lent him power beyond mortal reckoning ; the eternal flame gave him the strength to use it . |
| 8 | His servant brought him tea and his letters , but he did not read them . |
| 9 | His mother buys him ice cream |
| 10 | His rescuer named him Scruff because of the state he was in . |
| 11 | His family sent him birthday cards , but he never received them , he was already dead . |
| 12 | His family gave him control of his own finances again , so that he had to resume making budgetary decisions in his everyday life , such as choosing between a meal at Claridges or a physiotherapy session . |