Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [verb] he [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His university refused him a not lofty post in the faculty of divinity . |
| 2 | His arrogance made him virile and masculine , his stubbornness gave him the character to administer his centuries-old responsibilities . |
| 3 | Eleven years later the World Federation of the Deaf at the seventh Congress in Washington awarded him an International Solidarity Merit Award , and Gallaudet College , taking advantage of his presence made him the first recipient of a medallion for " outstanding international service to the deaf " , which he received at a special convention attended by the Vice-President of the United States . |
| 4 | His mum spoilt him a lot , he was the youngest , and was used to having everything done for him . |
| 5 | Paul Jordan from Kidlington in Oxfordshire was suffering the first pains of a heart attack , when his GP told him the agony was caused by a bad bed . |
| 6 | As the warrior Solor he possessed neither the exotic glamour of Ruzimatov nor the romantic height of Cope — and a dispassionate viewer would admit that his turban gave him an unfortunately gnome-like appearance . |
| 7 | His goalkeeping won him the man of the match award . |
| 8 | We can assume that his scepticism extended to his belief in the efficacy of non-violence because he notes that reading Tolstoy influenced him greatly and cured him of his scepticism making him a believer again in ahi sā . |
| 9 | A demand from his bladder gave him a happy idea . |
| 10 | ‘ Bearing in mind that it will be Ian McGeechan 's last game as Scotland coach , it 's a perfect setting for Gavin and his side to give him a fitting send-off , ’ said Best , who will be taking a video of the Murrayfield game back with him and will spend this week poring over it , looking at both the performances of Scotland and potential Lions . |
| 11 | Charlie 's hearing was fully restored a week later and a smile appeared on his lips for the first time when he saw Grace standing by his side pouring him a cup of tea . |
| 12 | Finally he 'll decide to go and tinker with his terminal to tell him the tally to date . |
| 13 | His sole gave him a peculiar sensation , realising that it was undone and dragging , made him laugh , in retort , but secretly , inside . |
| 14 | And Joanne 's seeing through his disguise made him a bit wary . |
| 15 | When he came to Arsenal , James told Chapman in no uncertain terms that he did n't like his plan to make him a scheming inside-forward . |
| 16 | Mungo noticed that his window gave him a view of the field and the edge of the forest . |
| 17 | He accepted that his return made him a target for the IRA . |
| 18 | His homosexuality made him an outcast , he had no job to do , very little money to live on , and ended his days in an alcoholic haze clinging desperately to his Old Etonian tie as the last link with his sordid past . |
| 19 | Ironically , Johnson 's lawless image endeared as much as it repelled. he was obviously a player who was easily unhinged but in the odd chemistry of Scotland 's footballing psyche , his recklessness made him a dangerous but likeable rogue . |
| 20 | One wonderful story is that he decided against a career in mathematics when his teacher gave him a poor mark in an exam for answering a problem correctly but not using the method taught in class . |
| 21 | If a left-wing politician is genuinely anathematised it is not possible for his opponent to pay him a higher compliment . |
| 22 | Unlike the passages on Seyh Abdulkerim , Molla Abdulkerim or Molla Yegan , however , about all of whom Mustakimzade has some sort of reservation , this passage on Hizir Bey contains no reference to or any derivation of it ; and it would seem from his particular vagueness in relation to Hizir Bey and his failure to accord him a separate article that while he is aware of the claim that Hizir Bey became Mufti , he is unsure of his relationship to the main stream of Muftis and probably regards him as not having been part of it . |
| 23 | His record makes him an outstanding candidate for an R Y A Award . |
| 24 | Finally , to avoid a scene , his wife granted him an audience and Alice returned to her room upstairs to allow them some privacy . |
| 25 | His wife darted him an impatient look . |
| 26 | His wife passed him a score . |
| 27 | One high-earning salesperson of office equipment attributed his success to the preparation he conducted before every sales visit ; this involved knowing his product 's capabilities , understanding his client 's needs , and matching these together by getting his wife to test him every evening and at the weekend ( Kennedy et al. , 1980 ) . |
| 28 | His wife gave him a long level look with no liking in it at all , and Penelope Huntley watched , fascinated . |
| 29 | His wife gave him a plywood Appalachian dulcimer , bought from Cecil Sharp House in London , where the English Fold Dance and Song Society is based . |
| 30 | Mayall 's mastery of technical detail and innovation optimized productivity , while the variety of mills under his control gave him the advantages of flexible specialization . |