Example sentences of "his [noun sg] have [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maxim was sure his amble had become a rigid march , but he kept going . |
| 2 | Frequently , when Eddie Stratton had flown in the past , his heart had missed a beat or two whenever he heard the ‘ ding-dong ’ tones on the aircraft intercom . |
| 3 | — because his watch had left a clear , sharp-edged mark on his tanned arm . |
| 4 | His horse had taken a dozen blows and was weakening . |
| 5 | The ex-tech might relish enduring the pain of minor humiliations , as though the flaw in his gene-seed had found a convenient outlet in that regard . |
| 6 | As Hunter says , ‘ his mind had received a shock from which it never fully recovered ’ . |
| 7 | He says he was close to death at the weekend but his condition has improved a little . |
| 8 | His vulnerability had put a terrible strain on us , our determination to survive had been badly dented by the constant spectre of emotional collapse . |
| 9 | He liked women , and before his marriage had enjoyed a succession of casual , satisfactory and uncommitted affairs . |
| 10 | His work has ensured a different fate . |
| 11 | His armour has become a bandage |
| 12 | But he 's worked hard to adapt to the pace of things in England and because of that , his skill has suffered a bit . |
| 13 | His dragon had taken a mortal wound as he and Caledor clashed on the battlefield . |
| 14 | Home Office pathologist Dr Alan Williams said Andrew had died from ecstasy poisoning and that blood samples taken from his body had revealed a massive amount of the drug . |
| 15 | He 's had a very long and trying ordeal , and apart from his physical injuries he 's had the cold and damp to deal with too , so his body 's had a pretty severe challenge . |
| 16 | He was portrayed as the ‘ thinking ’ bookseller and by the 1670s his shop had become a place where London 's intellectual élite could expect to meet , gossip , and scheme . |
| 17 | Athelstan remembered Foreman 's words — how the lady who had visited his shop had bought a poison which could not be traced or smelt yet would stop the heart . |
| 18 | My father in his retirement has become a computer hobbyist , upgrading constantly , browsing through those 500-page magazines which sell the same computer in different boxes , assembled by underpaid and exploited single mothers in the Midlands . |
| 19 | One young man of John 's age wrote to say that the pointlessness of his captivity had struck a chord with him . |
| 20 | The new rector appointed in his place had leased a house to the plaintiff Philips , who had been evicted by Bury . |
| 21 | Yet his remark had caused a sudden emptiness to go through her , shocking her a little , taking her unawares . |
| 22 | Until Saturday , Mr Yeltsin and his team had received a comparatively easy ride , thwarting attempts by the Communist-dominated parliament to assert its authority over the executive . |
| 23 | Yesterday , Dr Colin Campbell , of Horticulture Research International 's experimental station at East Malling , Kent , said his team had found a way of predicting the migration patterns of harmful aphids and could lay on ambushes to kill them when they arrived . |
| 24 | His team has proved a successful nursery for a succession of young drivers who have made the Grand Prix circuit . |
| 25 | Founder James Lotery and his team have collected a vast selection of plants for outside and in . |
| 26 | Only last week one of the ‘ free ’ newspapers which regularly infested his hallway had reported a spate of knife attacks by gangs who ‘ worked ’ the lines , preying on travellers late at night and early in the morning , robbing them of their valuables and occasionally , to relieve the monotony , stabbing them to death . |
| 27 | It is important to identify the settlor because if he or his spouse has retained a benefit or interest under the settlement or can benefit under the settlement he can be taxable upon the trust income . |
| 28 | Florian broke off , looking astonished , and Maria knew him well enough to realise that his attention had made a rare leap outward . |
| 29 | Wherever Jews were to be found — whether in the Holy Land or in the far-flung Diaspora — his name had become a household word as one of the select band of zealots whose spirit had never relinquished the hope of one day setting up a Jewish state in Palestine . |
| 30 | A factory worker with just two O Levels to his name has won a place to study at Oxford . |