Example sentences of "see his [noun sg] 's [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the first time that Mr Utterson had seen his friend 's laboratory , and he looked around curiously . |
| 2 | After the Stanleys ' ambivalent behaviour in 1469–71 Edward may have seen his brother 's presence in the region as a useful counterbalance , but it is unlikely that he wanted to see the Stanleys totally eclipsed . |
| 3 | After the Stanleys ' ambivalent behaviour in 1469–71 Edward may have seen his brother 's presence in the region as a useful counterbalance , but it is unlikely that he wanted to see the Stanleys totally eclipsed . |
| 4 | In the comedies that expose hypocrisy ( Malvolio in Twelfth Night , Parolles in All 's Well that Ends Weld , we typically see the hypocrite through the eyes of the group of people exposing him — Sir Toby , Maria , and company ; the soldiers trying to make Bertram see his favourite 's falseness . |
| 5 | The laird of Balfunning wanted a tide waiter 's place for his son , but Buchanan was clearly not prepared to settle for promises , for he ‘ insists that he may see his son 's commision before the election ’ . |
| 6 | He sees his college 's strength as being its pastoral system . |
| 7 | By the 1950s he saw his country 's salvation in keeping a proper distance , a real neutrality , between East and West . |
| 8 | Patsy was horrified when he saw his sister 's hair . |
| 9 | Godfrey Thomson , who had most effectively established intelligence tests as a means of identifying children with potential for a grammar school education through Moray House tests , saw his life 's work as establishing equality of access to further education for all children . |
| 10 | In Moscow at least , in official circles the activity in which he saw his life 's meaning was never given the recognition that it deserved . |
| 11 | When he saw his wife 's face , he was so shocked that he stopped speaking and stared at her in horror . |
| 12 | David Graeme of Orchill , when describing the contest for the collector of the cess for Perthshire in 1738 , which terminated in an election lasting two days , saw his party 's victory as one by which ‘ some peoples management of this shire is interrupted ’ . |
| 13 | He saw his stepfather 's finger moving so slightly — so very slightly . |
| 14 | Jehan stroked his moustache again , and he saw his father 's jaw tighten in irritation . |
| 15 | He saw his father 's palm come up in acceptance , and then his father disappeared again , blundering forcefully into the wind , checking the groups of men coming inwards towards him . |
| 16 | " Put your hand over her yes , " he said , and when he saw his son 's head turn in surprise added , " Do it ! |
| 17 | A lady I know who saw his mother 's funeral said that Yeats would n't go into the church . |
| 18 | He opened them , saw his mother 's face smiling down , and felt his ears burn . |
| 19 | On this occasion , he did agree to make a speech on stage after the performance , although at first Sherek " thought he was not going to say anything at all , because he just stood there trying to see his wife 's face in the audience " . |
| 20 | Did n't live to see his daughter 's marriage break-up . |
| 21 | He felt like a boxer who had been pummelled mercilessly against the ropes , on the verge of defeat , only to see his opponent 's corner throw in the towel . |
| 22 | For Fernanda Eberstadt , Mendel is ‘ a worrier afflicted with an ability to see his enemy 's side of the question ’ . |
| 23 | He remembered seeing his father 's face for the last time ; the coffin being lowered into its final resting place — and the hateful wake which followed . |