Example sentences of "each [noun] [verb] his [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each horse had his own harness ; and if it could n't be spared to be sent down to the shop for repair , the horseman brought it himself , got it seen to and took it back ready for work on the next day . |
| 2 | To make the coat shine each horseman had his own , usually secret , recipe . |
| 3 | She had turned her big dining room into a study ; there each boy had his own place at the big felt-covered table , — books could be left undisturbed . |
| 4 | It is in fact just like each boy marrying his own sister : no averaging of estates takes place . |
| 5 | There should be one straw to be put into each bottle ; either each child does his own or one child takes a turn for the group . |
| 6 | Springfield organised a quick roll-call to check if anyone was missing , deputing the leaders of each group to count his own comrades . |
| 7 | Each person structures his own world through the application of a repertoire of bi-polar constructs . |
| 8 | Each creature understands his own kind the best . |
| 9 | Each observer has his own measure of time . |
| 10 | Each surgeon has his own way of doing things and I know something could go wrong . |
| 11 | A few years back each golfer used his own collection of chipped and misshapen balls and the caddies were expected to stand at the end of the practice area and collect them . |
| 12 | However , although both advanced their ethical and political ideas on the basis of the basic urge of each man to seek his own survival and welfare , Hobbes derives his from a much less lofty view of man 's basic aims . |
| 13 | Now what the Capitulary of Thionville actually says is : ‘ When famine or plague occurs , men should not wait for our edict but should straightway pray to God for his mercy ; as to scarcity of food in this present year , let each man help his own people as best he can , and not sell his corn at too high a price . ’ |
| 14 | Then each man ploughed his own stetch after the first baiter had laid the top . |
| 15 | ‘ Each man runs his own race . |
| 16 | The seat backs and seats passed along benches fitted with rollers in the centre , so that each man performed his own operation and then passed the back or seat along to the next man in the line . |
| 17 | The executioner himself said that each hangman has his own hall-mark . |
| 18 | Find a way of allowing each viewer to make his own impact on the glass , he wrote , to indicate that viewing is not a neutral activity . |
| 19 | It argued that without them : it would not be possible , in practice , to operate a system of resale price maintenance because it would be impracticable for each publisher to specify his own conditions of sale ; booksellers would find it impossible to comply with all the varied terms imposed by different publishers ; booksellers would lose their assurance that they were not being undercut ; and the Association itself could not effectively monitor individual resale agreements . |
| 20 | In the same way Bernard Mandeville subtitled The Fable of the Bees ‘ Private Vices , Public Benefits ’ and showed how in the economy of the hive social harmony could result from each individual pursuing his own self-interest . |
| 21 | Each individual achieves his own style by trial and error . |
| 22 | Each individual has his own way of interpreting Darwin 's ideas . |
| 23 | Each individual has his own view of what these organisational objectives are ; |
| 24 | In The Wealth of Nations , Adam Smith showed how even though each individual pursued his own self-interest , nevertheless through the invisible hand he was led ‘ to promote an end which was no part in his intentions ’ . |
| 25 | In effect each rider lifts his own body weight , plus the weight of his bike , all these thousands of metres , while trying to maintain the highest pace and also to outwit his rivals . |
| 26 | If each party has his own private end to gain , but yet the joint aim is no more than a desire for prosperity or peace in industry , there is no tort . |