Example sentences of "that his [noun] had [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Er — you 've — hm — not told me any more lies , then ? ’ she strove desperately hard to get herself back together , although from what she could see of it Ven was n't objecting that his kisses had the power to scatter all sensible thought . |
| 2 | My friend in the business pointed out that his guitar had a slimmer neck than its big rival . |
| 3 | He successfully petitioned parliament to reverse the judgement of 1322 against his cousin Mortimer of Chirk , but declared himself his uncle 's heir and expropriated his lands despite the fact that his uncle had a son and grandson living . |
| 4 | Ramsey could feel that his resolve had a sufficient consent from his parents . |
| 5 | The third client wanted confirmation that he rather than his neighbour owned a bit of land , and that his neighbour had no use rights . |
| 6 | Hoping to lay to rest the hare started by an interview given to the Wall Street Journal by a top Siemens AG staffer , Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG management board chairman Hans-Dieter Wiedig said at the opening of the Cebit Hannover Fair yesterday that his company had no plans for a strategic link with another computer company . |
| 7 | Jimmy Knapp , left-wing leader of the National union of Railwaymen believes that his members had a ‘ genuine ’ interest in the miners ' strike because pit closures would mean fewer coal trains . |
| 8 | Although Romania is a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty , Mr Ceausescu boasted earlier this year that his country had the capacity to produce nuclear weapons . |
| 9 | He also told his son that the only reason that he had remained in Salzburg was to ensure that his wife had a pension after his death : |
| 10 | Above everything else Marx claimed that his work had a scientific status which , as he was never tired of pointing out , was in great contrast to those whom he rather disdainfully referred to as the ‘ utopians ’ . |
| 11 | By this time , the whirligig of time had actually brought Hill back into fashion , and I hope that his shade had a cackle at the sight of the Thames executives attempting to clamber back on to the bandwagon . |
| 12 | Mr Clark says that his family had no idea that Carol was working in the red light area of Bristol as a prostitute . |
| 13 | ‘ Flaubert does not build up his characters , as did Balzac , by objective , external description ; in fact , so careless is he of their outward appearance that … ’ it would be interesting to compare the time spent by Flaubert making sure that his heroine had the rare and difficult eyes of a tragic adulteress with the time spent by Dr Starkie in carelessly selling him short . |
| 14 | Mr Rodger Bell QC , for Mr Bewick , suggested that his client had a ‘ bee in his bonnet ’ about surgeons being able to work anywhere at a drop of a hat . |
| 15 | The Information Minister between 1962 ( April-September and again from December and January 1966 ) was Alain Peyrefitte : he described , in an oft-reproduced passage , his surprise on finding that his office had a direct telephone line to the heads of RTF and of broadcasting news and current affairs departments . |
| 16 | The hon. Member for Neath ( Mr. Hain ) easily won the prize for the longest words in the debate , but that does not mean that his speech had the best content . |
| 17 | He thrust into her ripe fig , obviously believing that his penis had the magic power to make her his slave forever . |
| 18 | The leather trade was one which did not take a great deal of effort to run successfully but then Craig believed that his brother had a hand in the unprofitable deals Uncle Thomas had made and had profited from them . |
| 19 | Why , it might still be asked , did Franco go to so much trouble to give the impression that his regime had a basis other than sheer force , when that selfsame exercise made it clear that he did not need to ? |
| 20 | Associated Tunnelling Co Ltd the Employment Appeals Tribunal ( EAT ) held that the tribunal had correctly concluded that there was an implied term in Mr Jones 's contract of employment to the effect that his employer had the right to transfer him to any site within reasonable daily commuting reach of his home . |
| 21 | ‘ Still , we were only just beaten here , ’ said Hastings , bitterly upset that his team had the match stolen from them when Fox landed his 47-yard penalty with only 35 seconds of normal time left . |