Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | His willingness to get into the crowds earned points . |
| 32 | That he takes his job seriously is borne out by his willingness to worry about the Higgs boson . |
| 33 | Gently at first , but as it aroused her he opened his mouth to take in the full upward curve of her left breast . |
| 34 | He opened his mouth to shout at the Thing , and the walls exploded . |
| 35 | This afternoon , at Sadler 's Wells theatre , he begins his attempt to progress to the final of the world chess championship candidates matches . |
| 36 | We say that Dr. George Briant has been misguided in his attempt to delve into the mystery of human existence in the way he has . |
| 37 | Charlie is unaware of the spirits alive in him , so that the narrator of the story is frustrated in his attempt to come at the uncluttered account of past lives . |
| 38 | As his English guest turned at the door of his study to bow to the Romanian head of state before leaving his presence , he saw that Ceauşescu was holding out his fingers in the shape of a gun pointing at the head of his own interpreter ! |
| 39 | The General , scenting victor , turned his horse to search for the infantry Colonel who had refused to attack the bridge and whose military career was therefore finished . |
| 40 | SOUTH AFRICA 'S first non-white Test cricketer claimed last night he has been the victim of death threats in his bid to break through the barriers of apartheid . |
| 41 | Michael Winner , on whose original story Likely Lads TV writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais based their script , had discovered , while studying at Cambridge University , a legal loophole that meant that ‘ borrowing ’ bicycles from his college to get to the office of the student newspaper Varsity , which he edited , did not constitute theft , although he was gated and sent down for two weeks . |
| 42 | ‘ I 'm ravenous after all that exercise , ’ he announced , allowing his glance to flicker over the hastily buttoned blouse . |
| 43 | He spoke of ‘ a new age , in which people can come together ’ , directed his administration to deal with the reorganization of pensions , housing , the improvements to maternity homes and the reorganization of the poor law . |
| 44 | Despite carding his worst round of the championship , a two over par 74 , he held his nerve to see off the challenge of defending champion Eamonn Darcy over the testing K Club course . |
| 45 | Faldo conceded the French and Belgian Opens when victory seemed a formality and he bristled when I questioned these fallibilities during his march to triumph in the European Open at Sunningdale . |
| 46 | This golfer has allowed his weight to remain on the left side and , worse still , has allowed his right leg to straighten . |
| 47 | Roseau 's appeal to members of his association to vote for the Gaullists carried considerable weight . |
| 48 | A stocky man , dressed in rough denim with a whistle round his neck to warn off the unthinking , stood just beyond the ruined walls of the Temple of the Sun ; on the periphery of everyone 's intense looking . |
| 49 | Adam craned his neck to look after the others . |
| 50 | At this stage it is sufficient to note his readiness to refer to the weakness and failings of his own religion which is a human construct and an expression of that which underlines all religions . |
| 51 | In April 1861 even the head of the Third Department thought that the regime would be forced to grant a constitution , but he added that " not only would the emperor not make up his mind to assent to the gradual introduction of constitutional forms , but he had even spoken out firmly against it very recently and had evidently not changed his mind on the question " . |
| 52 | Tomorrow was too far distanced for his mind to wait for the last piece of evidence — a mind so ceaselessly tossing , as it had been ever since Lewis — wonderful Lewis ! — had mentioned that seemingly irrelevant item in The Oxford Times . |
| 53 | ‘ When David Guy Chester made up his mind to come into the world there was no stopping him . ’ |
| 54 | It was during the course of his acrimonious exchanges with the Constituent Assembly on New Year 's Day 1946 that de Gaulle evidently made up his mind to resign from the presidency . |
| 55 | The monotonous motion of his arm released his mind to think about the discovery in the shed . |
| 56 | Tim Jarvis says it 's always been his ambition to ride in the National and now he wants to go one step further . |
| 57 | DAVID QUANTICK gets down to his underwear to talk with the girl Bowie forgot . |
| 58 | The former National Party leader and Prime Minister Sir Robert Muldoon , also an outspoken opponent of free market economics , was offered several minor posts outside the Cabinet , but turned them all down as " insulting " and expressed his intention to remain on the back benches , from where he would be free to criticize the new government . |
| 59 | And watching Gordon Wilson 's maiden speech to the Dublin Senate , one reflected that he is probably the only man in Ulster who is able to announce his intention to talk to the IRA and who no-one would dare to denounce . |
| 60 | Contract Director , Bill Freeman , who recently announced his intention to retire at the end of the year , started his carpet career with Stoddard in 1956 . |