Example sentences of "his [noun] [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | of his income away in income tax , national insurance contributions , and VAT . |
| 2 | Scottish football is pockmarked with what the Everton and Scotland winger Pat Nevin once described as ‘ the ego in the boardroom , ’ that irrepressible businessman in the size 48 club blazer who ca n't keep his fingers out of football . |
| 3 | As her father began his fight back to health , Diana 's mother took a hand in guiding her career . |
| 4 | It survived and is still trading but Gilbey now works from his Norfolk home as marketing manager for Team Lotus . |
| 5 | He had brought his charango just in case of inspiration . |
| 6 | Woolley took his foot out of bed . |
| 7 | ‘ So Damon 's giving all his money away to charity , ’ retorts Marlon sardonically . |
| 8 | And the man who made his money out of glass lenses invited the finest craftsmen in Britain to design and make up a series of stained glass windows . |
| 9 | And of Katherine Hepburn : ‘ She ran the gamut of expressions from A to B. ’ One-liners that catch the eye include : The best play I ever slept through ; I 've seen more excitement at the opening of an umbrella ; I saw the play at a disadvantage — the curtain was up ; The scenery was beautiful but the actors got in front of it ; When Mr Wilbur calls his play Halfway to Hell , he underestimates the distance . ’ |
| 10 | All this could be done by giving a life estate to the head of the family ; with the remainder to his sons successively in tail-male , with remainder to the daughters in tail , subject to a rentcharge in favour of the life tenant 's widow upon his death , and in favour of any other persons desired to be benefited ; and with power to the trustees to create long leases in the property for the purpose of charging the lease in order to provide portions for younger sons and daughters who did not inherit the land . |
| 11 | But Sisson , in addition to bringing his story up to date with a final chapter , interjects halfway through a lengthy segment on his war . |
| 12 | ‘ It began with striking his spurs off for disobedience , but ended more on the lines of he could stay and rot for two weeks for all Zacco cared . |
| 13 | In the former the seller can fulfil his contract only by delivery of 500 tons from the specified cargo , whereas in the latter he can fulfil his contract by supplying 500 tons from any source . |
| 14 | " Do n't slow down every time , Loc , he told his driver curtly in French . |
| 15 | AN eccentric marquess who ordered his brother to quit his cottage home by Christmas Eve has been touched by the season of goodwill . |
| 16 | Looking in the direction indicated , George saw a smithy , with the blacksmith and his striker hard at work . |
| 17 | McBride can put his luck down to criticism from scribes down south earlier in the season , rather than bad selection policy . |
| 18 | Fig. 88 abjures pattern , making its effect entirely by the balance of light figures and dark ground ; while Euphronios in fig. 89 makes his patterns too in red-figure : two ways of integrating the picture still further with the pot , both carried on in later generations . |
| 19 | A Tory friend of mine who has been trying to write nice things about the Conservative campaign has been tearing his hair out in desperation , not just because they are doing so badly — but because they deserve to . |
| 20 | A little too much wind , and everyone patting his hair back into place inside the door of the register office . |
| 21 | He was dressed and had smarmed his hair down with water so generously that the droplets ran down his forehead and soaked into his shirt . |
| 22 | Fraser McLuskey kindly confirmed my belief that Leslie had indeed been in ‘ A ’ Squadron — it was with them that the Padre had dropped into France , and with them that he had carried out his ministry deep behind enemy lines . |
| 23 | His about-face once in office pleased economists , but robbed him of his mandate : the voters no longer believed he was the man they had elected . |
| 24 | The situation to be avoided is where the buyer digs his heels in on principle , because of the attitude of the salesperson . |
| 25 | Now he swung his legs out of bed , reached for his dressing gown and walked over to the window . |
| 26 | As he swung his legs out of bed , Duncan wondered if this was the next move in the Russian 's game . |
| 27 | Patrick threw back the covers and swung his legs out of bed . |
| 28 | He replaced the receiver , swung his legs out of bed and , reaching for his pencil and pad , noted the details while they were still fresh in his mind . |
| 29 | He swung his legs out of bed and stood up cautiously . |
| 30 | Kevin Keegan , the Newcastle manager , was not downhearted , even though the result leaves his side deep in relegation trouble . |