Example sentences of "his [noun] [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was interesting too , she realised , that he 'd never allowed his sister to dispose of them either . |
| 2 | One evening Rosslyn 's horse came up from the paddock as usual for his dinner , but instead of practically knocking her over like he normally did in his enthusiasm to get at the food , he stopped quietly at her side and put his head in her hands , saying non-verbally : ‘ I hurt ! ’ |
| 3 | In accordance with Clause 2 sub-clause 3 of the Conditions of Contract I hereby authorise my Acting Depute Director ( Projects ) or his successor to act on my behalf generally in respect of this Contract . |
| 4 | There will be a liaison judge in the Crown Court who will see it as part of his function to liaise with the lay magistrate and to meet them and to discuss erm such matters as erm sentencing principles with them . |
| 5 | This voice called on James and all his commanders to appear before Pluto , God of the Underworld , within thirty days . ’ |
| 6 | I shall consider his attempts to deal with these in turn . |
| 7 | RUSSIA teetered on the brink of anarchy last night as President Boris Yeltsin virtually declared war on a conservative legislature that had bluntly rejected his attempts to arrive at a power-sharing agreement . |
| 8 | The recurrent topic is Hobbes , with whom he was in frequent contact by letter — Hobbes 's manuscripts , their prospects of publication , the emergence of Leviathan , and his attempts to argue with Hobbes as he wrote ; reported , as best he could , to Sheldon . |
| 9 | Holmes was the number one American porn star throughout the '70s , although his attempts to break into mainstream Hollywood failed dismally . |
| 10 | Once he quits the bank that he 's robbed , only to find his attempts to escape from New York constantly foiled , things become a drag . |
| 11 | But Niki 's tyres were going fast : worn by all his attempts to get past Tambay . |
| 12 | Continually frustrated in his attempts to get past Cardiff , Gilbert exploded in rage . |
| 13 | One BBC insider said they were expecting complaints from Mr Major about coverage of his early speeches , when his attempts to focus on constitutional issues went largely unreported . |
| 14 | With term approaching fast , it was quite likely that Andrew was coming to London on department business , and had seen his opportunity to call in the debt . |
| 15 | Colonel Bumford took his opportunity to win on the last throw . |
| 16 | The 32-year-old Irishman said his struggle to return to the form which won him the world title and Tours of France and Italy in 1987 his 1987 level , when he won a world title and the Tours of France and Italy , had placed strains on his family . |
| 17 | He is having counselling , but what worries me is his inability to talk to us about it . |
| 18 | He complained of increased media attacks on him by the Moldavian Communist Party under its new first secretary Grigory Yeremey [ for whose appointment see above ] , featuring allegations that his administration was failing to protect party property ; of " back-stage scheming " against him in Moldavia 's Supreme Soviet ; and of his inability to work with republican Prime Minister Mircha Druk . |
| 19 | Daniel had explained to her that he liked very simple food that he could eat with one hand , because of his inability to eat without reading , and so , for supper his first night , she had brought him scrambled egg on a piece of toast that she had already cut up into precise and helpful squares . |
| 20 | His rhetoric acknowledged the end of the Cold War , but his actions or lack of them spoke volumes about his inability to throw off the attitudes and beliefs that have shaped his entire political life . |
| 21 | His withdrawal from company and his inability to communicate with others are also clearly evident . |
| 22 | Wyllie came under closer scrutiny by the NZRFU for a variety of reasons — his unwillingness to have John Hart as an influential coaching partner , his inability to keep to selection announcement timetables and then his rather desperate efforts to have Mike Brewer , the one on-field forward whom Wyllie could rely on for solid advice , put into the team even while suffering a painful foot injury . |
| 23 | The man who saved The Roses Theatre from closure twelve years ago has lost his fight to stay in control . |
| 24 | At the same time , the incident showed his liability to argue from passion and personal animus to philosophical or political generality . |
| 25 | She needed his support to stumble to her feet , hair dishevelled , eyes languorously glazed . |
| 26 | Other delegates included the Italian Prime Minister , Giulio Andreotti , and a French junior minister , the Financial Times commenting that the Libyan leader 's new-found international respectability was the reward for his decision to return to more conventional foreign and economic policies over the previous 18 months . |
| 27 | The deposed king had announced his decision to return at the end of May , when he committed himself to promoting democracy and announced that he was planning to sponsor an interim multiparty government of national consensus which would include members of the military . |
| 28 | The Scottish Sports Council announced today that its Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Mr Ken Hutchison has intimated his decision to retire at the end of November . |
| 29 | His decision to retire to Alderney with his third wife , Pat , was never easy . |
| 30 | FRANCO BARESI , the AC Milan captain , last night reversed his decision to retire from international football . |