Example sentences of "his [noun sg] have a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Young David Stirling 's frustration at his inability to have a crack at the enemy mounted , yet in a most extraordinary episode he was nearly court-martialled for cowardice . |
| 2 | The king and his part had a feast at the edge of the forest . |
| 3 | His tie was badly knotted , his shirt had a crumpled look — everything about him suggested a man hastily summoned out of bed . |
| 4 | His fancy had a strange tendency to wander to the river , which he knew was flowing through the great city ; and now he thought how black it was , and how deep it would look , reflecting the hosts of stars — and more than all , how steadily it rolled away to meet the sea ( 6 ) . |
| 5 | It 's because Mr Harvey was already a millionaire that he was able to indulge his fancy to have a stud farm — not the other way round . |
| 6 | My friend in the business pointed out that his guitar had a slimmer neck than its big rival . |
| 7 | His skin had a yellowy tinge and he had the same deepset black eyes as his mother and grandmother . |
| 8 | His contract has a year left to run , but even if first-choice status remains elusive until then , his sights will not be trained on a target outside the shire boundaries . |
| 9 | His presence had a telling , if quieter , effect on Leonard than that of Dudek or Layton , but it was nevertheless very important . |
| 10 | His mum had a good accountant and technically she was running at a loss . |
| 11 | Townsend is one of those players capable of bringing an audience to their feet through his willingness to have a go and with his startling acceleration . |
| 12 | His bone-structure showed strength , yet his mouth had a masculine sensuality that should have carried a health warning . |
| 13 | The owner of a competitive jumping horse says that his horse has a good temperament because it is ‘ consistent and courageous ’ . |
| 14 | Rostov thought of asking if his aide had a better idea , but Yuan only nodded again and stepped aside . |
| 15 | His girlfriend had a heart transplant . |
| 16 | But manager Maurice Setters knows his side have a struggle to qualify from a tough section — Germany are the other team in five-nation group three . |
| 17 | His penis has a saliva shine to it . |
| 18 | His car had a puncture early on , but roared back to win its class . |
| 19 | Fortunately , though all memory of the accident had been erased , Niki was not unconscious for very long , therefore his mind had a chance to work . |
| 20 | It was as if his mind had a finite capacity for lines ; put in more than it could hold and they would start to overflow . |
| 21 | He smiled , remembered his ambition to have a holiday with his friends instead of with his family . |
| 22 | His dialogue has a slightly exaggerated authenticity and his direction has pace . |
| 23 | His demeanour had a kind of melancholy which was perplexing . |
| 24 | The focus of his gaze has a startlingly piercing quality ; an intensity that seems to strike at your very core . |
| 25 | 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 ’ . |
| 26 | His work had a practical impact in industry , and also affected attitudes to materialism . |
| 27 | ‘ Adrien de Vries is now considered to be the greatest sculptor of his time and his work has a timeless quality . ’ |
| 28 | His work has a high degree of finish and gloss . |
| 29 | His doe has a litter and she was making a noise over them rather like a robin in autumn . |
| 30 | IT would n't happen on this newspaper , of course , but in Washington a reporter got fed up with his editor having a go at him because his first sentences were too long . |