Example sentences of "his [noun pl] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Towards dawn , she said to his sleeping back that he loved his employers more than he loved her and if he had been half the man he thought himself , he would have left them rather than abandon her . |
| 2 | He could be uncompromising in his opinions , persisting in his views even when in a minority of one . |
| 3 | In the last analysis the 67 12s. 9d. would stand revealed ; the pen would be taken out of his fingers just before he signed across the excise stamp ; gentle hands would conduct him back to the comfortable shabby gloom of Flat 4 , 86 Leominster Gardens . |
| 4 | He was off-balance , his defences down as Ward drew back his right arm and slammed that gloved hand straight into the sallow face . |
| 5 | ‘ Andrew had his defences down as Waterworth came across in front of me and hit him in the mouth and knocked his head on the floor . |
| 6 | ‘ I can not because I do n't believe God would change His plans just because I asked Him . ’ |
| 7 | Each market participant is therefore aware at all times that he can expect to carry out his plans only if these plans do in fact offer others the best opportunity available , as far as they know . |
| 8 | Usually , a stallion drives his sons out when they reach sexual maturity ( the fillies wander off , to be snapped up by some lucky bachelor ) ; but some stallions will allow their sons to stay on for years , co-opting their help in defensive action or mare-collecting raids . |
| 9 | One question was about a man who won £2000 in a competition and the way in which he shared the prize money , his wife getting nothing and each of his sons more than their ( older ) sister . |
| 10 | At yesterday 's appeal hearing in Brno , a colleague of Mr Devaty , Jana Petrova , handed the judge a statement on his behalf which said that Mr Devaty did not regard his trial as just and would pursue his activities underground while the risk of punishment remained . |
| 11 | Even if an officer is working on a pollution problem requiring repeated visits , he continues to do the unpredictable wherever possible to provide the polluter with few opportunities to organize his activities so as to create a spurious impression that things are under control . |
| 12 | Charlemagne used his womenfolk indirectly as safety-valves for the resentments of male kin , and directly as props to his own authority . |
| 13 | He may have been unusual , but that would lie in the range of his talents rather than in possessing any individual one of them . |
| 14 | He clenched his teeth together before he lost control and cried out . |
| 15 | In re Polemis [ 1921 ] 3 KB 560 was wrongly decided because it had held that once liability was established , a person was responsible for the direct consequences of his acts even though these were not foreseeable . |
| 16 | Santerre apparently did not go round his estates yesterday as he claimed . |
| 17 | A ‘ high ’ Christology is one which emphasizes Christ 's divinity , a ‘ low ’ Christology his humanity , and a ‘ message ’ type Christology one which looks to his words rather than to the nature of his person . |
| 18 | ‘ And I do n't want to — ’ He cut off his words abruptly as the outer door opened . |
| 19 | If we bear in mind that even the normal expenses of government by this time exceeded the normal income of the crown , we shall appreciate why Edward I sought to extract from his subjects more than any previous king had attempted . |
| 20 | ‘ How do you find yourself now , my dear wife ? ’ said the locksmith , taking a chair near his wife ( who had resumed her book ) , and rubbing his knees hard as he made the inquiry . |
| 21 | It was a red-letter day for his supporters everywhere when , on 31 December 1720 , a son was born to James 's new young wife , in the presence of no fewer than 100 cardinals , ambassadors and other important witnesses ; clearly the charge of being a ‘ warming-pan ’ changeling was not going to be laid against Charles Edward . |
| 22 | He caught her by the waist , in a half rugby tackle , lifted her up , spun her around and in one fell swoop had hoisted her on to his shoulders even before she realised what was happening . |
| 23 | Her skirt had ridden up and she clung to his shoulders convulsively as she yielded to the sweet torment of his long fingers stroking over her thighs . |
| 24 | With the strength that can come only from fear he managed to draw his legs up until his heels were touching his buttocks . |
| 25 | He showed outstanding bravery , pulling his legs up until the very last minute . |
| 26 | His cajoling got him as far as the first landing , but then his legs all but gave out , and thereafter he had to climb using his one good arm to haul him onwards . |
| 27 | Still looking for his Woodbines even though he gave up smoking in 1956 . |
| 28 | R said that he did not really know F beforehand but had seen him and his brothers once before when someone had told him who F was . |
| 29 | Cranston tightened his lips , blinking his eyes furiously as he always did when the tears threatened to return . |
| 30 | " My God I " Mr Dass cried , screwing his eyes up as though seeking to peer into the boy 's brain . |