Example sentences of "his [det] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A man may pursue power simply as a means to employ others for his own purposes , but someone with the true passion for power will betray , by exceeding any rational design to control those useful or dangerous to his ends , that he does penetrate deep enough inside his subjects for the exhilaration of sensing their wills tense against his own and yield . |
| 2 | ‘ My collections , I am happy to say ’ he wrote , despite his own and prince 's fears , ‘ have all arrived in safety and I can now scarcely tell how so large a mass was got together in so short a time . ’ |
| 3 | Commentators described Gorbachev 's remarks , particularly the juxtaposition of his announcement about possible secession with his comment about his own and perestroika 's fate , as a bold gamble to confront and try to contain separatist aspirations by endorsing a constitutional path to independence for republics , but at the same time warning of dire consequences should they follow it . |
| 4 | he started up on his own when father stopped . |
| 5 | The blow was almost as great for John , who had begun to enjoy a family background after years of being on his own or part of a split family . |
| 6 | In case of equality of votes , it was provided by the Act 1707 c8 that the presiding commissioner should have a casting vote , besides his own as commissioner , and that the commissioners from the different burghs should preside , in turn , in the order in which their burghs were called in the roll of the Scottish Parliament . |