Example sentences of "[pron] [adv prt] his [noun] [coord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roger was a keen walker , cyclist and backpacker before a sleepy driver knocked him off his bike and confined him to a wheelchair for the rest of his life . |
| 2 | Plummer bellowed , watching gloomily as a body punch brought down his fighter 's guard and a thunderous uppercut lifted him off his feet and sent him crashing to the canvas . |
| 3 | The second hit him in the right shoulder , the impact lifting him off his feet and sending him toppling towards the head of the stairs . |
| 4 | ‘ Alan 's tackle on Emyr Lewis at the start of the game , lifting him off his feet and sending him crashing down , was just what we needed to lift us ’ said Ruddock . |
| 5 | The blast took the oriental in the right shoulder , knocked him off his feet and hurled him clear across the room , where he crashed to a stop with his head and shoulders propped against the far wall . |
| 6 | Each combatant aims to floor his opponent , by knocking him off his feet or biting him behind the elbow . |
| 7 | When her breasts were free she teased him with the top half of her peach-coloured bikini , waving it over his head and snatching it out of reach as he stretched up for it . |
| 8 | He raises it over his head and brings it crashing down on the back of the man 's head ; once , twice , three times . |
| 9 | His opponent was clumsily getting to his feet as Fleury snatched a violin from a rack of worm-eaten instruments ( the survivors of an attempt by the Collector to start a symphony orchestra in the cantonment ) , snapped it over his knee and leapt on to the sepoy 's back , at the same time whipping the violin strings tightly round the sepoy 's neck and dragging on them like reins . |
| 10 | The food dribbled out and she had to scoop it off his chin and shove it back in . |
| 11 | ‘ He wiped it off his face and slapped it onto the cardboard . ’ |
| 12 | Should your foot drop to the outside of the opponent 's leading leg , you could try hooking it around his ankle and dragging his foot the way it is pointing . |
| 13 | He placed it around his neck and sat down again covering his eyes with his hand . |
| 14 | He put it around his neck and showed Lambert , but Lambert was n't looking . |
| 15 | When the horn was robed she threaded back the leather of the necklace and gave it to Dreamer , who put it round his neck and tucked this frail memory of the broken boy into his furs . |