Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [noun] in his [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh , God … ! ’ she groaned , blushing like mad and lowering her head to hide her face in his chest . |
| 2 | In a way , he was able to vent his frustrations in his boxing and his sport became like a cathartic experience ; it provided a perfect outlet for his aggression . |
| 3 | I had no idea there was a class distinction , having lived in a sort of world of my own , and when I went to meet his parents in his house in Bromley , I 'd never been to such a small , little house where all the chairs had those things on the back where you catch the Brylcreem and you sat down and had high tea . |
| 4 | It is only for us to accept what God in his mystery may send to us . |
| 5 | It was almost as if he 'd reached out to clasp her hand in his plea for help , and she knew she 'd wanted to give him a lift . |
| 6 | Are you crazy ? ’ he grated softly , reaching to grip her shoulders in his hands . |
| 7 | Mary hung around outside the stables , curious to hear her father in his element as the two men sorted out the rods . |
| 8 | The breathtaking stunts sometimes required others to put their lives in his hands . |
| 9 | It was at the Österreichring that Ron Dennis chose to put his foot in his mouth with Niki . |
| 10 | Still , I 'll say this for you : you 're the first Scotsman I 've met who 's prepared to put his hand in his pocket for a round of drinks . ’ |
| 11 | PLYMOUTH player-manager Peter Shilton has offered to put his hand in his pocket to fund another loan signing at Home Park . |
| 12 | ‘ My first impression of Mellor was that he did n't need to put his hand in his pocket . |
| 13 | He added : ‘ The first impression from him was he did n't need to put his hand in his pocket to pay any money right from the first evening . ’ |
| 14 | Obviously good enough for the MP for Darlington to put his hand in his pocket for . |
| 15 | We have got to allow God to do his work in his way and in his time . |
| 16 | She could n't think why — the last thing she wanted was to prolong her time in his company . |
| 17 | It annoyed her that , despite everything that had been said and done between them , and which obviously had meant absolutely nothing to him , since his attitude towards her was the same as it had ever been , she still found it difficult to control her emotions in his presence . |
| 18 | If a secured creditor omits to disclose his security in his proof of debt , he must surrender it for the general benefit of creditors unless the court relieves him on the ground that omission was inadvertent or the result of honest mistake ( r 6.116 ) . |
| 19 | A lieutenant of one of the forward companies , a peacetime mathematician , asked for a candle to continue his studies in his dugout . |
| 20 | He asked the members of the Cabinet to place their resignations in his hands , which they did . |
| 21 | He persuaded seven of them to change their wills in his favour . |
| 22 | Certainly when Jacob appears to have his assailant in his power , it is precisely what we would expect . |
| 23 | Despite the ambassador 's protest that he would have to present his credentials in his shirt-sleeves the next morning , our baggage was unloaded . |
| 24 | Students were known to spend their time in his lectures counting up the number of clichés which he used . |
| 25 | Two of the youngest and pleasantest of his guards began to spend their time in his cell with him day and night , watch and watch about . |
| 26 | It accounts in fact for the new facial type which begins to make its appearance in his work during this year , l and which reached its most precise definition in the work executed by Picasso on his return from Gosol ( a village in the province of Lerida in Spain , where he spent the early part of the summer of 1906 ) , notably in the Portrait of Gertrude Stein . |