Example sentences of "[that] [vb past] his [noun sg] [conj] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With Dawson it was his bulk which undoubtedly contributed to his premature death along with his broad , rubber face that became his trademark and made him an ideal pantomime dame in true bawdy music hall tradition . |
| 2 | Creggan had felt the coming of spring before , a coming that overtook his spirit and made it busy and turbulent , but he had never witnessed it so well . |
| 3 | He rolled through the space , snapping a shard of glass that sliced his jacket and put a nick in his shoulder . |
| 4 | Harry was enjoying himself : he had been drinking , and was in that pleasant state of semi-inebriation that softened his tongue and turned him into a quite amiable human being . |
| 5 | ‘ But , ’ he added with a smile that softened his refusal but did not change it , ‘ I 'm still not playing hide and seek . ’ |
| 6 | Ockleton sprang from his chair , steered an unerring course through the piles of books and papers that littered his apartment and shook Harry clammily by the hand . |
| 7 | This sister , Elisabeth , was to count for a good deal in Nietzsche 's later life , favourably and otherwise : she eventually became the custodian of all his surviving works during the long period of incapacity that preceded his death and continued in that influential role , which she executed in a highly questionable way , for thirty-five years afterwards . |
| 8 | Midnight 's suppurating wounds gradually cleaned , but the intense sickness only slowly subsided , giving way to a low fever that sapped his strength and depressed his mind . |
| 9 | Little Billy glanced back quickly over his shoulder , and now , in the distance , he saw a sight that froze his blood and made icicles in his veins . |
| 10 | Then Luke wiped the anger from his face in a blandness that smoothed his brow and relaxed the tight mouth . |