Example sentences of "[noun sg] that [verb] [adv] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the croak that came out of his parched throat was hardly recognisable . |
| 2 | The mycologist Roland Thaxter at Harvard University began a series of monographs on the Laboulbeniales in the 1890s , a study that ended only with his death in 1932 . |
| 3 | This experience shaped the political ambition that led ultimately to his coup of 23 July 1952 . |
| 4 | He inspected the blood that came off on his hand and swore again . |
| 5 | The pain of coughing and the blood that frothed up in his sputum . |
| 6 | This man was stocky and wiry , like a short-legged terrier , his face was pale and drawn , with two vertical worry-lines scored into the brow above the nose , and the hank of dark , flat hair that fell forward across his brow had clearly never had the attention of an expert barber . |
| 7 | Even from this distance she could see the way muscles rippled across his chest as he reached up to unlock the window , the wedge of dark hair that arrowed down from his collar-bone , and she felt heat run along her veins . |
| 8 | A few faint diamond droplets of water still glittered in the hair that whorled sensuously around his jewel-hard nipples . |
| 9 | Still staring at him , she became distracted by the dark hair that curled damply across his forehead , at the almost delicate arch of his eyebrows , the aquiline nose , the beautiful mouth , and then back to the bright , amused mockery in his blue , blue eyes . |
| 10 | Her gaze flew over him , taking in the deep , deep blue eyes , the faint smile on the sensual mouth , the dark hair that curled lightly over his collar . |
| 11 | I was watching Central News , Mr was on it and all , like you know that bloke that comes in with his wife with the grey hair that 's always really moody , they have a bottle of Frascati and always drink las |
| 12 | He was a young , dark-haired man with a short dark beard and he was curiously dressed in a black overcoat that came nearly to his ankles . |
| 13 | Li Yuan turned away , hearing the giggling that went on behind his back as Fei Yen went across to help her cousin . |
| 14 | It 's a theme that returns increasingly to his later poetry . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'll be seeing you , ’ he warned her casually , sketching a smile that went nowhere near his eyes , and then he had gone . |
| 16 | He tilted his head as he dealt , to keep the smoke that curled up from his cigarette out of his eyes . |
| 17 | In the early morning they had got drenched in the grass that waved up to his small son 's back , and when the sun struck the dew it was like the silent explosion of a crystal bowl . |
| 18 | Tug woke suddenly in the dark , out of a nightmare of falling , of rushing water and ground that slipped away beneath his feet . |
| 19 | ‘ Nignog ’ was not a phrase that came readily to his lips . |
| 20 | That coppery twang on the emergency cord that hangs tight in his gut . |
| 21 | He sang an endless string of tuneful but meaningless words that were only very loosely attached to the long , narrative poem that went on inside his head . |
| 22 | Boots of army style that fitted loosely over his socks . |
| 23 | Every word that comes out of his mouth is ‘ happening ’ or ‘ intense ’ and his favourite ‘ Hey man , this is rock and roll ’ . |
| 24 | Confucius , which remind us of our daily obligations towards our parents , our ancestors , our emperor and all those set in authority over us , " he said , speaking in a firm voice that carried clearly to his children 's ears . |
| 25 | The metallic voice that rattled out of his radio made him jump . |
| 26 | As Bellamy says , ‘ East St. Louis , Belleville , the chip on the shoulder , the bond with mother and grandmother that carried over into his career , the move to the West Coast … what emerged was a great player and one of the toughest , roughest competitors the game has ever known ’ . |
| 27 | He wore a heavy cloak of dark cloth that came down to his ankles . |
| 28 | Murray 's awkwardness was again betrayed by a blush that spread upwards from his weather-reddened neck . |
| 29 | He secured a council house for my parents , with a garden that butted up to his own , and I enjoyed a sublime if insular childhood , basking in the adoration of my shy parents and doting grandparents . |
| 30 | It was her hand that lay decorously on his shoulder . |