Example sentences of "[vb past] his [noun pl] [coord] [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then she unbuttoned his suspenders and pulled his socks off . |
| 2 | The dispute that followed is the most acrimonious in Britain since 1986 when Rupert Murdoch dismissed his printers and moved his newspapers to Wapping . |
| 3 | Ranulf smacked his lips and placed his tankard on the table . |
| 4 | He smacked his lips and stroked his moustache with surprise . |
| 5 | He bared his teeth and licked his lips , as Blackberry had done before the dead hedgehog on the road . |
| 6 | He fastened his boots and shrugged his broad shoulders into the dark jacket . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , I do n't know what we 're going to do about that , ’ he said and sucked his teeth and shook his grey head and expressed dismay that a leg had been knocked off the chair . |
| 8 | It was Twomey 's province , a dark , three-cornered place with a sink , where he cleaned Dada 's hunting clothes , scrubbing boots and breeches in winter time , and boned his shoes and brushed his clothes all the year round . |
| 9 | Werewolf narrowed his eyes and pursed his lips at her , making a face which would have worried an exorcist . |
| 10 | The contempt that narrowed his eyes and thinned his mouth was not directed at her , but at himself . |
| 11 | Cowley narrowed his eyes and shook his head . |
| 12 | He narrowed his eyes and shook his head . |
| 13 | He was not concerned at the early pace set by Bully Boy , but he did become worried at the water jump , where he changed his hands and asked his mount to quicken with hands and heels , as he had dropped his whip . |
| 14 | Burun clenched his fists and bit his tongue to stop himself from shouting out . |
| 15 | The cutting scorn that hardened his eyes and thinned his mouth made her flinch . |
| 16 | He hunched his shoulders and stamped his way defiantly down the rest of the stairs and out into the cobbled street . |
| 17 | Gosse hunched his shoulders and lowered his head slightly , in deference to Rosten , but kept his eyes on him . |
| 18 | As Mungo hunched his shoulders and thrust his hands deep into his pockets against the dank evening mist , Emily explained that this had once been a riding school . |
| 19 | He washed his face and hands , then scrubbed his nails and tidied his hair in the mirror . |
| 20 | Death crunched his cookies and slurped his tea . |
| 21 | Fitzormonde licked his lips and closed his eyes tightly , trying to remember events in that sun-drenched city so many years ago . |
| 22 | He lifted Patrick 's hands and arms and let them fall , he shook his shoulders and moved his head to and fro , then he began to stroke his face , carefully as if he were moulding it . |
| 23 | He opened his eyes and cleared his mind of Camels and Albatrosses and Pups and Tripehounds , cleared his mind of everything but the thought of her beautiful body and the beautiful things she was doing with it , and for the next minute or so they were almost flying . |
| 24 | Culley raised his eyebrows and shook his head — meaning , That 's what I 'd like to find out . |
| 25 | Müller raised his brows and pursed his lips in a tiny whistle . |
| 26 | He shuffled his feet and pursed his lips , trying to conceal his embarrassment and surprise at this dangerous , clever English clerk . |
| 27 | And he shivered energetically and swung his arms and clapped his shoulders . |
| 28 | Labour 's intentions to shift the focus of campaigning were succinctly set out yesterday by the shadow Scottish secretary , Tom Clarke , after a speech which surprised his supporters and confounded his critics by its professional , tough delivery . |
| 29 | The ankles and feet were slightly twisted , Jeremy 's mouth was open , and dried blood covered his lips and discoloured his teeth . |
| 30 | Alec , still tearful , examined his fingers and shook his head slowly . |