Example sentences of "and [v-ing] [pers pn] [adv] his [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gathering up the eiderdown and drawing it round his shoulders , Mungo tiptoed to the window over the cold lino . |
| 2 | And how , come to think of it , was Henry going to get him to absorb the stuff , short of creeping up on him while he was asleep and forcing it down his throat or up his arse ? |
| 3 | An icy blast of air hit Dad full in the face , taking with it the matches , ash and fag-ends and strewing them over his head and chest . |
| 4 | When his entire body was covered apart from his head , Herve picked up a folding entrenching tool which he swung into Vadgama 's face , splitting his nose and smearing it over his face . |
| 5 | ‘ Which one 's this ? ’ asks Howard , taking a strand of her hair and wrapping it round his finger . |
| 6 | Dauntless shambled over to the edge of the stream and threw himself face down on the grass , cupping handfuls of water and throwing it over his head , gulping it greedily . |