Example sentences of "of [art] [noun sg] with his [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quite apart from Lanfranc 's example , the commonest of all images of authority , whether of the abbot with his monks , or the master with his pupils , or the king with his witan or barons , displayed the seated ruler presiding over them , dispensing justice and declaring doctrine . |
| 2 | When he has not seen the man he has hoped to see , his long spine slackens and he falls back upon the red vinyl of the booth with his eyes closed and his foot shaking in a livid tic . |
| 3 | Geoffrey Haynes , his red features as furious as ever , stood on the opposite side of the square with his hands in his raincoat pockets and glowering at anyone who had the temerity to walk in front of him . |
| 4 | But all her frantic thoughts were cut short as she opened the door , to see her own children sitting , staring in amazement at the red-faced boy in the middle of the floor with his hands raised to strike one of them . |
| 5 | Fred sat on the end of the bed with his elbows on his knees and his hands hanging down with their knuckles back to back , like a tired football player in a dressing-room . |
| 6 | Birkett flounced out of the room with his tins and his little pieces of wood . |
| 7 | He sat leaning against the back of the seat with his legs stretched out straight in front of him . |
| 8 | Mandeville tapped the top of the table with his knuckles . |
| 9 | Myles had sat on the edge of the chair with his hands clasped between his knees , listening to the legal measured tones , telling himself , I 'm not going to get it , I 'm not going to get it . |
| 10 | Grasping the side of the cage with his talons he fixed his stare on the night sky above where moonlit clouds moved slowly across stars . |
| 11 | Evan spends much of the time with his eyes clamped shut , rocking gently and scraping notes out of his sore , croaking throat . |
| 12 | I can only suppose that a large bird took hold of the ring on top of the box with his talons , and flew away with it . |
| 13 | He grabs the top edge with his hands , thumps the face of the buttress several times with his feet and then does the same thing on the other side of the buttress with his hands before springing down to the ground . |
| 14 | Rising to his feet , Vitor stood in front of the fireplace with his legs set apart and his arms folded . |
| 15 | He did a really intimate show where he sat on the edge of the stage with his ankles crossed and talked to them and sang them songs . |
| 16 | Show respect , ’ said Garvey to Lucie , who was leaning against the corner strut of the stage with his eyes fixed on the far horizon . |
| 17 | He needed no Bible to remind him of the life of Christ , and if ever he felt the need for a symbol upon which to concentrate his devotions , he satisfied himself by making the sign of the cross with his fingers . |
| 18 | He was on his knees outside the door of the flat with his hands encircling his head , making howling noises , ’ he said . |
| 19 | ‘ I did n't know you were such a strong swimmer , ’ he huffed , trapping her at the side of the pool with his arms each side of her on the bar . |
| 20 | ‘ With so much of the film completed , they were n't particularly keen to have one of their leading men at the bottom of the pool with his lungs full of water . ’ |
| 21 | Suddenly he fell on the wet deck , and he caught the side of the ship with his hands . |
| 22 | He had to compensate for the waste of a visit with his encounters , and with the countryside around the town , the haystacks , the brown earth speckled with whitish spots where the mark showed , so unlike the black earth of Holland . |