Example sentences of "in his [noun] [conj] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 31 | Stuck a feather in his hat and called it macaroni |
| 32 | Lefevre dunked another handful of bread in his soup and waved it in emphasis before continuing , ‘ The place our man lives is a large mansion just beyond the village . |
| 33 | Rohan drank the remainder of the wine in his glass and replaced it on the tray . |
| 34 | The striker took the ball in his stride and powered it into the top right hand corner from 25 yards . |
| 35 | At last he was freed , and gritting his teeth , Jack took the small forearm firmly in his hands and lifted it quickly off the last spike . |
| 36 | ‘ God , you 're beautiful , ’ he muttered fiercely , holding one breast in his hands and raising it to his mouth . |
| 37 | Is he to stand behind her , to take her right hand in his right and to lift it over her head while their clasped left hands stretch sideways before they move swiftly and diagonally into an allement ? |
| 38 | A pyjama-clad Vice-Admiral Hawkins , propped up on the pillows of his bunk , glowered at the message in his hand and passed it across to Denholm . |
| 39 | He pulled a scrap of meat from the cutlet in his hand and tossed it into the air . |
| 40 | He picked some up in his hand and crumbled it . |
| 41 | Denis , leaning over , half-raised from the chair , grabbed it in his hand and read it . |
| 42 | He discovered the cigarette in his hand and examined it as if it were a mistake . |
| 43 | He looked down at the discod still clenched in his hand and threw it impulsively into the pillar of light . |
| 44 | The small boat skipper then holds the sensor in his hand and moves it round to pinpoint the source accurately . |
| 45 | Could I ask Bauer , I wondered , if he would keep it in his office and give it back to us when he had to leave ? |
| 46 | The society of Raasay was so self-contained that he could hold it in his palm and turn it this way and that . |
| 47 | Cold air like rushing water battered at his face , beating in his cheeks and making it hard to breathe . |
| 48 | ‘ There 's never been any kind of attraction between me and To — ’ She stopped , seeing the darkness in his eyes and understanding it . |
| 49 | He discovered a piece of bone in his bacon and spat it out . |