Example sentences of "his [noun] [prep] [conj] [pron] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | His beard was grey-white , but discoloured yellow around his mouth as if he had been drooling thin custard . |
| 2 | His hair was dishevelled , his beard had grown around his neck as if he had spent the past four months away from civilisation . |
| 3 | Ibn Fayoud half closed his eyes as if someone had turned a knife in his guts . |
| 4 | There were dark rings under his eyes as if he had n't slept . |
| 5 | She felt his eyes as if he had actually touched her , and a dull flush spread up her neck and into her cheeks . |
| 6 | If anything he was able to go about his duties as if he had been given carte blanche . |
| 7 | But he said , rubbing his hand down his thigh as if he had been bitten there , ‘ Tell her something , will you ? |
| 8 | It was a pity too about his accident as if he had n't had enough bad luck . ’ |
| 9 | In the end , he simply stared at her , shaking his head as if she had been the one to ask the question . |
| 10 | He had a vicious gash on the back of his head as if he had been blown backwards against a very hard , very sharp object . ’ |
| 11 | But to her amazement he did nothing of the kind , but , shaking his head as if he had been under some kind of stress , ‘ I did n't think I could have got your innocence so completely wrong , ’ he stated gruffly . |
| 12 | It was always the same when he came out of there , he thought there was an itch at his back as if he had been touched . |
| 13 | drinking his beer as if it had gone flat , she thought , seeing him before he saw her . |
| 14 | ‘ I have a proposition for you , ’ he said to Burkett and as he said it he weighed up his man as if he had met him for the first time . |
| 15 | Hugh de Tracy refused me his daughter as if I had less worth than the slave who cleans out the garderobe tunnel . |
| 16 | The Frenchman sat opposite me at the large farmhouse table chatting away for all he was worth and after the meal he puffed away at his pipe as if he had n't a care in the world . |
| 17 | as if in imitation of the dead bird , he would squawk out the name he loved to hear ; he would try walking like a parrot , perching on things , and extending his arms as if he had wings to beat . |
| 18 | She found herself agreeing weakly as he kissed her , pulling her into his arms as if he had every right . |
| 19 | Held , ( 1 ) allowing the cross-appeals ( Lord Mustill and Lord Slynn of Hadley dissenting ) , that , where a visitor 's decision was made within his jurisdiction in that he had power under the relevant regulating documents to enter into the adjudication of the dispute in question , his decision was not amenable to challenge by judicial review on the ground of error in fact or law contained in that decision ; and that , accordingly , the Divisional Court had had no jurisdiction to entertain the applicant 's motion for judicial review ( post , pp. 1114F–G , G–H , 1121G–H , 1124H — 1125B , H ) . |
| 20 | Obediently , they bowed their heads and he dusted his hands as if they had been contaminated . |
| 21 | But if he had first dropped the razor , why should it be lying on top of the blanket and so conveniently close to his hand as if it had slipped from the opening fingers ? |
| 22 | Obviously he was the kind of man who could expunge an unsatisfactory incident from his memory as if it had never happened , and get on with living in the present . |
| 23 | The smile was still on his face as if it had never left . |