Example sentences of "his [noun] and [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ No , ’ he answered , and he picked at one of the nails on his fingers and stared at the floorboards wishing he could disappear into them . |
| 2 | ‘ Go on , Hector ! ’ ordered Mr Beckenham , clicking his fingers and pointing to the door . |
| 3 | He tried to reach across with his left hand and snatch the blade away , but his hands were held apart , and he was pinned down struggling and sobbing until the dagger slid slowly out of his fingers and clattered on the flags . |
| 4 | And after being taken off in County 's 2-1 defeat by Watford on Tuesday , Agana ripped off his shirt and headed for the players ' tunnel . |
| 5 | On no account should the patient be allowed or encouraged to get himself around by dragging his foot and leaning on the furniture . |
| 6 | ( He leaps up again , stamps his foot and shouts into the wing . ) |
| 7 | Drained by his ranting and lulled by the way he could float in the starsuit , just touching the padded interior , he drifted into and out of sleep like a man wandering through the rooms of an empty house . |
| 8 | His cord trousers are still rolled down round his ankles and get in the way and we have to stop and turn him over and pull the trousers back up , fastening them by one button . |
| 9 | Our Lord left this earthly scene to occupy his throne and to sit at the Father 's table . |
| 10 | This damage has been powerfully illustrated in a famous study that depended on deception : John Howard Griffin , a white man , darkened his skin and trudged through the American South . |
| 11 | He is there again in the frontispiece , like a figure in the Tarot cards , breaking his chains and dancing towards the spheres . |
| 12 | He picked up his case and walked towards the door . |
| 13 | By dusk , though , each day of dignity , Clary would return to his base and sit by the cathedral , with his inseparable friend for comfort — the ‘ funny stuff ’ . |
| 14 | JACQUES DELORS swallowed hard , gritted his teeth and sent off the telegram : ‘ Dear John , congratulations on your election victory . |
| 15 | Athelstan ground his teeth and glared at the coroner but Sir John smiled sweetly back as if innocent of any devious stratagem . |
| 16 | Graham Sheward , a 54-year-old from Colchester , is no stranger to gritting his teeth and mixing with the best in various stamina events , feeding off an Army career which included a back-breaking spell in the Parachute Regiment . |
| 17 | George stared at her and suddenly ached to get away , to take his coat and his briefcase and get into the car and escape to the haven of the Unit and work and the baby and … which brought him back to the reason for his starting to probe her feelings about the project . |
| 18 | Parking in front of the clubhouse , our pilot grabbed his briefcase and splashed through the downpour to his colleague 's waiting car . |
| 19 | Cranston unclasped his cloak and basked in the sweet odours and warmth of the tavern . |
| 20 | The vicar looked at his watch and walked towards the wireless . |
| 21 | Vic compares the kitchen clock with his watch and rises from the table . |
| 22 | He sat back in his pew and looked around the church which the indefatigable ladies of the WI had transformed with flowers and holly sprays . |
| 23 | He suddenly had an idea , and taking the megaphone from the chairman , and wincing at the soggy mouthpiece , he summoned the last of his voice from his diaphragm and sang to the sea of caps and hats , a Harry Lauder music hall song : |
| 24 | Even with his skills and influence at the Prime Minister 's disposal , however , by the end of January Miyazawa 's future tenure as Prime Minister appeared to be distinctly uncertain . |
| 25 | Andy sits in an ancient bulging armchair , its fake brown leather rubbed through to the fabric net underneath in places and burnished to a deep black shine on the arms ; he nurses his whisky and looks into the fire most of the time . |
| 26 | They watched him pull himself out beside a flowering clump of figwort , gripping one of the tough stems in his teeth , shake a shower of drops out of his fur and scutter into the alder bushes . |
| 27 | When he moved back there was blood running down his chest and soaking into the waistband of his trousers . |
| 28 | Death held the receiver against his chest and leaned around the kitchen door . |
| 29 | But when he woke at quarter past six , his mind was full of ugly images , of Alex trembling , of the gun , and , most of all , of the expression of bewilderment and betrayal on Michael Banks 's face as he clutched at his chest and sank to the ground . |
| 30 | Hearing of the arrest of Martin Luther King in Georgia , he telephoned King 's wife to express his sympathy and called for the release of the highly respected civil rights leader . |