Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [subord] i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt the jolt in his chest as I hugged it in rhythm against mine and for a long second could n't believe it , but then he heaved again in my arms and coughed in my face and a mouthful of dirty water shot out in a spout and he began coughing in earnest and choking and gasping for air … gasping , gulping air down , wheezing in his throat , whooping like whooping cough , struggling to fill his functioning lungs . |
| 2 | If I may my Lord there is an issue that was raised in my learned friends reply er which er was a new point er and where I do take issue with him and this concerns the issue of the relevance of the directive here the , the issue relating to er whether or not the er Lloyd 's Act and the society have got any relevance in respect of the directive , his submission as I understood it , was that under article one , eight , nine the directive only addressed itself to states , to the British Government and that therefore the reliance on the directive by the society and in relation to the Lloyds Act was er a misconceived er reliance . |
| 3 | But it is worth mentioning what a very experienced and established psychiatrist told me about his work when I interviewed him . |
| 4 | I was quite surprised at his reaction when I informed him of the death of ‘ Egg and chips twice ’ . |
| 5 | Well has got to have something to do has n't he ? to justify his job because I mean he 's talked to in the past , he 's talked about everything . |
| 6 | ‘ I clearly got up his nose when I asked him about a report which disputed his status as a big box-office draw , ’ says Barry . |
| 7 | I ran downstairs to the phone , hearing my father coming to the door of his room as I passed it . |
| 8 | ‘ I did not ask his name before I shot him , no . ’ |
| 9 | It was n't his name when I met him . |
| 10 | But he would n't lift his head so I put my hand to his cheek , which startled him , slid it under his chin and lifted his face . |
| 11 | I zipped back along the M20 , letting Armstrong have his head as I thought it made a nice change for him not to plod through heavy traffic at ten miles an hour . |
| 12 | Or is it the merest coincidence that Kyle is sitting back in his chair , with the receiver to his ear , stroking the bald patch on the back of his head as I explain my business ? |
| 13 | There was nothing in his wallet when I found him . ’ |
| 14 | And I have n't advanced his re-education since I got your message . |
| 15 | ‘ You should have seen his face when I told him ! |
| 16 | And often we would lie together in the sun after a bathe , and kiss and caress each other , and it was a dear , familiar pleasure , associated in my mind and body with safety and mutual delight and no demands made ; his hands were wondering and tender , and his face when I opened my eyes to look at it had the extraordinary beauty it used to have when I had given him even this limited sensual happiness . |
| 17 | He had exactly the same expression on his face when I mentioned your name as you 've got now . |