Example sentences of "his [noun pl] have [verb] and [pron] " in BNC.

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1 As he spoke his eyes had fallen and she knew that from the centre of each perfectly round breast a peak jutted , lifting the thin material of her shirt .
2 His eyes had darkened and he was breathing heavily .
3 And for one moment , when his eyes had opened and he had looked at her , she had been so sure that he had loved her back .
4 Some five years later his establishments had trebled and he was once again the wealthy socialite .
5 Behind him , behind the last of the houses , the ancient terraces , which his forebears have shaped and which now shape this community , rise up steeply to the rock escarpment dominating this side of the island .
6 He says he was shattered by the news that his kidneys had failed and he had to build up his hopes again .
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