Example sentences of "his [noun] [conj] [verb] [pers pn] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He put on his shirt and suggested she should wash herself at the sink . |
| 2 | He smiled a little , and with the ice broken they discussed dogs until he looked at his watch and said he would have to go . |
| 3 | He was always looking at his watch and saying he 'd have to go and — ’ |
| 4 | The two men were knocked aside as Corbett swung round the overturned wagon and broke into a gallop , clinging to his horse and hoping it would keep its feet on the rough rutted track . |
| 5 | THREE Appeal Court judges tried to view the tragedy of Hillsborough coma victim Tony Bland through his eyes when deciding he should be allowed to die . |
| 6 | He did n't like the sound of that much , so he changed his mind and said he might not have time , anyway , after his other reading in a church hall . |
| 7 | Joshua shifted uneasily in his seat and wished they would hurry up . |
| 8 | They were so free in expression she wondered if they had been read at all by his parents but presumed they could hardly have escaped their eye . |
| 9 | And when she woke she turned with such longing to where he had lain and called his name and thought she would do anything for him , anything at all he wanted , because she loved him , she loved him , she loved him . |
| 10 | Well he should n't have opened his gob and said it should he ? |
| 11 | The second one shook his head and gestured we should follow . |
| 12 | I asked him why but he just smiled , shook his head and said he would tell me in his own good time . |
| 13 | He badgered his local rural dean , wrote letters to the nearest archdeacon and then to the Bishop , complaining of his frustration and begging he might be relieved |
| 14 | And and Chris has just put his head in his hands and said I ca n't do it . |
| 15 | ‘ I knew it would n't win — there was no aspect in his charts that showed he would . ’ |
| 16 | Strange times we live in , he said , when he finds himself looking over his shoulder and thinking he might be safer in Sarajevo . |
| 17 | And then Boy cut back to the man on the bed , who was saying ( actually it was a different man in a different room , Boy realised ; the sofa and the quilted nylon counterpane were in a different colour in this room , though the man sitting there looked just like the last one ) , the man was saying I like your shoes , please take off your shoes ; and Boy cut backwards and forwards between this man and the politician beginning to lose his self-control and saying I would just ask people to forgive me really and to forgive my wife as well . |
| 18 | My father was a professional soldier and I was conscious of his excellence and knew I would never achieve that excellence . |
| 19 | With an expression on his face that suggested he could not fight any longer , David pulled her towards him and slowly stroked her head and back . |
| 20 | She suddenly started screeching at Bruno , so abruptly that Maxim felt a jab in his spine and knew he 'd come very close to being shot . |