Example sentences of "his [noun] [vb past] [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There must have been rumours of the dastardly deed at the hall as early as 1578 , for it was in that year that Sir Henry Knyvett ( another of Darrel 's antagonists ) wrote a letter to Sir John at Longleat , asking him to search out Mr Bonham and to enquire how many children his sister had and what had become of them . |
| 2 | His heart lurched and he splashed his goblet full to the brim with dark red claret . |
| 3 | His heart lurched as he saw her for the first time for nine years , now in her new role as a woman . |
| 4 | And his heart sang as he settled his lance in rest again , and drove at the first and readiest knight who caught his eye . |
| 5 | His heart thudded and he realized that he had begun to breathe faster , with excitement . |
| 6 | He listened , and his heart ached because he knew if he failed her she would hold it against him for ever . |
| 7 | His heart sank as he said falteringly , ‘ I will pay you tomorrow . ’ |
| 8 | His heart sank when he saw where his questionings would take him next . |
| 9 | His heart thumped as he stood on the Yugoslav border and stared through the night at the nearby fields in Hungary . |
| 10 | A restless movement on his part betrayed that she had provoked him once more , but in a different fashion . |
| 11 | And you had get the two people who were at the back , you have to get them out before you landed because when you when you brought the flaps up if they were still in this little bay you would squash them to death and one day his dials showed that he had , in fact , squashed them to death ! |
| 12 | Tim leaned over to have a good look at him , but his foot slipped and he fell in . |
| 13 | His foot slipped and he grasped at a piece of jutting tile and dragged himself back to safety . |
| 14 | However , examination of his foot showed that he had lost one-third of the skin from his heel . |
| 15 | His jaw ached and he realised that he was grinding his teeth , so he released the muscles and tried to relax . |
| 16 | He wore a country suit of thick , redbrown material , and his skin showed that he spent most of his time in the open air . |
| 17 | His pastime started when he acquired drawings of an Australian type of whistle and shortly afterwards a Canadian design was received from a fellow steam enthusiast in the South of England . |
| 18 | His teeth chattered and he whimpered . |
| 19 | His teeth gleamed as he smiled . |
| 20 | At Oxford Crown Court his counsel argued that he did not intend to harm Miss Lamplugh and had planned to commit suicide by crashing her car . |
| 21 | Now he was a man , something vague and undecided in his look showed that he had no particular purpose in life . |
| 22 | His reserve broke before he had got far and he revealed his own grievance . |
| 23 | He was close to sleep and his words slurred when he spoke . |
| 24 | On top of it all , the remorseless heat was becoming too much for Hugh , his sunburn itched and he felt sick . |
| 25 | Sutcliffe , for example , ( 1982a : 148 ) indicates that his informants reported that they used " Jamaican Creole " with black interlocutors in the playground . |
| 26 | His knees ached as he knelt there for hours . |
| 27 | His knees clicked when he went up and down stairs . |
| 28 | His shoulders drooped and he turned away . |
| 29 | His shoulders rose as he took a deep breath like a diver about to plunge . |
| 30 | His heart felt heavy and his legs wobbled when he saw the Bookman still sitting inside , looking very depressed . |