Example sentences of "his [noun] with a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus Sya , who announces that ‘ one who believes in war believes in God ’ and who beats his sister with a khaki belt , is an inflexible symbol of a militaristic ethos . |
| 2 | He could hurt those who cared most about him — his parents when he became a monk and Mirfield when he followed his resignation with a national television account of what was personal and private . |
| 3 | He moved his fingers with a delicate sureness of touch , thereby undermining Cassie 's wavering defences even more alarmingly . |
| 4 | With this in mind it is for consideration whether such forms should not be redesigned to separate the disclaimer of liability on the part of the hospital from what really matters , namely the declaration by the patient of his decision with a full appreciation of the possible consequences , the latter being expressed in the simplest possible terms and emphasised by a different and larger type face , by underlining , the employment of coloured print or otherwise . |
| 5 | He did not put up any resistance when they flung him down on the rainswept slabs , and tied his ankles with a thick cord . |
| 6 | Another murmur of approval as the bard softened his plea with a delicate touch of humour . |
| 7 | He designed his jumper with a regular pattern of rugby posts and a rugby ball in his extra art lessons at school . |
| 8 | Howard thinks , picking food out from between his teeth with a sharpened matchstick . |
| 9 | And Francie dowsing himself with porridge and ( now ) meditatively picking his teeth with a used matchstick . |
| 10 | He laces his narrative with a great deal of information and conclusions derived from other sources . |
| 11 | Lester was producing for the first time , after his experience with A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To the Forum . |
| 12 | ‘ Odets seemed to me to share something of Marilyn [ Monroe 's ] perceptive naivete ; like her , he was a self-destroying babe in the woods absentmindedly combing back his hair with a loaded pistol . ’ |
| 13 | A Special Forces man made the sign over his chest with a gun-free hand . |
| 14 | Alexander pushed the last of his toffee bacon and eggs into his mouth with a sticky finger and pointed towards the ‘ Rocket Railway ’ . |
| 15 | Jon , as he proudly watched the Union Jack raised above his head , must have thought back to the days when , as Oxford University Boat Race president , the only flag he looked at was the skull and crossbones which hung in his study with a menacing message written underneath : ‘ Death Zone — No Prisoners . ’ |
| 16 | He accompanied his words with a defiant glare from beneath his brows and chewed at the corner of his lip . |
| 17 | Gaughan held his head in his hands after 23 minutes when Shrewsbury defender Dean Spink headed just over his own bar while trying to clear another effort , and the former Sunderland man forced Perks to his knees with a long range right foot shot . |
| 18 | Smith 's wrong call enabled Torquay , with new manager Ivan Golac taking charge of his first game , to start with the wind at their backs and their intentions were obvious after only 37 seconds when Mark Loram forced Mark Prudhoe to his knees with a left foot shot from 20 yards . |
| 19 | JILTED boyfriend Alan Graham killed his lover with a sawn-off shotgun yesterday before turning the weapon on himself . |
| 20 | President Allende is murdered and General Pinochet begins his dictatorship with a bloody crackdown . |
| 21 | The 33-year-old regular No. 3 took the helm at first string , and proceeded to open up an early lead for his side with a fine win over Neil Shorrock . |
| 22 | As he fell , the rope tightened around his neck with a horrible jerk . |
| 23 | Hasan hunched over the wheel of his car with a great effort of concentration , swinging it this way and that to avoid the atrocious pot-holes . |
| 24 | He probed the puffy white bags under his eyes with a tentative finger . |
| 25 | Joshua , wiping his eyes with a snow-white handkerchief , continued eating and gestured to Denis to help himself . |
| 26 | Luib met his eyes with a slight frown . |
| 27 | Merrill squared slim shoulders and met his eyes with a level gaze . |
| 28 | I do n't know when he had last closed his eyes with a clear conscience but he did that day . |
| 29 | Riven met his eyes with a wild glare . |
| 30 | This lasting antipathy coexisted in his mind with a rare mastery of philosophical debate and classical literature . |