Example sentences of "his [noun sg] with a [adj] [noun] " 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | Another murmur of approval as the bard softened his plea with a delicate touch of humour . |
| 5 | He designed his jumper with a regular pattern of rugby posts and a rugby ball in his extra art lessons at school . |
| 6 | He laces his narrative with a great deal of information and conclusions derived from other sources . |
| 7 | Lester was producing for the first time , after his experience with A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To the Forum . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 9 | A Special Forces man made the sign over his chest with a gun-free hand . |
| 10 | Alexander pushed the last of his toffee bacon and eggs into his mouth with a sticky finger and pointed towards the ‘ Rocket Railway ’ . |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | JILTED boyfriend Alan Graham killed his lover with a sawn-off shotgun yesterday before turning the weapon on himself . |
| 13 | President Allende is murdered and General Pinochet begins his dictatorship with a bloody crackdown . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Just as England 's hopes were dying in the third and final Test against India in Bombay , Hick revived his side with a magnificent innings of 99 not out . |
| 16 | As he fell , the rope tightened around his neck with a horrible jerk . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | This lasting antipathy coexisted in his mind with a rare mastery of philosophical debate and classical literature . |
| 19 | At the beginning of the story , Montag is happy to do this job and does not question the law he enforces but , as the book progresses , through his friendship with a young girl Clarisse McClellan , he is transfigured . |
| 20 | It has probably been caused by his friendship with a younger man . ’ |
| 21 | He snuggled down in his seat with a blissful smile , battered by images , swamped by noise , letting the film wash over him . |
| 22 | He deposited the sticky , oozing mess under his seat with a nasty feeling of satisfaction at the inconvenience it would cause the cleaners the next morning . |
| 23 | Her pale , oval face framed with raven-dark hair and her slender , high-breasted figure betrayed the Louisiana French blood in her veins , and the officer smiled directly into her eyes as she lifted a glass of fresh lime juice and glace pilee from his tray with a white-gloved hand . |
| 24 | He regarded his in-tray with a weary eye , then , sighing , picked up his pen again . |
| 25 | GUN shop assistant Peter Lamb shot dead an armed robber who threatened to blast his boss with a sawn-off shotgun . |
| 26 | In later years the shadow of the Counter-Reformation overcast his work with a new seriousness which found its most impressive expression in the Sixth Book of six-part madrigals ( 1595 ) with ‘ Se quel dolor ’ and the Ninth Book of five-part madrigals ( 1599 ) with ‘ Solo e pensoso ’ . |
| 27 | A Communications Union activist , Chris Hudson , collecting signatures for ‘ A Peace in Ireland ’ petition at the corner of St Stephens Green said he had met Dr Casey a couple of times in Ireland through his work with a third world charity . |
| 28 | Ware was a shy man , given to covering his shyness with a good deal of banter . |
| 29 | Tamed native birds flocked on the poolside boardwalk of their rented hideaway , ‘ Hawksnest ’ , as we met for the first time , and Robin encircled his shyness with a stream-of-consciousness banter , made easier by the antics of a visiting cocker spaniel , which bit the head off a parrot . |
| 30 | In five minutes he showed his menace with a sharp turn which left Mike Galloway standing . |