Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jean-Paul looked down at his own oiled body , then spat on to his palm for added lubrication . |
| 2 | He will be on the wing for Oxford this afternoon and will be cheered on by his father Malcolm , the last South African to win an Olympic medal before isolation ( the 400m bronze in Rome in 1960 ) . |
| 3 | Yet nothing had changed since , and his worry now was not for the competition , but for what lay beyond , what would happen to Firelight when he left school in the summer and joined the ranks of the unemployed or , with doubtful luck , got on to his father 's building site . |
| 4 | ‘ Aye ; well ’ — he got on to his feet now — ‘ it takes somebody to expose it . |
| 5 | He got on to his knees , then rose in a crouch and hit Pascoe full on the chest with a tight fist . |
| 6 | Pascoe got on to his knees like a man at prayer , and hauled Singer towards him by his hair , punching twice , hard , as he pulled the man in . |
| 7 | The very next day , Sunday , I would have to attend the same chapel in its religious function , and the fact that the previous evening it had been a battleground for people who were supposed to be friends and allies , while the ‘ enemy ’ got on with his job uninterrupted outside , led to a more or less permanent confusion in my mind , which I now believe to be totally justified , between violence and religion , and between fact and fancy [ or film ] . |
| 8 | The Captain got on with his crostini which was excellent . |
| 9 | He had metaphorically shaken a large fist , impotently , at some looming energy-field , and got on with his work , his work . |
| 10 | Everything then was twice as frightening , so I returned to the gentle patting and quiet treatment with which I had tried to persevere before , and slowly Jester forgot his ‘ fear ’ and got on with his work . |
| 11 | She hung on his every word at dinner , and after coffee , when la Principessa excused herself and retired and the little group adjourned to the sitting-room for liquers and brandy , Sofia dropped to a cushion at his feet and gazed worshipfully into his face . |
| 12 | ‘ In total , he received around £12,000 of cigarettes and spirit which he had given away to business colleagues or sold on through his business , ’ said Roger Dutton , prosecuting . |
| 13 | ‘ In total he received around £12,000 of cigarettes and spirits which he had given away to business colleagues or sold on through his business , ’ said Roger Dutton , prosecuting . |
| 14 | Lust glowed redly in his terrible face , and then faded . |
| 15 | Drawing nervously on his cigarette , a uniformed guard said : ‘ What shall I say ? |
| 16 | The form begins with the practitioner standing naturally , his feet shoulder-width apart and his arms hanging loosely by his side . |
| 17 | As the ground drifted up he saw the barbarian standing stock still , chest heaving , arms hanging loosely by his sides . |
| 18 | There was the largest hornets ' nest he had ever seen , hanging right in his path . |
| 19 | A presence lived on in his absence . |
| 20 | And Marie , oblivious of her cold , wet jacket , clung on to his arm as they walked along . |
| 21 | Carey was often discouraged and frustrated but stubbornly pressed on with his translation work , realising its vital importance in the foundation of any missionary venture . |
| 22 | … which is not until Act 5 , when the poet re-enters briefly , prattling on to his captors ' exasperation . |
| 23 | For just an instant she seemed to see right into his eyes , past the protective barrier that he instinctively put up against intruders . |
| 24 | Although William Vertue [ q.v. ] was a consultant several times called to Cambridge , the design of the vaults differs widely from his style but agrees perfectly with Wastell 's details at Canterbury . |
| 25 | You may also need to lay on a messenger service to deliver the film to the newspaper building while the photographer goes on to his next assignment . |
| 26 | Having established his basic historical schema , Shepherd goes on to his most original contribution , an analysis of how the two ‘ world-views ’ are ‘ encoded ’ in music , in each case the musical structures and the structures of society and of social consciousness forming ‘ homologies ’ . |
| 27 | But Sir Bernard was outraged ; and since , throughout this account , he goes on about his rectitude and his impartiality as a civil servant , it is worth quoting him on what happened to journalists who fell out with him . |
| 28 | He goes on about his experience of life and how he knows more about it . |
| 29 | ‘ He goes on about his daughter rather a lot . ’ |
| 30 | The managing director makes very sure that he knows all that goes on in his firm . |