Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] [vb past] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | David grinned in that unassuming way of his and made his class line-up for my autograph . |
| 2 | Here she raised her square white face up to his and sought his eyes . |
| 3 | Marcus shouted from the doorway in that distinctly unfriendly tone of his and clapped his hands hard . |
| 4 | He groaned , caught her hand in his and pressed his mouth to the palm . |
| 5 | Three , why does n't he ask me himself or set his Archdeacon on ? |
| 6 | ‘ Glory be to God , if it was not the Lord himself that sent His Holy angels to spread their blessed wings over you and keep you from all harm . |
| 7 | Mr. Thorpe then contacted the Health Authority himself and pleaded his case to no avail . |
| 8 | Tom handed him a towel and after he had dried himself and had his hair rubbed and combed and had put his pyjamas on , he sat down on the pouffe by the armchair while Tom sat ready to tell him a story . |
| 9 | Although he always treated Richard Baxter with the utmost politeness and civility , he nevertheless refused to embrace the Gospel himself and kept his family and servants away from the meetings . |
| 10 | ‘ Read a book by a man , ’ she said , adding severely , ‘ and I do n't except Madame Bovary or Anna Karenina — and you will find that he has put breasts and a silken skirt and long-lashed eyes and lustrous hair on himself and filled his poupée with his own desires . ’ |
| 11 | He pinched himself and warmed his hands on the fire , shuddering against the extremes of the cold night air and the warmth of the signal box . |
| 12 | He blessed himself and dropped his eyes as the hearse passed . |
| 13 | Tony smiled to himself and drummed his fingers on the edge of the table . |
| 14 | Then he retrieved his clothes and suitcase from the locker-room , dressed himself and packed his case . |
| 15 | Zeno crossed himself and bowed his head . |
| 16 | So now he lay on his back and thought of nothing and took his pulse from time to time . |
| 17 | He said nothing and closed his eyes . |
| 18 | He looked at me and chewed his bottom lip as if searching for a remnant of breakfast . |
| 19 | Oh , I was n't and erm , the next thing I know I 've nearly fucking been bowled over , sort of the bags in fucking look behind me , so those two fucking bought the bags back down fucking legs and I 've just caught this like running round another , another thing , I thought oh fucking little kid , the next thing I know there 's another one gone pass me like , taken the bags , the handles out of the plastic bags , fucking and it was a girl that was going first this time , so I and sure enough there was a little fucking brat boy coming again , so I just went flying he sort of looked up at me and rubbed his eye like that and carried on running after the . |
| 20 | After a short , ugly pause , Toby came up behind me and hung his handkerchief over the mirror with a mortician 's gesture . |
| 21 | He peered down at me and scratched his head as he replaced his cap on his bald head . |
| 22 | McIllvanney turned back to me and dropped his voice very slightly . |
| 23 | He was at No 6 with It 'll Be Me and had his own column in the Mirror , which cost a mere 3d ( 1 1/4p ) . |
| 24 | Still hurrying along at a hundred miles an hour he leaned over towards me and lowered his voice . |
| 25 | Bound and gagged me and took his beastly photographs . |
| 26 | After a moment Toby came up behind me and rested his chin on my shoulder . |
| 27 | Then he stopped in front of me and put his face very close to mine . |
| 28 | He came to me and put his arms round me and said , " I 'm terribly glad , " and from the simple way he said it I knew that against all the evidence he had believed me , perhaps because he wanted to . |
| 29 | He flung his arms around me and pushed his beard in my face . |
| 30 | He turned round when he saw me and waved his hammer . |