Example sentences of "[pers pn] and [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 | He looked at me and chewed his bottom lip as if searching for a remnant of breakfast . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | After a short , ugly pause , Toby came up behind me and hung his handkerchief over the mirror with a mortician 's gesture . |
| 8 | He peered down at me and scratched his head as he replaced his cap on his bald head . |
| 9 | McIllvanney turned back to me and dropped his voice very slightly . |
| 10 | 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 ) . |
| 11 | Still hurrying along at a hundred miles an hour he leaned over towards me and lowered his voice . |
| 12 | Bound and gagged me and took his beastly photographs . |
| 13 | After a moment Toby came up behind me and rested his chin on my shoulder . |
| 14 | Then he stopped in front of me and put his face very close to mine . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He flung his arms around me and pushed his beard in my face . |
| 17 | He turned round when he saw me and waved his hammer . |
| 18 | I smiled at both of them and told his friend my clothes suited him . |
| 19 | Light though his touch was , she found it infinitely exciting and when his fingertip reached the centre of her lips , she opened them and felt his finger on her tongue . |
| 20 | The senator smiled broadly at all of them and lifted his hand towards the Frenchman , gesturing for him to lead the way . |
| 21 | When the Major returned and discovered what they had done , he galloped off and , knowing the country , was able to overtake the thieves on the road to Ludlow , where he killed most of them and retrieved his property . |
| 22 | Instead he silently walked the few feet between them and put his arms round her . |
| 23 | He veered left towards them and put his own jacket on the ground . |
| 24 | I gave him a hard releasing shove in the general direction of Sam , Perkin and an open-mouthed Gareth and at last watched a dozen restraining hands clutch and keep him from destroying himself entirely , but he struggled against them and turned his vindictive face my way and shouted in still exploding rage , ‘ I 'll kill you . ’ |
| 25 | It was at that moment their quarry became aware of them and increased his own speed sharply , sprinting flat out across a small clearing . |
| 26 | Ben the actor appeared beside them and started his piece , and I saw Filmer turn a bland face towards him and watched his mouth shape the unmistakable words , ‘ Go away . ’ |
| 27 | The priest looked around at them and curled his lip . |
| 28 | If the fall had n't killed him , the large diamond of glass he 'd brought with him and impaled his neck on certainly had . |
| 29 | But , generally , Ollie seemed to have been good for him and brought his character out a lot . |
| 30 | Half-blinded by the glare , Manville picked out two black shapes moving towards him and brought his gun up quickly , thumbing off the safety catch . |