Example sentences of "[prep] his [noun] [conj] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He propped his absence o arse against the rim of his desk and contemplated me . |
| 32 | She looked through the drawers of his desk and found nothing to indicate the financial problems her cousin had spoken of . |
| 33 | Albert clasped his hands together in front of his chest and looked suitably forlorn . |
| 34 | He guided her hand to the hard surface of his chest and placed it above his heart . |
| 35 | To take the philosophical one first , it was actually Nietzsche 's isolation at a critical period of his life that helped to create the need which Schopenhauer was to satisfy . |
| 36 | During this time Coe was on the dole and living in Bermondsey , and it is this period of his life that gave him the basis for The Dwarves of Death . |
| 37 | He created around himself at Hamilton Terrace a kind of family and it was this aspect of his life that allowed Susan Einzig to conceive of herself as a mother figure . |
| 38 | Although unconsummated , this relationship was undoubtedly the most satisfactory of his life and resulted in his passionate advocacy of animal rights . |
| 39 | Having been waited on hand and foot for most of his life and had people jump whenever he called , he has never really had the opportunity to be anything else . |
| 40 | He had lived in Stepney for most of his life and had come to South London to work for Joe Maitland when the warehouse opened two years ago . |
| 41 | It would be nice to think their affair had meant something to him , and after Seville he was picking up the pieces of his life and had found happiness with another woman . |
| 42 | He had evidently been in fear of his life and purchased the weapon for that reason , since he had already been attacked on two previous occasions . |
| 43 | Selous went on bird-watching and writing nearly to the end of his life and died at home in Weymouth 25 March 1934 . |
| 44 | He 'd lived there most of his life and got on well with his neighbours . |
| 45 | Nigel pulled the offending tracksuit out of his case and demonstrated , pinging the elastic till it finally broke . |
| 46 | He was one of the leading entomologists of his day and began experimenting with ways of overcoming the disease when it first appeared in Madeira , in 1873 , until he finally succeeded ( in 1883 ) in controlling it in his vineyards . |
| 47 | He dropped the remnant carcase of his prey and pushed up into the fresh morning sky . |
| 48 | Guido took a mouthful of his drink and paused in what he was saying , looking up at her with an amused , curious glint in his eye . |
| 49 | He quaffed the rest of his drink and sighed . |
| 50 | Plummer took a sip of his drink and wandered across to the window , peering out into the night . |
| 51 | Horrified , he uttered a cry and fell on his hands and face upon the table , and , striking against the golden vessels , broke some of his teeth and lay there apparently lifeless . |
| 52 | I misunderstood the cause of his mood and remarked on it in a letter . |
| 53 | He knotted the cord of his dressing-gown and left the room . |
| 54 | Bernard dug his hands into the pockets of his dressing-gown and moved to the window where he stared across the lawn at the empty swimming pool . |
| 55 | He thought of his Katya and wondered if she was still alive , or whether Grandfather Denknetzeyan had now finally been reunited with her again . |
| 56 | As the prophetic people flocked around Jesus , and as they saw the transformation in the lives of his disciples and heard the words of life and hope , they longed for a rebellion against the Roman occupation of Judea or a reformation of the Pharisaical law . |
| 57 | VARIOUS LOCAL PEOPLE ABSENTED THEMSELVES BECAUSE OF HIS PRESENCE AND TRAVELLED TO ENNISKILLEN TO ATTEND AN ALTERNATIVE SERVICE . |
| 58 | The King of England in ancient times , he figures in fairy legends as follows : a mysterious creature covered in hair and cloven-hoofed , paid a visit to King Herla on the occasion of his marriage and showered him with many marvellous gifts . |
| 59 | Father Poole reached into the pocket of his jacket and took out his snuff-box . |
| 60 | He took a white handkerchief from the top pocket of his jacket and wiped his forehead . |