Example sentences of "[prep] his [noun] [conj] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That man was admitted to hospital after his fall and died there within a week without regaining consciousness . |
| 2 | Marshall 's flax business declined after his death and closed down altogether in 1886 , but the building remains standing ( and occupied ) as a monument to the slight attack of megalomania that Yorkshire 's textile industry went through in the nineteenth century . |
| 3 | A second group of provincial delegates arrived in St Petersburg just after his appointment and provided him with a sympathetic audience for his opinions . |
| 4 | Daniel Omara Atubu was reportedly badly beaten after his arrest and showed physical signs of ill-treatment when he appeared in court . |
| 5 | He told the paper that his life had been a torment after his arrest and explained that a simple error had led to his misfortune . |
| 6 | When he returned to England in the middle of December , the winter again affected him ; he contracted bronchitis ten days after his arrival and suffered a further three attacks during January 1951 . |
| 7 | Hoomey happened to be standing on the grass , thinking he was well out of it , saw the horse 's great gobbling mouth advancing towards his ankles and leapt back , swallowing his chewing-gum . |
| 8 | Lady Usk watched him wend a hasty path towards his wife and turned back to the window to find that Miss Kyte was standing stock-still on the terrace , staring in at her . |
| 9 | She smiled at them again , and one of the young men leant towards his companion and said something which made them both laugh . |
| 10 | At about 7 a.m. he walked towards his house and hid in the bushes across the road and watched for his dad to leave for work . |
| 11 | She bit softly just below his hip and watched him stir . |
| 12 | Stok stood up and put his hands on the small of his back and threw his head back like a man in pain . |
| 13 | She locked her arms around the small of his back and pulled him hard into her , crazed by the sensation caused by his utter maleness enveloping her softness . |
| 14 | He shut the door of his apartment and turned to her at once , putting her shoulders against the wall , knocking her legs apart with his knee . |
| 15 | As an invalid might , or a child , Wallace Ellwood sat in a chair by the window of his apartment and watched the traffic go by . |
| 16 | Bob 's phone rang , and while he was talking Dyson , who was sitting back in his chair and waiting for someone at the other end of the line , covered up the mouthpiece of his phone and said , ‘ Are you coming to the funeral , Tess ? ’ |
| 17 | Robyn saw the tightness in his expression , the grim set of his jaw and began to scramble up from her half-lying position on the settee . |
| 18 | His hair was still quite closely cropped , and his beard now followed the lines of his jaw and allowed her to see the hard fierce lines of his face . |
| 19 | In a preface to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , published in this year , he described the landscape of his childhood and speculated about the boy who remained within the adult and successful figure of Mark Twain — the boy who was called " Huck " and whom Eliot saw as a symbol of freedom like the Mississippi itself ; it was impossible for that boy r that river " to have a beginning or end — a career " . |
| 20 | ‘ You would almost think he had heard the news as well , ’ said Morgund of Moray , who had a round red bruise from a spear-butt in the middle of his forehead and had blunted his axe on six men . |
| 21 | She listened for the click of his door and relaxed when it came , only to be aware of every sound he made . |
| 22 | His basic salary as Naval Officer was only $800 a year which was not high for the importance of his position but compared favourably with the $180 a year he had received as an army Captain 3 years earlier . |
| 23 | In this letter the deceased referred to various of his investments and asked Mr. Clarke to let him know ‘ the present value of each of my holdings . ’ |
| 24 | A statement expressed ‘ sincere regret ’ for the letter informing Mr Gooch of his dismissal and confirmed the letter was based on misinformation . |
| 25 | Edward turned away from the assembled prelates and nobles of his council and addressed Philip V as follows : |
| 26 | Zacchaeus made a public confession of his past and declared he was ready to make amends . |
| 27 | ’ Franks opened a drawer of his desk and came out with a polythene bag . |
| 28 | Without taking his eyes off him , he opened the drawer of his desk and felt about inside it until he had located a toffee . |
| 29 | When the doctor had gone , he opened the top drawer of his desk and took from it the contents of Charlie Hatton 's pockets . |
| 30 | He glanced at his watch , opened the top drawer of his desk and swept the papers in . |