Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] his [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , she had never managed to develop a hide quite tough enough for his barbs to bounce off , and it seemed she never would . |
| 2 | But they did n't go in a book ; they were only for his friends to read . |
| 3 | " He carried off his subjects ' wives , daughters and kinswomen by force and made them his concubines ; when he had sated his own lust on them he handed them down for his soldiers to enjoy . |
| 4 | Parker now , one hand , the flat of the palm , moving up his chest , under his shirt , and the other down between his legs digging in his anus . |
| 5 | Philip Snowden , dour but competent , became Chancellor of the Exchequer ; and the avuncular Arthur Henderson , who alone of his colleagues had sat in the Cabinets of Asquith and Lloyd George , Home Secretary . |
| 6 | According to one loyalist thirties thirty or so of his colleagues think it 's more fun to vote against the Government , a smaller number go further , they think a spell in opposition might enhance their own careers . |
| 7 | He was still there lying down with his eyes shut . |
| 8 | what sit down with his flies undone ? |
| 9 | ‘ No one has a go at Van Basten , who 's aggressive and gets stuck in with his elbows flying . |
| 10 | He walked off , shuffling along with his hands tucked deep in his coat pockets and his shoulders hunched and swaying as he moved . |
| 11 | Visits to school were few and far between and it was not long before his parents washed their hands of him . |
| 12 | He was wise enough in his broadcasts to refrain from one tactic , the inspiration of that chill fear which some of his political ranting achieved in the 193()s . |
| 13 | Whereas Sutherland describes the Augustan poet as a man at dinner with his friends , Sitter leaves the impression of the mid-century poet alone in his rooms gnawing a joint . |
| 14 | Culley had climbed a small bluff and crouched down on his heels to clear the skyline . |
| 15 | He came down on his knees to do a solo really because he ca n't actually play to back me up ! |
| 16 | Across his scalp and down to his brows spread a searing pain . |
| 17 | The return to normality after the Angelus hush made him feel that the all-seeing spirit which had for a while hovered doubtfully over his actions had now moved on . |
| 18 | Corbett stared down at his hands gripping the table edge . |
| 19 | Walsh set a record for the most economical bowling in a one-day international between Test-playing countries with just eleven runs off eleven overs , but 21 no-balls and wides sent down by his chums did not help the struggle , especially as Gooch was ‘ out ’ twice to no-balls . |
| 20 | Something most of his patients gave willingly : a confession . |
| 21 | He lay in a sort of mental haze until a feeling of restriction just below his buttocks penetrated his still slumbering state . |
| 22 | A cook from the kitchens took one in the eye and stumbled backwards with his hands pressed to his temples . |
| 23 | As they lifted him on to a stretcher and then on to the jeep the blanket slipped away from his shoulders revealing his red hair and a very white arm covered in freckles . |
| 24 | The Dalai Lama had said on March 10 that unless China responded soon to his proposals made in June 1988 at the European Parliament in Strasbourg , he would consider himself not bound by the five-point peace plan , although he remained committed to negotiations with China . |
| 25 | It is enough to say that , having adopted the character of Oliver Twist , I have been fortunate in meeting with a kindlier and less formidable response than he ; and while anyone who knows the editor 's capabilities must realise that it is not beyond his powers to write a further introduction of the same delight as that preceding Volume II , it would be unreasonable to complain that in his assessment of the situation the needs of prompt publication have been put first . |
| 26 | I landed on Shadwell , who was already on his feet screaming at the technicians . |
| 27 | Charles was already on his feet looking sheepish . |
| 28 | But Charlie was already on his feet advancing up the hill . |
| 29 | The hon. Member for Stockton , North said that , when he had only been going two minutes , Richard Holt was already on his feet challenging him . |
| 30 | Still with his hands cuffed in front of him , he took it full on the jaw . |