Example sentences of "[verb] his [noun] [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the night when the hut was quiet apart from the coughing and the bed creaks and the whimpering of men in despair , he had gone to the stove and heated his shape until it was dried and firm . |
| 2 | The authority is not bound to accept his recommendations but it is rare for many , or any of substance , to be overruled . |
| 3 | ‘ Meanwhile I 'm up here scrimping and saving and keeping his daughter when it 's not really my fault that we 're having a divorce . ’ |
| 4 | He liked her uncertain and apprehensive ; it reinforced his power and it was part of the punishment . |
| 5 | ‘ They say every man has his double and it is conceivable they made a mistake , ’ he said . |
| 6 | Sunny Jim drops his pizza and it gets all over Sam 's right cuff . |
| 7 | With fiery hands , he lifted the besuited killer off the ground , and bent his back until it snapped . |
| 8 | Sarella caught his hand where it tangled in her hair . |
| 9 | He left a note explaining his action and it was read out at the inquest . |
| 10 | It would focus his attention where it should be focused : on finding Samantha . |
| 11 | Stravinsky had started composing Les Noces before 1913 and often played it toDiaghilev , gradually simplifying his ideas until it became the present cantata for voices , four pianos and percussion . |
| 12 | It was infuriating to have let anger steal his tongue as it had . |
| 13 | and he 's been and gorrit , he 's took his half and it 's going , i cos I thought I 'll come to your house and tell you in front |
| 14 | The hook ( a ) Slide back to avoid the opponent 's front kick , then hook his foot as it lands |
| 15 | Edwards 's health having deteriorated during 1814 , he determined to sell his library and it went under the hammer of R. H. Evans on 15 April 1815 , the 830 lots bringing £8,432 . |
| 16 | He reiterated his belief that it was necessary for Czechoslovakia " to remain a common state for both nations " and for the " rapid and extensive transformation of our economy " to be continued . |
| 17 | In the year 604 , Justus was ordained Bishop of Rochester , he then ordaining priests to serve his church and it is not unlikely that the priests visited the surrounding countryside . |
| 18 | He inspected the roof of a house and advised his client that it was likely to ‘ slip ’ at any time . |
| 19 | Endill bent down and tried to reach his hand but it was too far away . |
| 20 | He knew that he had somehow to stay here on the headland , to keep always in view that monstrous building which dominated his imagination as it did his view . |
| 21 | By 1989 InterCity director Dr john Prideaux was reassuring his customers that it was wrong to regard the APT as a failure ; it had indeed been a great design success ! |
| 22 | He had brushed most of the knots and tangles from his hair and scrubbed his skin until it hurt . |
| 23 | As he pushed them open , they made a great scraping noise and Endill had to cover his ears because it was so loud . |
| 24 | She could n't see his expression but it did n't take a fool to realise that distaste and contempt must lurk there . |
| 25 | It may be hard to accept , but the argument goes that it is easier for a creative and original performer to learn how to play his instrument than it is for a consummate player to learn creativity . |
| 26 | He could hardly believe his eyes and it was then he knew that he was unable to rely on his sensory feelings ( the kinaesthetic sense ) . |
| 27 | Nick shook his head when it was offered to him . |
| 28 | But as soon as he cursed himself for being taken in last night by Isabel 's distress , two insistent memories shook his belief that it had been an act put on for his benefit : the way she had clung fiercely to his hand when they had passed the dungeons , her grip almost painfully strong , and the stricken expression on her face when he had ordered her to strip . |
| 29 | I imagined his grandfather leading his tribe as it migrated from Al Ain to Abu Dhabi , then on to the Liwa and beyond towards Qatar . |
| 30 | How can he convince his wife that it 's wrong to spank her boys ? |