Example sentences of "[verb] his [noun] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Hollins helped his family turn their small island off north Wales into a wildlife sanctuary . |
| 2 | It jerked his foot banged his knee and was yanked back open . |
| 3 | Griffith 's ambition to be both artist and prophet made him elevate melodrama into something fuller in terms of its emotional and social range and the stunning way in which the totally real sense of society sustained his story-line gave his films what appeared to be the power of history and the richness of literature . |
| 4 | Davidoff and Hall have recently underlined not only the strong conception of ministerial leadership possessed by John Angell James at Carr 's Lane in Birmingham — ‘ We occupy a very public station ; like the angel standing in the sun we must be seen ’ — but demonstrated his ability to lead his chapel in alignment with Anglican reformers to work for antislavery , temperance and projects of moral benevolence within the community . |
| 5 | Chapman 's handling of players was based on a calculated appraisal of each man 's temperament , and in Hulme 's case he obviously considered that a sharp rebuff and a spell in the third team would boost his determination to improve his game . |
| 6 | Alan Giles , the new supremo at Waterstones , was unable to spend very long at the drink spotty that followed the Publishers Association 's a.g.m. last Thursday — he was rushing off to meet his wife to celebrate their wedding anniversary . |
| 7 | Damian said unsteadily , and bent his head to kiss her mouth with slow , sensual desire , and that was how they made love , their bodies moving as slowly but surely towards that ecstasy as that initial kiss did , until Rachel , this time , was breathless and incoherent , delirious with pleasure as she reached climax through his strokes and expertise and unbelievably exciting lovemaking . |
| 8 | I stopped his neighbours burning his house once , and for that he owes me . |
| 9 | The thin material parted under his fingers and he pushed his hand beneath it to find his palm brushing her naked breast . |
| 10 | A West German journalist who interviewed a man claiming to be an IRA terrorist won a court ruling last week upholding his right to protect his sources and forbidding the federal prosecutor 's office from questioning him . |
| 11 | His shortcomings in the world of study and his equally dismal record of sporting achievements did nothing to diminish his desire to perfect his skills of aggression and nastiness . |
| 12 | His mind drifted and he let his horse find its path through the crowds . |
| 13 | Several times he almost stopped himself , but it felt so good to be unburdened that he let his tongue defy his better judgement . |
| 14 | He let his eyes roam her face , as though he was assessing her worthiness as a repository for his secrets . |
| 15 | He used his pub to orchestrate his case as a ‘ non-conformist conscientious objector ’ . |
| 16 | Mortimer used his position to advance his interests still further . |
| 17 | The policeman waited until Whitlock had put his hands on the police car then used his foot to spread his legs . |
| 18 | After the Great War Sir Henry , an estate agent and former Mayor of Fulham , used his influence to get his club elected to the enlarged First Division , but Arsenal found it hard going , their best season being 1920–21 when they finished ninth . |
| 19 | He no doubt intended to bring the local Forest administration more closely under his control : he certainly used his opportunities to promote his own relatives . |
| 20 | It was allowable under the law for a husband who changed his mind to receive his wife back without ceremony . |
| 21 | Father Poole covered his eyes with his hand , not wanting his curate to see his tears . |
| 22 | Her virtue is so important to her that she can more easily contemplate her brother sacrificing his life to save her virginity than that she might sacrifice herself for him . |
| 23 | And when he 's fishing close inshore , watching the signals from his huer on the cliff path and ordering his boats to cast their nets to enclose the shoals of silvery fish that dart and move just beneath the surface , you look down from two hundred feet and you think to yourself , perhaps , perhaps … |
| 24 | Because of his superior height , his head was on a level with hers and she could feel his breath stirring her hair . |
| 25 | They might have become becalmed there as their heads ballooned with the drink but the Duke told his piper to rouse their feet with a steady march , ‘ Murdo Mackenzie of Torridon ’ , and they headed off downstream towards Grandtully past the standing stone , the quiet watcher , while damp black shadow massed in the river-channel as though the night came from there . |
| 26 | Let his man make his way back there , and let me have the third horse and bring you the quickest way to Ullesthorpe . |
| 27 | He lay still until the pain had subsided again to a dull ache , then let his eyes examine his surroundings as far as was possible without moving his head . |
| 28 | Yeltsin 's choice of Col. Alexander Rutskoi , the founder of the Communists for Democracy group in the Russian parliament , signified his intention to maximise his support among moderate as well as radical voters . |
| 29 | Sally-Anne closed her eyes , opened them to see him lift his hands to cover his face , his head bent , shoulders bowed , his world in ruins about him . |
| 30 | Arrangements were made for a voluntary tutor to visit his home to supplement his studies . |