Example sentences of "[noun pl] [subord] his [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had gone into his father 's firm of solicitors where his looks endeared him to wives in divorce cases , although his extreme reluctance to take decisions prevented them obtaining the best results . |
| 2 | Marlowe chooses to escape from his own Elizabethan society to a land of innocent pursuits where his shepherd asks a young lady , ‘ Come live with me and be my love ’ . |
| 3 | When it was over , the top of his head ached where it had been crammed up against the headboard and there were red marks just below his knees where his legs had gone over the footboard . |
| 4 | B then would not find his claim inadmissible for failure to exhaust domestic remedies if his advisers thought that the House of Lords would not and/or that the Court of Appeal would have given judgment on the unresolved arguments . |
| 5 | He will stay on in a consultancy role for a few months until his successor settles into the job . |
| 6 | The tins were hidden behind a shelf of books because his landlady forbade cooking in the room , apart from kettle-boiling . |
| 7 | Why was Roger Seelig told by someone giving medical advice several months after his trial began that he was on the verge of a mental breakdown , yet last week he was roaring up the M4 in his Porsche to look after his two properties ? |
| 8 | Six months after his leg had been broken , he still walked with a perceptible limp , and this morning he looked harassed . |
| 9 | The question of married couples came up and one relative expressed shock that his elderly father was being chased for ‘ maintenance ’ — a financial contribution towards the costs six months after his spouse had been admitted to a nursing home . |
| 10 | Three months after his symptoms had started , he could not sleep at all , and suffered from waking dreams . |
| 11 | Television celebrity , Leslie Crowther has been allowed home from hospital , four months after his car crashed off a motorway . |
| 12 | FROM ME TO YOU Boss Kevin Keegan salutes the Magpie fans after his side kept up their 100 per cent record at the top of the First Division |
| 13 | Although Adrian 's vision is back to normal , it 'll be months before his eyelashes grow back . |
| 14 | Although Adrian 's vision is back to normal , it 'll be months before his eyelashes grow back . |
| 15 | He would be unlikely to survive the procedure but could well remain dependent on machinery for life support for weeks if not months before his heart stopped beating . |
| 16 | De Gaulle 's letters in the months before his return stressed that he would take no further initiatives until the French people had demonstrated their disgust with the existing regime and their desire for a radical change . |
| 17 | The plaintiffs claim that the defendant did not succeed to the secure tenancy of 336 , Stocksfield Road because he had not resided at 336 , Stocksfield Road for 12 months before his brother died . |
| 18 | Damian said in a voice thick with desire , dragging air into his lungs momentarily , staring at her with glittering eyes before his mouth claimed hers again , deeper , more demanding , and Rachel 's fingers were stroking his throat , her mouth moving blindly against his , and she felt his hands on her hips , hard and shaking , pressing her against him until she felt the evidence of his own fierce excitement hard against her . |
| 19 | That rebellion caused her to be half inclined to scrape her hair back in a ‘ schoolmarm ’ hairstyle , and to be wearing her heavy hornrimmed spectacles when His Lordship called . |
| 20 | His thumbs explored her ears as his fingertips soothed the back of her neck and as Jenna moulded herself closer his hands moved to her body , tracing her spine and then sliding down to her hips to hold her against him . |
| 21 | He waddled towards her , taking short little steps as his trousers trailed on the floor . |
| 22 | Alice closed her eyes as his face came nearer . |
| 23 | Coach driver Peter Wright lost both his legs when his bus crashed into a bridge upright on the M40 at Tetsworth last November . |
| 24 | They say here that he will do no more of these questionless immobile heads as his designs begin to set the immobile against the mobile . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'll sell Grandpa 's pictures when his reputation comes round . ’ |
| 26 | He shrugged his shoulders as his voice trailed away . |
| 27 | Then she stiffened , a startled gasp escaping her lips when his mouth began to string a row of tiny moist kisses down the side of her throat . |
| 28 | Robyn watched as his hands moulded and caressed each silken mound , heard the gasp of delight escape from her own lips as his fingers played with the darkened peaks . |
| 29 | Her protest died on her lips as his arms brushed across her breasts , and a fierce feeling of confusion swept over her . |
| 30 | A long animal cry was forced from her lips as his mouth teased her though the silk of her bra , the damp lace rough against her fired nerves . |