Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [verb] his [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he 'd wipe his brush on a rag soaked in turps and wash his hands in the kitchen sink and off they 'd go , calling for Preston sometimes from next door , because he liked it , too . |
| 2 | Reg Akehurst 's charge was a firm favourite for that contest and gave his backers not the slightest hint of a scare when leading at the furlong pole to score by a length-and-a-half. way off the pace makes an accurate assessment of his progress very difficult for the handicapper , but this observer is convinced there is significant improvement still to come . |
| 3 | This formal order , which was signed by the President and recited his findings in relation to the two incidents , was sealed on 11 June 1992 , copies being then sent to M. 's solicitors , the solicitors for the other parties and to the governor of the prison . |
| 4 | Arghatun stopped speaking and bowed , but it was the older man who growled a reply and showed his teeth . |
| 5 | With a sigh of impatience Jake leaned back in his seat and ran his fingers through his thick dark hair . |
| 6 | The carer gently levers him forwards by placing her hands behind his seat and swivelling his hips sideways and forwards . |
| 7 | He lay back in his seat and closed his eyes . |
| 8 | He settled back in the seat and closed his eyes . |
| 9 | ‘ When you have over sixteen hundred violent and dangerous men in one place twenty-four hours a day , three hundred and sixty-five days a year , then the occasional problem does arise , ’ Nicholson said , leaning back in his seat and pressing his fingertips together . |
| 10 | ‘ Pisco sour , ’ he murmured , settling himself on his seat and closing his eyes . |
| 11 | Even though I could now visualize a cell or a room , and a man chained to a wall , trying to occupy his mind and keep his fears at bay , when I thought of John it was like thinking of him lost in an abstract painting which I did n't understand . |
| 12 | When the Emperor changed his mind and recalled his forces , the Pope determined to march south without them . |
| 13 | In his last illness Charlie Thomson was granted time to compose his mind and convey his messages . |
| 14 | There seems a note of valediction in the loving intensity of his description , a desire to record for one last time the scenes which , for more than a year , had so filled his mind and shaped his thoughts : |
| 15 | ‘ I 'll take the risk ! ’ he groaned , lowering his mouth to the base of her neck and sliding his hands along the soft pliancy of her body with such a startling response that further dissent was impossible . |
| 16 | Each one has a courage which controls his fear and subdues his emotions so that risks are made responsible and commitments in the face of danger are carefully calculated . |
| 17 | The satire " Novus regnat Salomon " attacks Innocent as the mercenary shepherd who abandons his flock to the wolf and sees " Salomon " as venal , loving not persons but their goods , and the poet Walter von der Vogelweide portrays Innocent as filling his chests with German silver and deplores his efforts to collect money for a crusade against the Albigensians . |
| 18 | With older children we might spend some time discussing this ( perhaps wondering if the giant would ever let us get near enough to open his mouth and clean his teeth for him ) ; with this age group , however , I immediately enthuse about the idea : " Right , that 's really good . |
| 19 | She drew his head down to her mouth and engaged his lips in a tender argument . |
| 20 | He was opening and shutting his mouth and licking his lips , much as a cat does when something disgusts it . |
| 21 | His face lit up suddenly , he wiped his mouth and shook his feet free of the snow cocoon . |
| 22 | He lay back and she stretched her body over his , leaning to his mouth and parting his lips with her tongue . |
| 23 | No sooner had Havard become a friend than Lewis casually asked one day why Minto and Maureen did not entertain the doctor 's family ; have his wife to tea and allow his children to swim in the quarry pond . |
| 24 | Charles behaved rather like a landlord who could take a long view of the future and expect his possessions to provide him with an income in the fullness of time . |
| 25 | When Hurley got off on one of his tirades , Dany Habib , his number two , would stand in the doorway and roll his eyes , and Connie , his secretary , a typical career civil service type , would cluck around like a mother hen . |
| 26 | Daak swivelled on the sick-bay couch and planted his feet on the floor . |
| 27 | He stroked his hands over the dark fabric and shifted his shoulders against the silky lining . |
| 28 | I groped for Toby in the dark and found his hands , and they held on to me , and I shouted again to an unknown listener as I had wanted to in the street : " I do n't want this ! |
| 29 | They relate that while at that medrese Cemaleddin Aksarayi followed the ancient Greek practice and divided his students into three classes : those whom he taught on the way from his dwelling to the medrese peripatetics ) ; those whom he taught under the pillars of the medrese stoics ) ; and those whom he taught in the interior of the medrese . |
| 30 | Then , taking a gulp of air , she leaned into the car and pressed his eyelids shut with the forefinger and thumb of her right hand , shuddering as the icy coldness of his flesh communicated itself to her . |