Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [noun pl] [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | The silhouetted fibres crave his attention . |
| 2 | Lawrence dug out videos of the semi-final clashes to show his players this week . |
| 3 | She was rescued when the door behind her suddenly opened and one of the junior chemists put his head round the door . |
| 4 | The narrow trousers made his legs look longer , strong and muscular ; the shoes were polished to a high shine . |
| 5 | The Progressive Democrats said his comments amounted to a charge of perjury against their leader . |
| 6 | A swell swept him forward , and one of the uniformed terrorists caught his wrist . |
| 7 | The beer he had already consumed that evening fogged his brain , and the brightness of the torches and the tall candles daggered his eyes . |
| 8 | Oddly enough , Ghanashyam ( A Broken Branch ) approaches opera in the nature of the story it tells : originating in village festivities , the tale unfolds a rake 's progress towards perdition , in this case via drugs , but with an extra metaphysical twist when the spirit of the departed returns to inhabit his wife . |
| 9 | Mr Wilson said the news of the loyalist killings broke his heart . |
| 10 | AT THE height of last week 's farcical premiership crisis , President Mitterrand slipped out of the Elysee Palace under the lenses and noses of the encamped journalists awaiting his decision , and went shopping . |
| 11 | But the final straw came when the would-be Biggles discovered his pride and joy was being used by someone he did n't know to smuggle drugs . |
| 12 | When he looked up , the tapering masses drawing his eyes aloft even in the dark , he could see the tall tower prolonging its leaping tension towards the stars . |
| 13 | He has built up a reputation for naïvely self-important pronouncements on the state of the world and for a determined shunning of personal publicity , but circumstances force him to stand by his words when the Evallonian Royalists seek his support . |
| 14 | If anything , the psychological condition of the black sportsman should be tension-packed given the social circumstances surrounding his involvement . |
| 15 | She stared at him , noting the dark patches darkening his shirt , and became uncomfortably aware of the trickle of sweat running down her own back . |
| 16 | A roar of arousal sounded out at once and he spoke above it , formal and explanatory now ( letting the standard phrases quell his own misgivings ) . |
| 17 | The Church 's Director of Communication , Rev Siteke Ubial Susey , wrote to Action describing the impossible conditions facing his country 's communicators : |
| 18 | The patient should not be expected to get dressed in the early stages following his stroke . |
| 19 | He had climbed in and settled himself down with a sigh of contentment at the way the softness and smoothness of the upholstered seats favoured his weary limbs . |
| 20 | He said it would be useful for the Jessi partners to consider his company 's participation . |
| 21 | The average yachtsmen lashes his ensign to the backstay , and there it stays until it rots . |
| 22 | ‘ La puta que te pario , ’ he spat at her , but backed away as the evil-looking prongs stroked his eyelashes . |
| 23 | His eyes blazed with a sudden fury , and as she cringed away from him in horror he took a deep breath and ruthlessly controlled himself till nothing but the white-boned knuckles showed his internal rage . |
| 24 | One of the white animals tapped his waistcoat . |
| 25 | ‘ But one of the leading consultants said his calcium levels were too high and there was a danger that he might slip into a coma . |
| 26 | The multiplying sins took his breath away . |
| 27 | Some of the infected Spaniards joined his army as mercenaries and the massive spread of the disease throughout Europe stemmed from this time . |
| 28 | Those were the words he spoke to her as she lay in his arms in the vulnerable moments following his pleasure when only a lout — in his opinion — would turn away from a woman without a word and go to sleep . |
| 29 | The girls sat down on a large pew-looking bench in the alcove and laughed at Billy who was standing with his back to the blazing logs doing his knee bending policeman act . |
| 30 | But when I concentrated on the postage-stamp-sized photographs bearing his name that had started to appear , I could no longer be certain that he and The Fat Controller were one and the same . |