Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [subord] his [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What he discovered pleased him because his lips softened against hers and his questing hand slid beneath her hair to find her tender nape and soothe wonderfully . |
| 2 | In 1972 , Cooper legally adopted him as his son , as much to disinherit his own family as to ensure that under French law , most of his estate would go to his ‘ son ’ . |
| 3 | He told us once his sister 's girl had married a Frenchman . ’ |
| 4 | However , before he had time to dwell on the thought , another stronger jolt shook him when his fingers grasped her wrists and he pulled her hands away from her face . |
| 5 | Given that the people had put him there , the Emperor envisaged it as his duty to be seen as the people 's servant — not just in the matter of governing but in his behaviour as a Sovereign who must associate the people with all aspects of his life . |
| 6 | He let the girl jog past him and then jumped out on to her back ; she never even heard him until his arms were around her body . |
| 7 | A wild , harsh moan escaped him as his body melted into hers . |
| 8 | A gasp escaped her as his arms clasped her against him , one hand holding her head to his shoulder . |
| 9 | Relief and remorse for doubting him flooded her as his hands moved to relieve himself of his jeans . |
| 10 | Watching Silas , the answer evaded her because his face remained expressionless , so she pushed the question away from her and got on with the job . |
| 11 | The hospital contacted us because his injuries were so bad . |
| 12 | Safdarjung interested me because his life seemed to encapsulate perfectly the intriguing but cataclysmic half-century that linked the Mughal high noon at the close of the seventeenth century with the decay and disintegration of the Twilight fifty years later . |
| 13 | A sympathetic jury acquitted him after his counsel had luridly described the terrors and confusions for plaintiffs of undergoing cross-examination in libel actions . |
| 14 | I asked him when his birthday was , |
| 15 | He saw it as his mission to make sure the Prime Minister did not lose this crucial vote . |
| 16 | Beauty to him came from the soul , as we say , and he saw it as his task to exteriorise it in some way that harmonized with the subject matter . |
| 17 | ‘ The king my father learned of my regard for yourself from Sir Thomas Vaughan who saw it as his duty to inform him , ’ Edward told her with notable reluctance . |
| 18 | Encouraged , he went on , ‘ The President introduced you as his granddaughter but he did n't give you a name . ’ |
| 19 | She might lose him but for now he was as enslaved as she was and Maggie caressed him as he caressed her until his kisses grew more demanding and he turned her beneath him again . |
| 20 | Weakness invaded her as his tongue darted over the fullness of her soft lips , dipped to taste the sweet moistness within . |
| 21 | He gave it as his opinion in 1926 , shortly before Browne 's inglorious departure , that the current state of affairs in Masai District represented ‘ indirect administration in its purest form ’ , and thought this happy circumstance could mostly be credited to Browne , whom the Masai ‘ greatly respect and honour ’ . |
| 22 | In Smiles beheld him when his Race was done : |
| 23 | His mouth warmed her as his lips travelled slowly downward from her breasts . |
| 24 | She held him until his dignity returned and then she broke free . |
| 25 | She gripped his head and held him as his tongue raged circles of temptation till the ache inside was a fearful pain that cried in torment . |