Example sentences of "[vb past] his [noun pl] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Corbett strained his ears and grinned . |
| 2 | He strained his eyes and glimpsed a shadow darker than the rest . |
| 3 | Then she unbuttoned his suspenders and pulled his socks off . |
| 4 | He modified his plans and built another . |
| 5 | The dispute that followed is the most acrimonious in Britain since 1986 when Rupert Murdoch dismissed his printers and moved his newspapers to Wapping . |
| 6 | Tired of their lack of success Caledor II dismissed his generals and took command personally . |
| 7 | After his victory Edward rallied his troops and marched north to lay siege to Calais . |
| 8 | Cranston squatted down with his back to the wall , smacked his lips and gazed hungrily up at the hams and other meats hanging from ropes on the rafters to be cured . |
| 9 | Downing his tot in one go , he smacked his lips and said , ‘ Come on , Laddie , a thimbleful wo n't hurt you . |
| 10 | This was the day Kenneth Baker smacked his lips and pronounced that Labour are ‘ soft on crime ’ . |
| 11 | At last Cranston burped , smacked his lips and handed the bowl back . |
| 12 | As he finished , he smacked his lips and swore to spend Eternity in Hell , if only there was a ready supply of the drink . |
| 13 | Ranulf smacked his lips and placed his tankard on the table . |
| 14 | Balor grinned at Snodgrass and smacked his lips and grabbed the cask of mead and thought that had n't the Humans strange , mimsing appetites to be sure . |
| 15 | He smacked his lips and stroked his moustache with surprise . |
| 16 | But thanks to some detective work by a helpful contact in Fiji , Alf traced his friends and has just flown out to see them . |
| 17 | He would not , could not , he bunched his fists and looked away from her fierce brow and curving lips and asked her brusquely what she wanted . |
| 18 | Shaw said : ‘ It 's difficult to work out his programme but it seems that he analysed his subjects and classified their attributes , their doings , and the major events in their lives by coded numbers . |
| 19 | Athelstan ground his teeth and glared at the coroner but Sir John smiled sweetly back as if innocent of any devious stratagem . |
| 20 | The bed was too narrow and Oliver muttered in his sleep and ground his teeth and thrashed about with his fists . |
| 21 | He bared his teeth and licked his lips , as Blackberry had done before the dead hedgehog on the road . |
| 22 | Rioja bared his teeth and drew a nail across his throat . |
| 23 | He fastened his boots and shrugged his broad shoulders into the dark jacket . |
| 24 | Her hands massaged his testicles and fondled the shaft of his risen pole , while she covered his chest and belly with a flurry of butterfly kisses . |
| 25 | Tiny hands stroked his arms and began to explore his outer pockets . |
| 26 | Instead of using a jack to take the weight , Jos turned his back on the front bumper , bent his knees and lifted the two leading tyres clear of the ground . |
| 27 | He stopped his exercises and thrust out a warm hand . |
| 28 | The blue-tit that had been swinging on a bramble , singing " Heigh , ho , go-and-get-another-bit-of-moss , " stopped his acrobatics and flew into the wood . |
| 29 | Mr Evans sucked his teeth and scowled . |
| 30 | ‘ Well , I do n't know what we 're going to do about that , ’ he said and sucked his teeth and shook his grey head and expressed dismay that a leg had been knocked off the chair . |