Example sentences of "[vb past] his [noun pl] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stopped his neighbours burning his house once , and for that he owes me . |
| 2 | He let his eyes roam her face , as though he was assessing her worthiness as a repository for his secrets . |
| 3 | He no doubt intended to bring the local Forest administration more closely under his control : he certainly used his opportunities to promote his own relatives . |
| 4 | I advised his parents to make their son 's temper tantrums unrewarding ( indeed costly ) while at the same time making co-operative behaviour highly beneficial to him . |
| 5 | Father Poole noticed his hands gripping his knees , the whites of the knuckles showing . |
| 6 | Hoomey wondered who he would go along with when the day came his parents arranged his getting married , for Sikhs arranged it for their sons , Hoomey knew . |
| 7 | He slipped into his coat and shook his arms to make his shirt cuffs appear . |
| 8 | It is quite obvious that the old man allowed his emotions to overrule his judgement in this instance . |
| 9 | And when supper was ready he bade his knights take their seats , and he took the leper by the hand , and seated him next himself , and ate with him out of the same dish . |
| 10 | He left the room , and she heard his shoes whisper their way down to Room C. |
| 11 | LIVERPOOL manager Graeme Souness last night urged his players to find their killer instinct and warned that the Kop would expect nothing less . |
| 12 | She saw his attempts to wish his own brand of authority on to the production as little more than temperamental interference , and , in turn , told him how he should play his scenes . |
| 13 | She saw his eyes travel her body and Robyn wondered what kind of a mess she much look . |
| 14 | Sharpe tapped his heels to start his horse moving again . |
| 15 | As she pulled his head against hers , she felt his tears dampen her cheeks . |
| 16 | She felt his fingers touching her flesh , and nodded . |
| 17 | For a moment she felt his fingers cup her breast , then he snatched his hand away . |
| 18 | So when I stumbled against him and threw my arms round his neck he just stood there , unmoving except for a slight step backwards to keep his balance — though I thought I felt his hands touch my waist for just an instant as if they had made an automatic move to hold me which he had cancelled . |
| 19 | She heard the added urgency in his tone , felt his hands seize her shoulders , supporting her . |
| 20 | She leaned forward , her hair falling across her face , and as he lifted his head she brought her lips down on his , parting them with her tongue at the same moment as she felt his hands unzipping her jeans . |
| 21 | Robyn gasped and felt the sharp ache deep in the pit of her stomach , as his hands covered both breasts , moulding and squeezing , gasped again as she felt his lips following his touch and she felt the pull of his mouth , sucking and probing at each aroused nipple . |
| 22 | Charlie asked , as Becky felt his eyes studying her more closely . |
| 23 | For Griffiths-Jones the lag was the time it took his words to leave his mouth and hit the pages of the newspapers . |
| 24 | The good cut made his shoulders look their proper width and reduced his generally plump look . |
| 25 | And he was going again , but when he wanted his clothes to go my mother had cut them up and burnt them ! |
| 26 | Despite being barred Ríos Montt instructed his supporters to spoil their ballot papers and to vote for No-Venta candidates in the congressional and municipal elections . |