Example sentences of "his [noun sg] as [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you wish to compete or do you not ? ’ he grated , turning to keep his eyes on his sister as she circled him expertly . |
| 2 | Afterwards , she lay naked , warm and quiescent in the curve of his arm , listening to his laboured breathing , feeling the fast , steady beat of his heart as it thundered against her cheek , knowing that it could never have been so good , so satisfying for both of them if she had n't loved him . |
| 3 | One great foot actually touched his shirt as he lay under the charging animal with his camera still running ! |
| 4 | Beneath his jacket he knew his torso to the hip was similarly unmade ; he felt pieces of his flesh falling inside his shirt as he moved . |
| 5 | AN ARMED bank robber was mugged of his loot as he made his getaway . |
| 6 | The tall fronds seemed to form a guard of honour for His Excellency as he entered the church . |
| 7 | The hook ( a ) Slide back to avoid the opponent 's front kick , then hook his foot as it lands |
| 8 | He opened the car door and dropped his cigarette end on to the concreted surface where it glowed with vulgar ruddiness on the silver sharpness of the frost till he ground it under his foot as he stepped out . |
| 9 | The nationalized industries , it is claimed , deprive the consumer of choice and limit the taxpayer 's freedom to spend his money as he chooses because of the industry 's monopoly position and reliance on state subsidies . |
| 10 | However , perhaps the most surprising aspect of Lord Cross 's speech is the apparent complacency with which he viewed the implications of his decision as he understood them . |
| 11 | Ross slowly withdrew his arm from about her shoulders , a muscle beating tightly in his jaw as he rose to his feet and walked across the room to where some bottles and cut-glass decanters stood on a tray . |
| 12 | I was suddenly filled with great anger and , without thinking , I turned round and delivered the most beautiful right hook to his jaw as he stood there grinning . |
| 13 | He looked up , frowning , and started almost out of his skin as he saw four heads gawping in . |
| 14 | was just right , slid over his skin as he gave out |
| 15 | After half a minute , however , the tenderness still engulfing her compelled her to move closer , the satin softness of her curls slithering across his skin as she touched him gently with her lips , touch becoming kiss as a wave of simple love for him washed through her . |
| 16 | James himself , watching from the shore with the rest of his ‘ invasion committee ’ , could not restrain his admiration as he watched his last hope of regaining his throne go up in smoke . |
| 17 | His story as it unfolds is at times scarcely credible when we think back to the way things were in Frome in the 1790s . |
| 18 | He exposed the paucity of his case as he went on and every now and again he made a tantalising admission that he — rather surprisingly — agreed with certain aspects of the policy embodied in our forthcoming legislation . |
| 19 | He said he had fought in vain to control his bike as he hurtled through Mathers Cross , which leads the riders towards Portrush and into the fastest section of the nine-mile long circuit . |
| 20 | A man leaps from his canoe as it hurtles towards us . |
| 21 | Then she caught her breath at the evidence of his arousal , but he stayed so still that , fascinated , she touched him , and felt the jerk of his response as she stroked and encircled his warm , hard flesh in an investigation that was both shy and bold . |
| 22 | He used it to his advantage as he used everything . |
| 23 | The time was 6.30 a.m. , the bunks on either side of the hut were now showing signs of life and the Sergeant made his noisy way towards the door at the far end of the hut , banging on each bed with his stick as he went . |
| 24 | The Colonel prodded the dry ground with his stick as he spoke . |
| 25 | So we share his horror as he observes in himself , experiences almost passively — as if it were happening to someone else — the emergence of the tempting desire to murder Duncan ( ‘ suggestion ’ still had the sense of diabolic temptation ) : There , with amazing speed , and as if parenthetically ( ‘ whose murder yet ’ ) we become privy to the secret that sets him apart from the others on stage , the goal to which all his energies will ultimately be directed . |
| 26 | He surveyed the two women , who were oblivious of his presence as they tore verbally at each other . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , what did you think of it ? ’ said his Mum as they drove off . |
| 28 | But , in pantomime fashion , he let it fumble from his hands and Clarke could hardly believe his luck as he rolled the ball from into the empty net . |
| 29 | Derry made a disappointing start — keeper Dermot O'Neill dropped Tommy Byrne 's harmless cross after five minutes , and Tony O'Connor could n't believe his luck as he lobbed the ball into the unprotected goal . |
| 30 | CHELMSFORD City manager Joe O'Sullivan could not believe his luck as he named an unchanged side in advance of today 's Beazer Premier clash with Bashley at New Writtle Street . |