Example sentences of "his [noun] [verb] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Very softly he sang his song again , and his hope grew and grew . |
| 2 | Whatever meaning this image had had in Charlemagne 's day , Walahfrid invited his contemporaries to compare and contrast the miserly , heretical , tyrannous Theodoric with the generous , orthodox and merciful Louis . |
| 3 | And new Manager , Denis Smith , must have exploded at the way his defenders dillied and dallied and never got to the ball on time . |
| 4 | When his heart brimmed and overflowed , he told her he was in love with her . |
| 5 | He heard vespers sung in the deep dusk from his father 's church , and his heart stilled and quietened in him with wonder , as though at last he felt himself to be drawing near to the heart of a mystery . |
| 6 | It was , after all , a wonderful sensation creeping through her in response to his lips , and she found herself drifting into co-operation with him , holding his perfect body against her , feeling his heart beat and knowing that they fitted together in a most satisfactory way . |
| 7 | The first jog round the block got his heart racing and gave him an appetite . |
| 8 | Gide was , at least at that time , the sexual tourist of which Said and others have written , his opportunity to come and go enhanced by what is aptly if euphemistically called independent means . |
| 9 | His fingers jabbed and sketched as he explained the details . |
| 10 | And he had bitten his nails so that his fingers hurt and ran with blood . |
| 11 | She was ashamed of the swollen evidence his fingers sought and found , but there was nothing she could do to wrench herself free . |
| 12 | TV replays showed that Saunders went in with his foot raised and came down on Elliott 's leg as they both steamed into a full-blooded 50-50 clash . |
| 13 | I explained all that to you and Judd when his guardian wrote and asked me if I 'd have him here . |
| 14 | Gatsby uses his money to try and attract Daisy , whom he was in love with as a young man , although she later married someone else . |
| 15 | At other times he looks at the sky , his jaw clenching and unclenching as if working a particularly stubborn wad of chewing gum while the Kansas City Glee Club harmonises solemn music : perhaps he wants to turn it off — but they are unstoppable . |
| 16 | He did a really intimate show where he sat on the edge of the stage with his ankles crossed and talked to them and sang them songs . |
| 17 | His skin prickled and itched . |
| 18 | Boils and sores burst out over his flesh , his body becomes hunched and arthritic , his skin aged and withered . |
| 19 | While his sons played and swam , Mosley talked . |
| 20 | Mr Rundle took his case to Save & Prosper who issued his Visa card . |
| 21 | In his particular style of demi-caractère dance he used classical footwork for most of the time but , from the waist upwards through the body , arms and head , he tried to convey how his performers worked and played in the environment to which they belonged . |
| 22 | His bike swerved and straightened . |
| 23 | He could feel his breathing quicken and strove desperately to control |
| 24 | He was lying on the floor , already inert , his face pale , his breathing wheezing and laboured . |
| 25 | The debtor who refused to go and defend himself against his creditor 's charges risked having some of his possessions seized and sold to pay what he still owed . |
| 26 | Evelyn watched his loose-lipped face and felt her mettle rise . |
| 27 | ‘ I suggested his mum go and have some breakfast with the rest of the family while we got young Timothy settled . |
| 28 | Preston could remember his nan asking on more than one occasion , and his mum shrugging and saying , ‘ She thought he looked a bit like Elvis Presley . ’ |
| 29 | His Mum came and sat down beside him again , smoothing his anorak . |
| 30 | His Mum came and put her arm round him . |