Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [was/were] [prep] fire " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he just brushed the very tips of his fingers against hers and plunged the offending hand deep in his pocket as if his fist were on fire and the pocket was a bucket full of sand . |
| 2 | She held it out and the shock of his touch was like fire all over again . |
| 3 | The teamwork was superfluous , because the pilot was dead before the second burst hit him , his plane was on fire before the third burst cut it apart , and the fourth simply knocked sideways a wreck which had only to fall to the ground . |
| 4 | His parachute was on fire . |
| 5 | Enraged by finding his path barred by his swine dead in rows of nine , the giant confronted the crowd , but the hermit pointed behind him to where his castle was on fire . |