Example sentences of "his [noun] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | John Monie , Wigan 's new Australian replacement , received the first raised eyebrows since his arrival this week when his side tumbled out of the Lancashire Cup , a trophy practically screwed to the Central Park sideboard during Lowe 's three-year reign . |
| 32 | Gazza 's former Spurs team-mate Gary Lineker turned his talents to cricket yesterday and made 103 for Cross Arrows at Lord 's , but his side went down to the Stock Exchange by five wickets |
| 33 | In his first reign at Everton , Kendall 's fortunes changed when his side came back from the dead in a Milk Cup tie against Oxford back in 1984 . |
| 34 | McGrath saw his side knocked out of the FA Cup by non-League Marine last month , followed by last week 's 4-0 home Autoglass Trophy hammering by local rivals Bradford , and a 2-1 home defeat by Barnet last Saturday . |
| 35 | Two of his brothers ended up in the House of Lords . |
| 36 | He scanned her tense expression , his eyes crinkled up against the sun . |
| 37 | But his eyes went back to the Workshops and he frowned and sought for the right thing to say . |
| 38 | As his eyes went back to the old lady , she saw the smile turn on again , and quick suspicion kindled in her breast . |
| 39 | Then his eyes strayed back to the Luggage . |
| 40 | He pushed the sheet of paper away and looked around him , his eyes straying up to the dusty rafters . |
| 41 | He was held in a reclining position by his seat-belt , with his head bent back and his mouth open , his eyes staring up at the roof of the car , his right arm hanging straight down , his left snagged on the gear-stick . |
| 42 | His eyes flickered down to the gondola . |
| 43 | Penry smiled slowly , his eyes lighting up with the gleam she found so irresistible . |
| 44 | After turning the sausages and prodding the briquettes again he rested his arms on the railing and looked out over Central Park , his eyes screwed up against the sun even though he was wearing a pair of prescription sunglasses . |
| 45 | Peter Suvarov smiled , his eyes crinkling up at the corners and his bitter mouth relaxing , and handed her a handkerchief . |
| 46 | He shuddered and looked away , his eyes going off to the horizon . |
| 47 | His eyes light up at the recollection of some of the challenges he has tackled that would have daunted the more faint-hearted . |
| 48 | As Britain 's biggest book printer , his eyes light up at the mention of Labour 's proposals for an extra £10 per primary school child for books . |
| 49 | His mind swung back to the Forest he had left so many years before . |
| 50 | His mind went back to the familiar and unanswerable question : who killed Newley ? |
| 51 | His mind stretched out over the deserted fields and the desolate dukes to the wide moon-bleached sands of the Wash and the creeping fringes of the North Sea . |
| 52 | His mind slipped back to the carvings under the chess table . |
| 53 | He laid the cross down and his mind flew back to the day his sisters were born … . |
| 54 | Spruce allowed his mind to run back over the meeting with the Bishop , Archdeacon and Miss Braithwaite . |
| 55 | Once Ranulf had gone , Athelstan sat on the altar steps , his mind going back to the corpses he had seen : Vechey 's lying cold amongst those dreadful heads on the tower gate of London Bridge ; Brampton 's sheathed in dirty canvas in the death house of St Mary Le Bow ; Springall 's lying alone under its leather covering in the great four poster bed in his mansion . |
| 56 | His mind reeled back from the effort . |
| 57 | Bigwig 's eyes were closed and his lips pulled back from the long front teeth in a fixed snarl . |
| 58 | Three of his goals bounced in off the posts . |
| 59 | Despite his background , Henry switched codes and his talent shone through in the white SACU , which was fighting right wing politicians in a move towards multi-racial cricket . |
| 60 | His readiness to speak on almost any topic , and especially on medical ethics , was remarkable : his speeches averaged out over the pontificate at almost one a day . |