Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | UNSUITABLE FOR A FAMILY NEWSPAPER Veil of secrecy ‘ You could see right through his trousers , ’ said the British judge Vanessa Riley . |
| 2 | Sword right through his throat . ’ |
| 3 | Although not nearly so cold as the ceramic tiles of the hall , the linoleum beneath his bare feet had a chill that seemed to creep right through his body . |
| 4 | ‘ Isla plays eight different women , ’ explains Miss McCulloch , ‘ and Derek plays Byron right through his life . |
| 5 | From the age of one right through his schooling , the mathematician-to-be related the world to ‘ mental gear models ’ . |
| 6 | His eyes resemble dish-telescopes that seem to look right through his friends , and he sees the psychic energy people emit as an astrophysicist 's radio-telescope ‘ sees ’ sounds bounced off distant galaxies . |
| 7 | On sustained regional tours right through his seventies he would go on playing to smaller but no less loving audiences , having no desire for retirement or inactivity . |
| 8 | Nice to speak to you , erm , I 'd just like to say that er , take me now as a , as a normal chap from England who looked across right through his life at Russia as the big bad bear and eight years ago I had the opportunity of going over there , just an ordinary chap and er , of course , there 's so much about the Soviet Union we do n't know , we did , we , erm , for instance we were over there in 1982 when they were celebrating sixty years of the incorporation of the saints into the Soviet Union . |
| 9 | Mitterrand , however , said that France would remain outside the alliance 's military structure , noting that this policy had worked successfully for his country for a quarter of a century . |
| 10 | Her husband had been serving in the British Merchant Navy on the Russian Convoy run but after 1943 he was receiving psychiatric treatment in Shropshire somewhere for his nerves . |
| 11 | He pulled his cap down over his eyes but the wind whistled bitterly through his ears . |
| 12 | Sunnie Mann : Nov 30 , aged 79 : Wife of Beirut hostage Jackie Mann who campaigned relentlessly for his release . |
| 13 | Mynne was also charged with waste of timber in Carmarthenshire , presumably for his lesser ironworks in the neighbouring county of Pembroke . |
| 14 | Although he was pardoned by the King and sent into exile ( presumably for his own protection ) , there were riots against him after his release from the Tower , and when he sailed from England he was intercepted and murdered on 2 May . |
| 15 | ‘ Very useful for you , ’ Nutty said , knowing how Jazz got ragged , mostly for his turban . |
| 16 | He may build and destroy in this life , mostly for his own ends , but through Jesus , and the enlightenment he gives , comes a greater life , a fulfilling love . |
| 17 | Grinning , he showed the mandibles of his filed teeth , and sucked saliva to and fro through his pointed ivories . |
| 18 | Googol 's voice was filled with black wonder , with a fearful admiration , a certain desolation of the heart , and yes , a horror that nevertheless coursed thrillingly through his nerves . |
| 19 | Sangster has also fared badly through his involvement with Classic Thoroughbreds , a more recent venture . |
| 20 | But Bristol students will remember him most for his teaching . |
| 21 | Ranulf was full of himself , rather peeved that his master did not thank him properly for his rescue , making sly references to his own archery . |
| 22 | ‘ He 's in a funny mood today , and I do n't feel I 've thanked him properly for his Christmas present . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm sure you are , but , seeing that the sergeant is watching , we may as well finish this off properly for his benefit . ’ |
| 24 | Based in Minnesota they have had little if any real distribution in the UK until Terry Shearer , who did so much at Spandex to get IBM 's 4250 accepted by the printing industry , took them on through his new company , PrePress Solutions . |
| 25 | In the way by which he was brought up by hand and also how his hands are burnt and so scarred by the fire in which he tries to save Miss Havisham , perhaps showing physically the mental scars he has taken on through his treatment of others , especially Joe . |
| 26 | ‘ In total , he received around £12,000 of cigarettes and spirit which he had given away to business colleagues or sold on through his business , ’ said Roger Dutton , prosecuting . |
| 27 | ‘ In total he received around £12,000 of cigarettes and spirits which he had given away to business colleagues or sold on through his business , ’ said Roger Dutton , prosecuting . |
| 28 | Edward 's friends would be mostly about his age and fixed in their ways . |
| 29 | Thereafter Marshall divided his time mostly between his various residences , where he entertained such notables as Thomas Carlyle [ q.v . ] . |
| 30 | Li Shai Tung stood there , bare-headed , a bright blue quilted jacket pulled loosely about his shoulders against the morning 's freshness , one foot slightly before the other , his arms crossed across his chest , his hands holding his shoulders . |