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 | Edward 's friends would be mostly about his age and fixed in their ways . |
| 25 | Thereafter Marshall divided his time mostly between his various residences , where he entertained such notables as Thomas Carlyle [ q.v . ] . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | She could still see him standing there , blinking shyly through his glasses and saying , ‘ Will you marry me ? ’ |
| 28 | The thing that worried Nigel most about his son 's affairs was that they made him feel randy . |
| 29 | Now one of the things Leigh admires most about his missus is her ability to bounce back . |
| 30 | Perhaps what disturbed him most about his daughter was her uncharacteristic calm . |