Example sentences of "[verb] his [noun] [conj] [v-ing] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Every month , Asmar 's secretary would take the Sunboat from Jounieh to Larnaca to collect the payroll from Coleman for distribution within the network , each cell member then signing his cheques and counter-signing them on presentation to a Lebanese bank for payment .
2 This , and the free labour conflict conducted by the Shipping Federation , troubled him less , however , than the Federation 's malicious attempts to destroy his credibility and that of the union by maligning his character and labelling him a criminal .
3 Keith needs play therapy to stop his rage by expressing his frustration and bringing it out into the open .
4 Gubbins was educated at Battersea Polytechnic , but was taken away at sixteen when the headmaster told his mother that educating him had proved a hopeless task .
5 Before Gabriel acted for the first time , she spent hours brushing his hair and fluffing it out with a hazel twig into a frizzy golden cloud , quite indifferent to his squeaks and ouches .
6 Only then did she raise her head , meeting his eyes and holding them .
7 ‘ Come to find me ? ’ she repeated , reaching down to grip his arm and heaving him to his feet .
8 He made the gesture of someone sleeping , tilting his head and laying it on his hands , and smiling peacefully .
9 ‘ We will eat first , ’ Lubor smiled , parking his car and escorting her into a smart hotel .
10 He had robbed another couple about 10 minutes before the killing , after parking his car and approaching them waving a gun .
11 Kelso was turning his glass and tilting it , to shift the ice .
12 ‘ Oh God , it 's going to be a terrible place ! ’ cries Howard to his fellow-guests around the Chases ' dinner table , holding his head and rocking it from side to side in humorous despair .
13 He twisted down into the chair , holding his head and keeping it averted from the window .
14 She set the candelabrum and the tray down on one of the tables , removing his greatcoat and placing it carefully over the back of a chair so that she might lay out a cloth and utensils .
15 The huer 's job , after announcing the sighting of the shoal , was to guide his own boat to the fish , signalling East or West by removing his coat and waving it from side to side and , when the boat was on top of the shoal , by placing his coat on his telescope and holding it aloft .
16 Behind him is the god Horus who guides his elbow while patting him lightly on the shoulder .
17 When the priest emerged they gathered round him , kissing his hand and greeting him , " Abutta , Abutta .
18 When his entire body was covered apart from his head , Herve picked up a folding entrenching tool which he swung into Vadgama 's face , splitting his nose and smearing it over his face .
19 The collar is ringed with spring-loaded spikes and can be slipped over an enemy 's head , breaking his neck and killing him instantly .
20 The latter is angry with Cory for chartering his rocket and ordering him to fly here without word of explanation .
21 He raped the pregnant woman , whom he knew , at her Wigan home last autumn , after suddenly losing his temper and punching her in the face .
22 He pushed the bra straps off her shoulders and she looked at him helplessly , torn between releasing the bodice to grab his hands and keeping it safely in place .
23 ‘ Ah , no ! ’ said Isambard , discerning his flight and plucking him back to earth .
24 kept taking his jewel and hiding it .
25 " But I mind , I mind very much ! " he snapped , and walked with quick , short steps back to Fernando , taking his arm and leading him off into the crowd .
26 ‘ Your father 's had a stroke , ’ I said , taking his arm and hurrying him along , home .
27 ‘ Of course you can , ’ she said , taking his arm and walking him towards the bay window , but she kept one eye on the painting in case they were tempted .
28 ‘ Good to see you , ’ I said , taking his hand and shaking it .
29 ‘ Bob , darling ! ’ she whispered dramatically , taking his hand and leading him out on to the landing out of Mrs. Hennessy 's earshot .
30 CAR thieves have left a disabled man virtually housebound after taking his car and crashing it into a wall .
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