Example sentences of "[adv] his [noun] [conj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three-year-old Jacqueline ran at him and grasped his knees ; he put down his briefcase and lifted her in his arms , flattered by her attention . |
| 2 | Monty looked down his glasses and offered me a few censorious words . |
| 3 | The driver wound down his window and cursed him , adding that for two pins he 'd tell the police . |
| 4 | He set down his glass and hugged her . |
| 5 | Putting down his glass and removing hers , he gripped her shoulders and propelled her to stand in front of the mirror . |
| 6 | He put down his glass and took hers from fingers which were inexplicably trembling , then twisted her round to inspect her back , ‘ You 've had your back in the sun . |
| 7 | falling down his trousers and make me laugh and shout , I 'll always feel so happy when the comes about ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , the funny circus clown |
| 8 | Nathan thought bitterly about how it was only his abnormality that made him suitable for Leila 's purposes . |
| 9 | ‘ Of course , ’ Chen said , taking the big handgun from inside his jacket and handing it across . |
| 10 | He gave an indifferent shrug , extracted the piece of card from inside his coat and threw it with a show of distaste into an overflowing rubbish bin . |
| 11 | Ignoring his protests , Beth stripped away his undergarments and lifted him into her arms . |
| 12 | Strange times we live in , he said , when he finds himself looking over his shoulder and thinking he might be safer in Sarajevo . |
| 13 | Corbett just grinned over his shoulder and led them out on to the beaten track down to the village of Woodstock . |
| 14 | When her breasts were free she teased him with the top half of her peach-coloured bikini , waving it over his head and snatching it out of reach as he stretched up for it . |
| 15 | He raises it over his head and brings it crashing down on the back of the man 's head ; once , twice , three times . |
| 16 | Was it not his knife that blinded me , at your order ? ’ |
| 17 | It 's not his compositions that interest me but more his attention to detail . |
| 18 | When he reached twelve his father cut short his education and procured him a naval cadetship in March 1800 . |
| 19 | The Bishop took off his mitre and handed it to an adjacent altar-boy . |
| 20 | Roger was a keen walker , cyclist and backpacker before a sleepy driver knocked him off his bike and confined him to a wheelchair for the rest of his life . |
| 21 | He slipped off his jacket and put it round her shoulders . |
| 22 | He pulled off his jacket and folded it up beside him . |
| 23 | He took off his jacket and tossed it across a wooden bench by the fire . |
| 24 | He took off his jacket and slung it over the back of the seat , feeling the sun warm on his neck . |
| 25 | Finally he wandered through into the kitchen , pulled off his jacket and draped it over the back of a chair . |
| 26 | He hauled me up from the bowels of the villa , took off his jacket and placed it tenderly round my shoulders . |
| 27 | He took off his jacket and placed it over Philpott 's chest . |
| 28 | He stooped and took off his shoes and kicked them aside . |
| 29 | George slipped off his Burberry and hung it up in the hall cupboard . |
| 30 | He opened the door , took off his cap and threw it into the stall : ‘ If that 's welcome , ’ he said , ‘ so am I. ’ In a short time the horse came to the door : they put the bridle on him and shortly afterwards the Norfolk man was taking the horse to the smithy to be shod . |