Example sentences of "[adv prt] 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 | Strange times we live in , he said , when he finds himself looking over his shoulder and thinking he might be safer in Sarajevo . |
| 9 | Corbett just grinned over his shoulder and led them out on to the beaten track down to the village of Woodstock . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He raises it over his head and brings it crashing down on the back of the man 's head ; once , twice , three times . |
| 12 | The Bishop took off his mitre and handed it to an adjacent altar-boy . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | He slipped off his jacket and put it round her shoulders . |
| 15 | He pulled off his jacket and folded it up beside him . |
| 16 | He took off his jacket and tossed it across a wooden bench by the fire . |
| 17 | He took off his jacket and slung it over the back of the seat , feeling the sun warm on his neck . |
| 18 | Finally he wandered through into the kitchen , pulled off his jacket and draped it over the back of a chair . |
| 19 | He hauled me up from the bowels of the villa , took off his jacket and placed it tenderly round my shoulders . |
| 20 | He took off his jacket and placed it over Philpott 's chest . |
| 21 | He stooped and took off his shoes and kicked them aside . |
| 22 | George slipped off his Burberry and hung it up in the hall cupboard . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Sweating , he took off his anorak and carried it slung over his shoulder . |
| 25 | He could see that whatever was agitating his friend had pushed him to the limit but he judged it better to let him get it off his chest than keep it bottled up . |
| 26 | The food dribbled out and she had to scoop it off his chin and shove it back in . |
| 27 | Dragging a chair over , he stood on it , took off his scarf and wrapped it round the observation lens . |
| 28 | So I settled for dusting off his shoulder and giving it a quick squeeze . |
| 29 | Albert took off his glasses and rubbed them on his handkerchief and put them back on , as if clean spectacles might make him think better . |
| 30 | He took off his glasses and wiped them again , remembering the bitterness and rage to which he and MacQuillan had given vent . |