Example sentences of "[vb past] his [noun] [conj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He unbuttoned his jacket and dragged her on to his knees . |
| 2 | Hard fingers encircled his arm and haled him out of the room , and he went like one in a dream , unable to resist but ready for some treacherous pitfall to open under his feet at every step . |
| 3 | Creggan had felt the coming of spring before , a coming that overtook his spirit and made it busy and turbulent , but he had never witnessed it so well . |
| 4 | Then he loosened his hold and tilted her back , so that she could see his outline in the half-light . |
| 5 | He maintained his innocence and claimed he had been willing to give his life for Castro but had never been a communist . |
| 6 | He drew his sword and watched it come closer . |
| 7 | The horse appeared reluctant to pass the children , so Dauntless drew his sword and waved it in their direction in a threatening manner . |
| 8 | Then , as the whole village looked on , Richard Carew drew his sword and decapitated them one by one . |
| 9 | He drew his sword and held it in front of him , the pulse pounding in his temples , but he was not yet afraid enough to wake the others . |
| 10 | Then Nigel Carew drew his sabre and thrust it into the hand of his youthful son and pushed him forward . |
| 11 | He snatched his jacket and put it on again . |
| 12 | Then she snatched his hat and teased him with it , threatening to throw it in a runnel of sea-water among the banks . |
| 13 | He bent his head and kissed her . |
| 14 | ‘ Roman , not here , ’ she said frantically as he bent his head and kissed her . |
| 15 | He bent his head and kissed her , his mouth urgent and seeking , before swinging her up into his arms and carrying her through the curtains . |
| 16 | He bent his head and kissed her again . |
| 17 | Penry bent his head and kissed her deeply , and Leonora slid her arms round his neck , responding with a fervour which answered his question without words . |
| 18 | They stood clasped together for a long time , then he bent his head and kissed her , softly at first , then with such increasing passion that she could feel his heart beating like a drum . |
| 19 | A shudder went through her as he bent his head and kissed them , and when his teeth closed lightly over the sheer fabric , first on one nipple and then on the other , she cried out |
| 20 | As the attendant took the bills with a delighted , ‘ Hey , thanks man , ’ the driver caught his gaze and held it . |
| 21 | Luke turned to walk away , but she caught his sleeve and stopped him . |
| 22 | The man caught his arm and steadied him . |
| 23 | She saw that the Dane was on the point of following him , so she hurriedly caught his arm and guided him into the laundry house . |
| 24 | He caught his hat and put it on . |
| 25 | Once , the wind blew her long , pale hair forwards over his shoulder and strands of it caught his face and stroked it , and he could smell the fragrance of her drifting through his body . |
| 26 | Sailor Trevor Bardwell-Jones says the wash from Vice Admiral Sir Alan Grose 's launch swamped his boat and swept it against a quay in the River Tamar at Plymouth . |
| 27 | ‘ An estate agent submitted a gadget he had invented years before which was sitting up in his loft , but he needed the money so tried his luck and sent it in . ’ |
| 28 | But then there came an event which changed his life and made him a very unusual engineer indeed . |
| 29 | He did n't like the sound of that much , so he changed his mind and said he might not have time , anyway , after his other reading in a church hall . |
| 30 | ' … which he thought he might have been wearing that afternoon and then changed his mind and said he had n't , ’ continued Harris , unperturbed by the interruption . |