Example sentences of "[vb past] his [noun sg] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With fiery hands , he lifted the besuited killer off the ground , and bent his back until it snapped . |
| 2 | Sarella caught his hand where it tangled in her hair . |
| 3 | He knew that he had somehow to stay here on the headland , to keep always in view that monstrous building which dominated his imagination as it did his view . |
| 4 | He had brushed most of the knots and tangles from his hair and scrubbed his skin until it hurt . |
| 5 | But as soon as he cursed himself for being taken in last night by Isabel 's distress , two insistent memories shook his belief that it had been an act put on for his benefit : the way she had clung fiercely to his hand when they had passed the dungeons , her grip almost painfully strong , and the stricken expression on her face when he had ordered her to strip . |
| 6 | She looked at him , touched his hand where it rested on her shoulder . |
| 7 | He opened his eyes , rubbing his face with both hands , increasing the speed of the jets so that the water stung his skin when it struck him . |
| 8 | Corbett settled his horse as it fidgeted nervously at the rustling of some animal in the undergrowth at the side of the track . |
| 9 | You hit his conscience and it gives , but it does n't hurt him at all . |
| 10 | Mr Hutchinson said : ‘ He was saying my dad 's in there , my dad 's in there but they found out he meant his dog and it died . ’ |
| 11 | I saw this , I saw this programme , I saw his programme and it said , no , listen , listen , no listen , bulimia 's where you eat too much |
| 12 | The allegation in the action for fire that the defendant tam negligenter ac improvide ‘ kept his fire that it escaped , ’ referred to negligence in its older sense — one mode of committing a tort . |
| 13 | She leaned forward and tapped his hand where it lay on the coverlet , supporting his weight . |
| 14 | When her father reached for a cigarette , Miranda intercepted his hand as it searched for his lighter , and touched the flame to the tip to make contact with him . |
| 15 | Iron Josh also had his instinct and it told him that , no matter how much he had tried to hide the fact that he was worried , Bertha had guessed . |
| 16 | I imitated his style and it got me into trouble . ’ |