Example sentences of "his [noun] [adv] [verb] [conj] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could not always tell , of course , and today he looked smart enough in a navy-blue suit and highly polished black shoes , his hair well flattened and combed down . |
| 2 | The hairs on the back of his neck suddenly prickled and stood on end . |
| 3 | He screwed his eyes tightly shut and tried not to imagine what they were doing together in the room with the shuttered window . |
| 4 | Michel Foucault ( 1926–1994 ) , who studied under Althusser , took the step his teacher never did and distanced himself from Marxism while remaining politically radical . |
| 5 | Malekith was caught within the flames , his body terribly scarred and burned . |
| 6 | His writing both expressed and shaped the ‘ secondary education ’ that was demanded . |
| 7 | His hands alternately gripped and caressed his upper arms . |