Example sentences of "his [noun] [vb past] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a while they clapped , and then his sister walked on to the low platform that was surrounded by a frothy sea of pink and white azalea plants . |
| 2 | His policies looked back to the more aggressive activities of his father ; he fought the Alans , and he attacked Arles . |
| 3 | But the rabbi was a very kind man and his heart went out to the poor man . |
| 4 | Curtis added after a moment , ‘ I 've got all his clobber spread out in the charge room . ’ |
| 5 | His luck ran out for the French students against their English counterparts when , though captain , he was given his marching orders for , guess what , stamping again . |
| 6 | His luck ran out in the early hours of March 4th when French Customs controls identified Sea Rover homing in towards French waters at Ushant after a passage to North Africa for another cargo . |
| 7 | ‘ Come on , ’ he mouthed , his words drowned out by the music . |
| 8 | Calvin and his successors came up with the dark doctrine of predestination to explain the fearful paradox of God 's love and his implacable wrath . |
| 9 | John Monie , Wigan 's new Australian replacement , received the first raised eyebrows since his arrival this week when his side tumbled out of the Lancashire Cup , a trophy practically screwed to the Central Park sideboard during Lowe 's three-year reign . |
| 10 | Gazza 's former Spurs team-mate Gary Lineker turned his talents to cricket yesterday and made 103 for Cross Arrows at Lord 's , but his side went down to the Stock Exchange by five wickets |
| 11 | In his first reign at Everton , Kendall 's fortunes changed when his side came back from the dead in a Milk Cup tie against Oxford back in 1984 . |
| 12 | Two of his brothers ended up in the House of Lords . |
| 13 | He scanned her tense expression , his eyes crinkled up against the sun . |
| 14 | But his eyes went back to the Workshops and he frowned and sought for the right thing to say . |
| 15 | As his eyes went back to the old lady , she saw the smile turn on again , and quick suspicion kindled in her breast . |
| 16 | Then his eyes strayed back to the Luggage . |
| 17 | His eyes flickered down to the gondola . |
| 18 | After turning the sausages and prodding the briquettes again he rested his arms on the railing and looked out over Central Park , his eyes screwed up against the sun even though he was wearing a pair of prescription sunglasses . |
| 19 | His mind swung back to the Forest he had left so many years before . |
| 20 | His mind went back to the familiar and unanswerable question : who killed Newley ? |
| 21 | His mind stretched out over the deserted fields and the desolate dukes to the wide moon-bleached sands of the Wash and the creeping fringes of the North Sea . |
| 22 | His mind slipped back to the carvings under the chess table . |
| 23 | He laid the cross down and his mind flew back to the day his sisters were born … . |
| 24 | His mind reeled back from the effort . |
| 25 | Bigwig 's eyes were closed and his lips pulled back from the long front teeth in a fixed snarl . |
| 26 | Three of his goals bounced in off the posts . |
| 27 | Despite his background , Henry switched codes and his talent shone through in the white SACU , which was fighting right wing politicians in a move towards multi-racial cricket . |
| 28 | His readiness to speak on almost any topic , and especially on medical ethics , was remarkable : his speeches averaged out over the pontificate at almost one a day . |
| 29 | Outside his ears picked up for the first time the rustling of invisible leaves and the rattle of window-frames : the wind was rising . |
| 30 | His gaze swung back to the wall as though Blanche 's features held no more interest . |