Example sentences of "his [noun] and [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gurder reached into his robe and pulled out the picture of Grandson Richard . |
| 2 | Rex pulled the bed covers in his direction and switched off the light . |
| 3 | He jumped down quickly from his brake-van and ran down the line shouting a warning . |
| 4 | She rubbed her cheek against his chest and breathed in the clean male scent of him . |
| 5 | On hearing the Cherokee 's electric fuel pump still operating the instructor asked the Cherokee pilot to return to his aircraft and turn off the fuel cock and battery master switch . |
| 6 | Ruth buried her face in his neck and fought back the tears for poor Maria Luisa . |
| 7 | Menzies struggled to stop the racing of his mind and sort out the options coolly . |
| 8 | Spitting it on to the floor , he raised the half-empty bottle to his lips and drank down the fiery vodka in great gulps , as if to drown the useless curses which rose in his throat . |
| 9 | Mike Pumfrey , now back in the study with Sergeant Fenniway , put his finger to his lips and picked up the extension phone . |
| 10 | At last the cabby climbed up to his seat and whipped up the horse . |
| 11 | ‘ I saw him on the television the other night it was his run and cross down the left that led to the Americans ’ first goal against England . |
| 12 | ‘ I saw him on the television the other night it was his run and cross down the left that led to the first goal against England . |
| 13 | Seb hunched his hands into his pockets and scowled down the lawn . |
| 14 | " How long do you think it would take whoever killed him to go through his pockets and cut out the clothes labels ? " asked Sergeant Burgess . |
| 15 | Before she could pull away from him he jerked loose his grip and started back the way they 'd come . |
| 16 | As soon as she was out of the room he pulled the nearest phone across his desk and punched out the number of the Athene office . |
| 17 | Colonel Windsor took a sheet of paper from his desk and wrote out the day 's Orders : Friday , 12 November 1920 To all section commanders Special General Order Section commanders are warned that the severest disciplinary measures will be taken against any sign of looting or retaliation . |
| 18 | In fact when the cleaning lady has an ‘ audit ’ of his desk and tidies up the heaps , it is a ‘ nightmare ’ , taking him up to half a day to get back on track . |
| 19 | The idiot in underpants is trundled to his feet and prodded out the room like a beef to the abattoir . |
| 20 | Slowly he got to his feet and picked up the newspaper . |
| 21 | Mr Bush turned to attacks in a last bid to keep his job and pull off the political upset of the century and ripped into ‘ the slippery one ’ as a man who can not be trusted during a hectic five-state blitz to shore up his support . |
| 22 | Rostov drank the last of his wine and held out the cup . |
| 23 | ‘ These plates are cold , ’ said Patrick Milligan senior , looking up from his place and staring down the table at his five-year-old daughter , who at once scrambled to her feet . |
| 24 | Marler collected his suitcase and executive case from his room and ran down the staircase in search of Leonora Buckmaster to pay his respects . |
| 25 | He went through to his room and picked up the bag he had packed earlier , then went to the small desk in the corner and took a tiny notebook from the drawer . |
| 26 | Immediately the smug features reassembled themselves in his imagination and took on the friendly demeanour of an irrelevant sibling . |
| 27 | Lying in bed at night , she would remind herself that in only a few months ' time she would be his , and would have assumed his name and taken on the position of head of his household . |
| 28 | He tilted his head and stared down the gallery . |
| 29 | Hazel turned his head and looked down the course of the brook . |
| 30 | The headmaster threw back his head and gave out the kind of laugh dished out by medieval jailers to boastful prisoners . |