Example sentences of "his [noun] [adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether or not his opinions actually percolated down to subordinate commanders many of them seemed to share his beliefs about keeping the French out , or at least , in an interesting reversal of roles in the First World War , treating France as an associated rather than an allied power . |
| 2 | Then the ledge below , the rock edge ripping his hands , and his shoulders almost jerked out of their sockets as he fought his boots flat for a hundredth of a second against the cliff face . |
| 3 | Then his eyes finally flicked back to his secretary . |
| 4 | ‘ Whatever a man remembers at the last , when he is leaving the body , will be realised by him hereafter ; because that will be what his mind constantly dwelt on during his life . ’ |
| 5 | Easier , easier … and Creggan , with his talons tentatively stretched out below him , landed on one of its branches . |
| 6 | At this time most of them were minor landowners , but they were of gentle descent , and although John of Faircross , son and heir of the ironmaster , styled himself yeoman all his life , his descendants eventually moved up into the gentry . |
| 7 | His indignation frequently boiled over to a point where he thought and demanded that a libel writ should be issued . |
| 8 | Lack of attention aside , his name still cropped up in many conversations but he was never in any real danger of being taken seriously within the circle of Manchester 's low art dwellers . |
| 9 | His owner immediately backed out of harm 's way . |
| 10 | If , for example , a horseman was in the field and the ploughing was going on extremely well , his stetches coming out neatly , with dead-straight furrows and a level ‘ top ’ , his mate sometimes called out in recognition of his prowess : |
| 11 | But Sara 's idea had obviously been the better one , he told himself , though without believing a word of it , for where would they all be now without ‘ Mama 's business venture , ’ as his stepson warmly pointed out to him on a walk round the garden this afternoon . |
| 12 | His murderers finally ended up in gaol . |
| 13 | Dad , warming to his role , moved a couple of steps forward , his arm still flung out in front of him . |
| 14 | Wolfgang and his mother obediently moved on to Augsburg , where Wolfgang gave a concert , visited the well-known manufacturer of fortepianos , Herr Stein , and tried out some of his instruments . |
| 15 | As generally happens , his mother-in-law finally caught up with him and , having obtained a special licence from the Court , arranged for him to be imprisoned for twelve years . |