Example sentences of "his [noun pl] [verb] [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shock of his words had her narrowing her eyes as her heart began to beat uncomfortably fast in her chest . |
| 2 | Charles 's territories could already have been described as an empire , in the sense that he ruled over a collection of different political units held together by the allegiance his subjects felt they owed him rather than through a sense of common institutions or common language which could serve as the foundation for a unifying national spirit . |
| 3 | Equally , it is not unknown for a partner gradually to lose interest in mundane administrative matters : often enough the problems that this can cause are exacerbated by his co-partners allowing him to escape his share of responsibility over a long period . |
| 4 | The knowing look in his eyes let her know she had n't fooled him for an instant , but he gave a single nod . |
| 5 | What she saw in his eyes made her catch her breath . |
| 6 | As his eyes focused he realized he was looking at a hideously swollen human body , and just then , as the light breeze shifted , he caught the stomach-turning odour of decay . |
| 7 | Then it snapped closed , and with his eyes narrowed he inclined his head towards her . |
| 8 | His lips compelled her to open her mouth yet wider beneath the command of his , to feel the soft lashing of his tongue within the private hollows of her own mouth . |
| 9 | Again and again he bore down on the Annamese woman and as his movements quickened he kept his gaze fixed challengingly on Flavia Sherman 's face . |
| 10 | His parents want him to continue his navy career which was the cause of so much celebration a year ago . |
| 11 | His parents believe he immersed himself in his studies as a form of compensation for not having many friends . |
| 12 | Time and again he is savaged for speaking on subjects about which his critics claim he knows nothing . |
| 13 | His hand had reached for her and a sigh of relief at finding her had come from him and she had turned deeply into his arms to let him hold her there . |
| 14 | One of his mates thinks he said he might go up to the Common . |