Example sentences of "his [noun pl] [conj] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ No , ’ he answered , and he picked at one of the nails on his fingers and stared at the floorboards wishing he could disappear into them . |
| 2 | ‘ Go on , Hector ! ’ ordered Mr Beckenham , clicking his fingers and pointing to the door . |
| 3 | He tried to reach across with his left hand and snatch the blade away , but his hands were held apart , and he was pinned down struggling and sobbing until the dagger slid slowly out of his fingers and clattered on the flags . |
| 4 | His cord trousers are still rolled down round his ankles and get in the way and we have to stop and turn him over and pull the trousers back up , fastening them by one button . |
| 5 | He is there again in the frontispiece , like a figure in the Tarot cards , breaking his chains and dancing towards the spheres . |
| 6 | The young composer practises his scales while waiting for a big break . |
| 7 | Zacchaeus gritted his teeth and waited for a great long telling off from Jesus . |
| 8 | JACQUES DELORS swallowed hard , gritted his teeth and sent off the telegram : ‘ Dear John , congratulations on your election victory . |
| 9 | Athelstan ground his teeth and glared at the coroner but Sir John smiled sweetly back as if innocent of any devious stratagem . |
| 10 | Graham Sheward , a 54-year-old from Colchester , is no stranger to gritting his teeth and mixing with the best in various stamina events , feeding off an Army career which included a back-breaking spell in the Parachute Regiment . |
| 11 | Even with his skills and influence at the Prime Minister 's disposal , however , by the end of January Miyazawa 's future tenure as Prime Minister appeared to be distinctly uncertain . |
| 12 | At some later date he abandoned all his offices and journeyed to the Hijaz ( which journey both Mecdi and el-Kefevi have taken to be for the purpose of going on the pilgrimage ) ; alter his return he did not again hold any office . |
| 13 | He went and got his overcoat and put it on over his pyjamas and sat at the table smoking a cigarette . |
| 14 | She was so pleased to hear him laugh that she ignored his words and sat on the floor at his feet . |
| 15 | James dropped his pen , adjusted his spectacles and fumbled through the back of the score-book . |
| 16 | " Are you hiding something interesting under your jacket , Kim ? " asked the American , dropping playfully to his knees and pointing to the moving lump . |
| 17 | I was glad the well had been Christianized , as Michael Quirke himself could scarcely go on his knees and pray to the rascally old gods he so admired . |
| 18 | He 's the only man I 've met who does n't fall obsequiously to his knees and bow in the direction of Maranello when the name of Enzo Ferrari is mentioned . |
| 19 | Encouraged by his supporters and lured by the promise of a genuine title challenge , he could n't resist . |
| 20 | As she dropped to the ground in a crouch , preparing to make another attempt at the obstacle , Frankie turned on his heels and raced for the house . |
| 21 | Schneider draped a sheet about his shoulders and reached for a pair of scissors . |
| 22 | Schmidt hunched his shoulders and gobbled like a turkey . |
| 23 | ‘ They should all have been delivered a week ago , ’ Stephen commented , shrugging his shoulders and adding with a wry smile , ‘ Welcome to de West Indies , man . ’ |
| 24 | He danced with his stick , planting it firmly on the ground and shuffling round and round it , hunching his shoulders and swaying in the gaslight like a man possessed . |
| 25 | I disabused his mind on this point by telling him about the fresh pug marks I had seen at the pool , and advised him very strongly to collect his buffaloes and return to the village . |
| 26 | But no , as I watched , he turned a ball elegantly off his legs and called for a quick single . |
| 27 | Sanchez uncrossed his legs and looked towards the pit . |
| 28 | He held the control column between his legs and sprawled across the cockpit , his frozen nose over the edge , and allowed Jane Ashton to drift around inside his head like smoke . |
| 29 | He lay sprawled against the foot of the bank with the full weight of the BMW across his legs and pinned between the wind and the growing force of the water like a fly between the pages of a book . |
| 30 | Taking hold of a strong branch , he finally cleared the escape hatch with his legs and dropped to the ground . |