Example sentences of "his [noun pl] [vb past] [conj] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And you had get the two people who were at the back , you have to get them out before you landed because when you when you brought the flaps up if they were still in this little bay you would squash them to death and one day his dials showed that he had , in fact , squashed them to death ! |
| 2 | His teeth chattered and he whimpered . |
| 3 | His teeth gleamed as he smiled . |
| 4 | He was close to sleep and his words slurred when he spoke . |
| 5 | Sutcliffe , for example , ( 1982a : 148 ) indicates that his informants reported that they used " Jamaican Creole " with black interlocutors in the playground . |
| 6 | His knees ached as he knelt there for hours . |
| 7 | His knees clicked when he went up and down stairs . |
| 8 | His shoulders drooped and he turned away . |
| 9 | His shoulders rose as he took a deep breath like a diver about to plunge . |
| 10 | His heart felt heavy and his legs wobbled when he saw the Bookman still sitting inside , looking very depressed . |
| 11 | Trying to beat the tiredness and the sapping warmth of the room , and his eyes blinked when he wished them clear . |
| 12 | ‘ It means that , since the de Sciorto title dates from the mid-sixteenth century , I come somewhere in the middle of the pecking order , ’ he grinned , his eyes lidded as he moved his gaze down over her defensively folded arms , lingering on the golden swell of her breasts at the button fastening on her T-shirt . |
| 13 | His eyes gleamed and he breathed noisily through his nose as he lifted his own rifle to his shoulder then fired both barrels at the shadow in quick succession . |
| 14 | His eyes twinkled when she told him he was rich . |
| 15 | His eyes twinkled and he brought a card out of his wallet and handed it to her . |
| 16 | His eyes flickered as he looked at her , and she knew he was searching his mind for a joke . |
| 17 | His eyes shone as he opened it and took out a gold watch covered in jewels . |
| 18 | His eyes shone as he spoke of his great purpose in life , and I was listening , fascinated , so neither of us heard the light footsteps approaching the cottage along the grassy path . |
| 19 | The twist of his mouth betrayed an inner fury , while his eyes blazed as he looked at her . |
| 20 | Black Wry rose in him against this creature , this monstrous being who was turning Ireland into black barrenness ; above the mask his eyes glinted and he wanted to spring on the Robemaker and tear his throat from his body . |
| 21 | His eyes flashed and he presented his elegant moustaches . |
| 22 | He laughed softly , but his eyes glittered as he saw the hatred in hers . |
| 23 | His lips twitched as he patted her cheek carelessly . |
| 24 | His ears twitched and he turned to the tree . |
| 25 | ( None of his books indicated that he had spent so much of his life in America . ) |
| 26 | His brothers had not replied , and his parents wrote that they hoped he was not hurrying into marriage , but that he was old enough to decide for himself . |
| 27 | The evidence that there had been an intruder was slight but all the same his senses tingled as he walked quietly through the hall , past the staircase and down the passage that led to Jacob 's bed-sitter . |
| 28 | His nostrils quivered when they caught the perfume of the scotch . |
| 29 | Fokine broke down the artificial practice created by earlier choreographers and his dancers acted as they danced . |
| 30 | The very stillness of his muscles meant that I 'd touched something he 'd thought hidden . |