Example sentences of "his [noun pl] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simultaneously MacArthur expressed his views publicly in an interview with the British correspondent , G. Ward Price , which appeared in the Daily Mail on 2 March . |
| 2 | He looked at the handle of the punch he held , fitting his fingers wonderingly into the shape another hand had worn in it , a good hand , muscular and slender , shaped very much like his own . |
| 3 | Venner grinned amiably around whilst Clinton , as cool as ever , drummed his fingers soundlessly on the table top . |
| 4 | She trembled beneath his touch , feeling the warmth of his fingers even through the material of her dress . |
| 5 | The driver sat drumming his fingers nervously on the steering wheel while the attendant busied himself filling the tank , checking the oil and radiator , and wiping the windscreen . |
| 6 | Almost she rose through the strata of realities to wakefulness , but then her lover glided his fingers gently over the curve of her jaw to mine pleasure from her throat . |
| 7 | Harrison drummed his fingers impatiently against the surface of the table . |
| 8 | Humphrey did not confine his activities solely to the steel works and walked across the fields he had known during his earthly days . |
| 9 | Yet the Holy Spirit can take his words home to the conscience of the hearer and bring that person low in repentance and faith before the crucified and risen Christ . |
| 10 | Take Frau Grossman , all she thinks about is finery and food , whereas Dr Grossman has his spectacles always in a book . |
| 11 | Dada sat low , his knees well below the level of the table . |
| 12 | John blew on his clenched fists and drew his knees closer to the brazier . |
| 13 | He will be on first-name terms with many of them , and if he fails to contact his supporters individually in the course of an election campaign he will risk losing their votes . |
| 14 | That has set Crosby into conflict with Murray and left Armstrong kicking his heels instead of a football . |
| 15 | ‘ I can vouch for that , ’ his henchman said , folding his arms and placing his legs astride like the Colossus of Rhodes . |
| 16 | Evening after evening Father McGiff sat at his desk , ashamed of his indulgence , upbraiding himself for his inability to drag his eyes away from the window which , like some perverse crystal ball , conjured up only ghosts of the past instead of promises of the future . |
| 17 | Ignoring the kick of her heart as she met his eyes again without the intervention of the visor , she tried again . |
| 18 | Miguel closed his eyes again in the jeep . |
| 19 | He could see Edgar Lustgarten narrowing his eyes threateningly at the camera , as he paced out the length of Maple Drive . |
| 20 | He began to walk , his eyes still on the ground . |
| 21 | Amiss closed his eyes tightly for a moment , as an aid to thought . |
| 22 | He murmured , eventually , vaguely , his eyes resolutely on the landscape , her hand rather guiltily withdrawn from his shoulder . |
| 23 | The French boy pursed his lips suddenly in an expression of disgust . |
| 24 | A friendly , anecdotal guide , he takes his readers gently by the elbow in explaining how , as depicted in the illustrations , war has developed . |
| 25 | McKean also got his tactics right on the track , even if later , when he should have been on the victory rostrum , he got ‘ boxed in ’ by some members of the press . |
| 26 | After less than a half-hour of sitting alone he would grow restless , scatter his books untidily about the table and disappear outside . |
| 27 | It was written in some exasperation by Frederick Midgeod as a result of his experiences presumably with a Model T Ford during his time in what was the Gold Coast and is now Ghana . |
| 28 | He extended his talons experimentally into the grass , and then withdrew them again . |
| 29 | But he could hardly have walked to St Matthew 's that way ; there were no signs that he had cleaned his shoes anywhere in the church . |
| 30 | He had taken up his duties shortly after the beginning of the spring term , when he was sure of his place at Trinity Hall . |