Example sentences of "off his [noun] [conj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Bishop took off his mitre and handed it to an adjacent altar-boy . |
| 2 | Roger was a keen walker , cyclist and backpacker before a sleepy driver knocked him off his bike and confined him to a wheelchair for the rest of his life . |
| 3 | He slipped off his jacket and put it round her shoulders . |
| 4 | He pulled off his jacket and folded it up beside him . |
| 5 | He took off his jacket and tossed it across a wooden bench by the fire . |
| 6 | He took off his jacket and slung it over the back of the seat , feeling the sun warm on his neck . |
| 7 | Finally he wandered through into the kitchen , pulled off his jacket and draped it over the back of a chair . |
| 8 | He hauled me up from the bowels of the villa , took off his jacket and placed it tenderly round my shoulders . |
| 9 | He took off his jacket and placed it over Philpott 's chest . |
| 10 | He stooped and took off his shoes and kicked them aside . |
| 11 | George slipped off his Burberry and hung it up in the hall cupboard . |
| 12 | He opened the door , took off his cap and threw it into the stall : ‘ If that 's welcome , ’ he said , ‘ so am I. ’ In a short time the horse came to the door : they put the bridle on him and shortly afterwards the Norfolk man was taking the horse to the smithy to be shod . |
| 13 | Sweating , he took off his anorak and carried it slung over his shoulder . |
| 14 | He could see that whatever was agitating his friend had pushed him to the limit but he judged it better to let him get it off his chest than keep it bottled up . |
| 15 | The food dribbled out and she had to scoop it off his chin and shove it back in . |
| 16 | Dragging a chair over , he stood on it , took off his scarf and wrapped it round the observation lens . |
| 17 | So I settled for dusting off his shoulder and giving it a quick squeeze . |
| 18 | Albert took off his glasses and rubbed them on his handkerchief and put them back on , as if clean spectacles might make him think better . |
| 19 | He took off his glasses and wiped them again , remembering the bitterness and rage to which he and MacQuillan had given vent . |
| 20 | In his excitement , he took off his glasses and polished them on his pocket handkerchief , which was no longer clean . |
| 21 | Shelley heard his footstep in the grass as he turned to face her , and slowly took off his glasses and pushed them into his back pocket ; but she was n't prepared for being taken bodily into his arms and soundly kissed . |
| 22 | Her eyes flew open to see Benedict flinging off his greatcoat and throwing it aside . |
| 23 | The second hit him in the right shoulder , the impact lifting him off his feet and sending him toppling towards the head of the stairs . |
| 24 | ‘ Alan 's tackle on Emyr Lewis at the start of the game , lifting him off his feet and sending him crashing down , was just what we needed to lift us ’ said Ruddock . |
| 25 | Plummer bellowed , watching gloomily as a body punch brought down his fighter 's guard and a thunderous uppercut lifted him off his feet and sent him crashing to the canvas . |
| 26 | The blast took the oriental in the right shoulder , knocked him off his feet and hurled him clear across the room , where he crashed to a stop with his head and shoulders propped against the far wall . |
| 27 | Each combatant aims to floor his opponent , by knocking him off his feet or biting him behind the elbow . |
| 28 | He could sluice himself , shuddering , take off his clothes and scrub them on a stone kerb , then hang them one by one out of the window . |
| 29 | A regular in wellington boots plastered with cow dung ordered a pint , took off his overcoat and hung it up , unaware that he 'd lost his trousers somewhere en route . |
| 30 | Markby , taking off his overcoat and sticking it haphazardly over a peg , grunted . |