Example sentences of "took his [noun] [conj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 She took his suitcase and placed it at the bottom of the stairs .
2 Curtius took his drink and carried it over to the corner .
3 Ipuky took his drink and sipped it .
4 The waiter probably took his order and brought him his food .
5 Afterwards , he washed Wolfhead in the blood , but when the dog growled at him while he was doing this , he took his spear and killed it .
6 I did not know what to say in reply , so I took his hands and held them beside my own , showing first the backs , then the palms , then measuring them one against the other , palm to palm — something the Japanese would often do in comparing their smaller , lighter hands with my grosser ones .
7 It was Liban who , walking lightly over , took his arm and lifted him .
8 So I took his arm and made him sit down again , and I said , I 'm going to tell you a fairy story .
9 Carefully he tried again but Cameron took his arm and told him not to hurry unduly , the joists had only been pinned in place and they were still waiting for the long nails from Grandtully .
10 Rohan took his arm and guided him to a sofa .
11 I took his shoulders and made him look at me .
12 When they arrived at Louise 's house , Grégoire raised a small pinched face to Edouard 's , and Edouard took his hand and pressed it .
13 He took his hand and led him away and Mister Johnny went like a lamb .
14 And she took his hand and led him to the bed .
15 She took his hand and led him into the sitting room .
16 Tom took his hand and made him point to the letters , going from left to right , sounding out each one .
17 Myeloski took his hand and shook it .
18 He swallowed deeply as Michael Ryan took his hand and shook it , the animal strength of the handshake reminding him acutely of exactly what he had done .
19 Getting no response , she took his hand and moved it towards her bare dimpled knees .
20 ‘ I 'll help you , ’ Ellen said to Rickie , then she took his hand and placed it on the mop handle .
21 In answer she took his hand and placed it between her legs .
22 She took his hand and guided him to her clitoris .
23 So I took his hand and stroked it , saying ,
24 She took his hand and squeezed it .
25 Every hour after the operation , a nurse took his temperature and plotted it on a progress ' graph .
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