Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | A NURSE who had to learn to walk again after his neck was broken has hit out at the prison sentence given to his attacker . |
| 2 | Hope retraced his steps and came up alongside a Mr Crump whose mind had been cleared and relaxed by the stimulating freedom given to his prejudices : his expression was no longer that of the tentative , diffident social and artistic explorer : he was a hard man in his office dealing with a captain whose cargo did not comply with his list of instructions . |
| 3 | A few seconds later , he gasped in realization : had n't the scientist referred to his tardy colleague as ‘ he ’ ? |
| 4 | As for the poll I think Gav is just a little bit biased in his choice of Cuntona , as im sure anyone who has seen him will confirm Gavs evening job is actually as a Cuntona look a like you know posing for pictures for the Sun with an easel and tweeds . |
| 5 | He helped the protesting wizard climb until he was hanging upside down , robe tucked into his britches , Kring dangling from one hand . |
| 6 | Maggie was a bit shaken at his silence and knew she was once again blushing . |
| 7 | Sometimes they demonstrably were not ; for example , portraits of the Emperor Augustus struck at the end of his reign , when he was seventy-six , do not depict a man of that age and do not correspond with the unflattering description given by his biographer , Suetonius. portraits such as this are intended to be the embodiment of a political ideal rather than a realistic likeness ( though in some cases , such as that of Nero , they might be both ) . |
| 8 | Finniston pauses for an ironical chuckle as he recollects the weight of responsibility placed upon his shoulders at the time . |
| 9 | A YOUNG bungee jumper plunged to his death — after forgetting to attach the rope . |
| 10 | He caught a glimpse of Sheldukher who , with his usual instinct for self preservation , was scurrying off with the Cell case tucked under his arm . |
| 11 | ‘ Hi , ’ William says , tossing back some blond hair fallen over his forehead . |
| 12 | But in spite of every difficulty placed in his path , by the end of July 1941 David Stirling had got roughly what he wanted . |
| 13 | Speaker J , in his preceding contribution , has talked about the money received for his work at a particular point in the past . |
| 14 | When Stoker approached him with a play intended for his master , Irving , taking no thought of the devotion shown by his factotum , reacted along a scale from dismissiveness to contempt . |
| 15 | Existence depended on his aunt 's ability at home sewing , yet two foundations of his later development were laid down , an awareness of literature and familiarity with religion . |
| 16 | If a man perceives a necklace placed about his neck to be a noose , then he will expect to be hanged . |
| 17 | ‘ It will suit as much as them to have the fight later because it will give John that little bit more time to prepare after having his jaw broken in his last fight . ’ |
| 18 | With his long blue cloak fastened across his shoulders , his injury was hidden and his height emphasised . |
| 19 | He wore riding-gear and a bowler , a stick tucked underneath his arm , and his air of unhurried authority gave him a matchless glamour . |
| 20 | The taxi driver leaned through his window at one point and passed me a small scrap of paper . |
| 21 | But there was no military tradition in the family , and despite the fame and glory won by his sons , they were still dwarfed by their father , Sam . |
| 22 | Sweeting also confirmed that the Miss Johnson story originated from his aunt who , as he wittily put it , ‘ could only know what was told her ! ’ |
| 23 | He rubbed his fingertips through the soft thatch , and the short curly hair caught in his nails . |
| 24 | Jed 's heart lifted in his ribs . |
| 25 | Kate , hurt and more than a bit shattered under his look of acute dislike , felt she had to try to justify her actions . |
| 26 | Did a manager 's philosophy , overall sense of aims and sense of priorities in the curriculum come from his or her inner resources ? |
| 27 | Images of a naked young man , suspended , with cut hair scattered on his body co-exists with text framed on the wall . |
| 28 | He is both rudderless and becalmed , and the futurity conjured by his letter blends the metaphysical frustration of a brilliant unhoused intellectual torpor with human impossibility : you ca n't cross a river on a chip of wood . |
| 29 | That look of sympathy deepened in his eyes , as if he knew she was just casting around desperately to try and outrun the turmoil of her own feelings . |
| 30 | And as he struggled to swim , the woman 's little bone hook caught in his hair and pulled him up . |