Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [pron] [vb past] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Laing made it clear that he despised his fellow MPs for affecting the common touch and wearing Olex ; he himself never appeared in the house without a worsted suit and a carnation . |
| 2 | There were times when Gooch publicly made it clear that he put his home life before cricket . |
| 3 | Nigel Lawson may have won his prime minister the 1987 election , but it has become ever more clear that he let his boom run on too long and too strong thereafter . |
| 4 | This time he seemed ill at ease and jumpy and I noticed his face was slick with perspiration when he spun to greet me . |
| 5 | His face was flushed and damp and he mopped his forehead with a large handkerchief . |
| 6 | The bruise on his ankle was cripplingly painful and he felt his forty-seven years . |
| 7 | Her reply was crisp and she held his gaze , letting him see her anger . |
| 8 | He looked offended but I guessed his idea of discretion was swapping his length of lead pipe for a rubber truncheon . |
| 9 | I indicated that Bunny 's glass was empty but he shook his head . |
| 10 | He appeared to find something interesting because he shortened his stride till he was marching opposite me . |
| 11 | He asked for and received the resignations of his Cabinet ; it was not clear whether they included his own . |
| 12 | That much was clear as she struck his hand away . |
| 13 | His tone was light as he turned his attention back to the road again . |
| 14 | The Chronicle A represents Penda as 50 years old when he began his thirty-year reign , and grave suspicion attaches to both round numbers . |
| 15 | The exotically-named , Birmingham-born Exeter schoolboy Orlando Le Fleming was only 15 years 338 days old when he bowled his seamers with some effect . |
| 16 | ‘ Who would have thought it ? ’ asked Fireman Robb , puffing as he lit his pipe . |
| 17 | ‘ You are determined to think the worst of me ? ’ he demanded , his wry voice a fraction unsteady as he ran his hands hungrily down her back , crushing her softness against his hard body . |
| 18 | It was also possible that they saw his state of mind as a potential liability , particularly if he got desperate and tried to escape again . |
| 19 | Dana would fall asleep immediately he put his head on the pillow , and after a while I had to try to extract myself from his embrace . |
| 20 | The mail arrived early and he opened his letters as he sat at the breakfast table . |
| 21 | ‘ Morrissey had a wonderful twist of phrase ’ , says Muir today , ‘ His writing was really witty — really very clever but I found his personality fascinating which is why I decided to publish . ’ |
| 22 | Nick looked bored but he licked his forefinger and drew it across his throat . |
| 23 | He is old and sad because he lost his son . |
| 24 | " Keep tambourine a-rolling , " he said to nobody before he went back into a silence that remained unbroken while he ate his fish . |
| 25 | Forster 's voice was incredulous as he swung his torch around in a wide arc . |
| 26 | His voice was uneven as he raised his head , running a hand through her hair to lift its silken weight from her neck . |
| 27 | He had such pleasure reading them and was delighted when you mentioned his love of Quoits ( LINK September ‘ 90 Issue ) . |
| 28 | Iro , the only Kiwi of undoubted international calibre , made scoring look easy when he received his chance , but in a splendid move between the forwards , Castleford carved the tourists open again before half-time , 19-year-old Paul Crabtree taking a Beardmore pass to give the home side a 20-8 interval lead . |
| 29 | Yanto reached the end of the rock bridge where it disappeared into the hard sand The walking was now relatively easy as he made his way towards the first of the salmon traps , or kipes as they were called locally . |
| 30 | But walking along beside him , sucking his cane , and looking ineffably bored as he escorted his new marchioness , née Miss Maybelle Foy , the meat-packer 's heiress from Chicago , was none other than Havvie Blaine , of unblessed memory . |