Example sentences of "[adv prt] his [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Darwin 's discoveries on the Beagle voyage had the effect of gradually breaking down his faith in the fixity of species and converting him to a dynamic view of the relationship between living things and their environment . |
| 2 | A Thames waterman would take his grandson , on his Sunday visits , out on his lighter , handing down his skills to the fifth generation to work on the river : ‘ he was one of those methodical old fellows who live quietly , and never get ruffled . ’ |
| 3 | It was a pre-emptive strike against attempts to rewrite and water down his proposals in the months ahead . |
| 4 | The unsuccessful hunter is met with marked coldness by the women , while the successful hunter flings down his kill for the women to prepare , and with studied indifference goes to lie down . |
| 5 | Havelock Wilson was inclined to play down his involvement in the affair . |
| 6 | This chapter aims at motivating godly praying in order that leaders will not be sloppy and selfish , but will be shepherds after the heart of Jesus the good shepherd who lays down his life for the sheep . |
| 7 | His trousers were ripped and the blood seeped down his leg from the gash inches above his knee . |
| 8 | The man opposite her threw down his Reveille at the same moment , and their eyes met . |
| 9 | He chewed his way through a large and over-greasy midday meal , drank more beer than he ought to have done , took some laudanum with his brandy and water to give him sleep and felt his brain ripped open by a nightmare which wolfed down his mind in the open bleeding mouths of women . |
| 10 | In dismay he put aside his tools and set down his reaction to the disaster on paper . |
| 11 | For example , an employer who envisages having to slim down his work-force in the future , perhaps after introducing new technology , may offer those who are prepared to resign rather than to wait to volunteer for redundancy a financial inducement , perhaps exceeding state redundancy pay . |
| 12 | He was unusually distrait as he buttered a slice of toast and cut into one of the rashers on his plate , then after a minute 's thoughtful chewing he brought down his hand on the table with a suddenness that made me jump . |
| 13 | He put down his coffee-cup in the tray with a sigh . |
| 14 | So excited had Mr Wolski become — though he kept quiet about it at the Zoo — that he had taken down his atlas of the British Isles so he could mark off the various places the eagle was seen . |
| 15 | — When Manjiku comes , she shuts her eyes and lets herself fall down his throat past the barbed teeth and come down to land in the foul bilgewater in his gut . |
| 16 | His Adam 's apple slid up and down his throat like the lift in the Red Road Flats ought a , but do n't . |
| 17 | She who could call a lame youth to her and support him with her invisible grace while he laid down his crutches on the steps of her altar , why doubt that she could turn the leaves of a Gospel , and guide a faithful finger to the words her will required ? |
| 18 | I was as a man who was pulling down his house upon the head of his wife and children , yet thought I , I must do it , I must do it . ’ |
| 19 | He felt a trickle of blood down his arm from the scratch on his shoulder , and pulled the torn sleeve more tightly round it , hoping Ruth would n't notice the damage and make a fuss . |
| 20 | Her hand strokes along his thigh from the knee . |
| 21 | Feeling like a traitor , Charlie scribbled his signature on the bottom of the second page before handing in his report to the orderly officer . |
| 22 | He glanced over his shoulder at the crowd of people . |
| 23 | George came last , carrying an attaché case of papers and looking over his shoulder at the train as if wondering if he 'd forgotten anything . |
| 24 | He gestured over his shoulder at the other members of the golfing Press . |
| 25 | Whitlock took a sip of beer then glanced over his shoulder at the entrance . |
| 26 | I peered over his shoulder at the spidery script . |
| 27 | Richie glanced over his shoulder at the young PC pacing behind them . |
| 28 | Then he laughed over his shoulder at the Mason . |
| 29 | He looked so much younger with a mountain peak all covered in snow peering over his shoulder through the little window . |
| 30 | ‘ The first time your children tell you they 've heard the story , remember , I warned you , ’ He drained his mug , dropping it over his shoulder into the water slushing around in the galley : ‘ Nothing like a hurricane for washing dishes . ’ |