Example sentences of "his [noun] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for Philip , the prospect of seeing the man who was supposed to marry his sister go off on crusade for an indefinite period seems to have been too much for him . |
| 2 | After a while they clapped , and then his sister walked on to the low platform that was surrounded by a frothy sea of pink and white azalea plants . |
| 3 | When she worried that they might not know when it was lunch time , he explained that when they saw his sister come back from her ride , then they would know . |
| 4 | His policies looked back to the more aggressive activities of his father ; he fought the Alans , and he attacked Arles . |
| 5 | But , although the construction company 's overlord continued to stay away , a day or two later a gang of his labourers moved on to the land which surrounded her house . |
| 6 | But the rabbi was a very kind man and his heart went out to the poor man . |
| 7 | His heart went out to her trepidation . |
| 8 | When the Lord saw her his heart went out to her , and he said , ‘ Weep no more ’ ( Luke 7:13 ) . |
| 9 | His heart cried out for his countrymen , forced to live grey , drab existences in a land where there was no freedom and little truth , but so much potential beauty . |
| 10 | In mid-January 1930 he stood by Frank 's death-bed and imagined his heart going out to his brother . |
| 11 | ‘ You will not lose by this , Yin Tsu , ’ he said softly , his heart going out to the old man . |
| 12 | If you 'll allow me , I 'll have a few of his titles sent round to your hotel . |
| 13 | With devastating confidence , he thrust his finger deep into her molten heat , then raked his fingers back up across her stomach to her breasts with a convulsive , possessive , shuddering movement which triggered a huge surge of longing inside her , so strong she felt dizzy . |
| 14 | In 1351 Edward III granted John the woodward of Raskelf a pension of 3d. a day ‘ for good service and especially because his eyes were torn out and his tongue and his fingers cut off by malefactors in the Forest of Galtres in the time when he was one of the King 's foresters there ’ . |
| 15 | His hand slid down over her back , his fingers splaying out over the firm swell of her bottom , pulling her body closer still to his . |
| 16 | This thought combines the antihero wanting to want and Svidrigailov trying sex , balloon-travel , good works even , in his struggle to latch on to life . |
| 17 | And so there they , they claim that his childhood was relevant , because of this character defect in , in Wilson , his inability to stand up to strong men . |
| 18 | Apart from certain exceptional cases , a trustee is entitled to no remuneration for his trouble , unless the terms of the trust so direct , and is liable not only for dishonest dealing with the trust property , but for all loss due either to non-observance of the directions in the settlement and the general rules of law , or to failure on his part to act up to the high standard of care which equity and statute law require of him . |
| 19 | He pumped a shot into the breech and laid the gun on the portside cockpit settee , covering it with his shirt weighted down against the wind with the coiled stern line . |
| 20 | For about fifteen minutes he did nothing but sit there contentedly , sipping his coffee and watching their restless , flickering scene around him through half-open eyes : the tall , bearded man with a cigar and a fatuous grin who walked up and down at an unvarying even pace like a clockwork soldier , never looking at anybody ; the plump ageing layabout in a Gestapo officers leather coat and dark glasses holding court outside the door of the cafe , trading secrets and scandal with his men friends , assessing the passers-by as thought they were for sale , calling after women and making hour-glass gestures with his hairy gold-ringed hands ; a frail old man bent like an S , with a crazy harmless expression and a transistor radio pressed to his ear walking with the exaggerated urgency of those who have nowhere to go ; slim Africans with leatherwork belts and bangles laid out on a piece of cloth ; a Gypsy child sitting n the cold stone playing the same four note again and again on a cheap concertina ; two foreigners with guitars an a small crowd around them ; a beggar with his shirt pulled down over one shoulder to reveal the stump of an amputated arm ; a pudgy shapeless women with an open suitcase full of cigarette lighters and bootleg cassettes ; the two Nordic girls at the next table , basking half-naked in the weak March sun as though this might be the last time it appeared this year . |
| 21 | It 's cut rather oddly about the shoulders , so that the collar of his shirt sticks out above it . |
| 22 | Without being asked , he strode over to the door and waited , moving his weight from one foot to the other and tugging his shirt cuffs out of his jacket sleeves . |
| 23 | ‘ And all his money goes back to his wife . ’ |
| 24 | He was , perhaps , seven years old and had his money tied up in a corner of his handkerchief . |
| 25 | ‘ And with his money tied up in the land he lacked the extra cash necessary to turn it into a paying proposition . ’ |
| 26 | Then he pulled down the oven door , smelt the sweet , fatty smell of the meat and knew that it was probably this very fact that accounted for his decision to go through with the business . |
| 27 | East Londoner Williams is certainly not ruing his decision to move back to Selhurst Park , saying : ‘ It 's familiar territory as far as I 'm concerned , I had two good years here with Charlton and I 'm hoping to spend a good few more here with Palace . |
| 28 | Will the Prime Minister confirm that because of his decision to opt out of the social charter — |
| 29 | Will the Prime Minister confirm that because of his decision to opt out of the social charter |
| 30 | To the accompaniment of one of Alan Dell 's Big Band programmes Patrick told Peter Jennings about the murder and the theft of the letters , the switched bodies and his decision to come out to Romania and try to pick up the scent of John and Angela Bonnard . |