Example sentences of "his [noun] [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he returns for his payment she shows him another body , claiming the porter has not done the job asked of him . |
| 2 | His family name derives from the village of Branscombe on the coast about sixteen miles east of Exeter , but of his parentage we know nothing . |
| 3 | He introduced me to the Branch Secretary , Forbes , who I found less congenial , more prone to rhetoric , though at his level I daresay it was expected of him . |
| 4 | In his enthusiasm he lost his cap and when Beth stooped with difficulty to retrieve it , she almost lost her balance as he insisted on pulling her forward . |
| 5 | With his dirk he cut her free . |
| 6 | In his heart he felt he was betraying something very new and delicate , but he could not stop himself . |
| 7 | ‘ My homesite was Cape Wrath but before I ever made my first flight a Man came and … ’ and he began to tell her his story , of the Zoo , of the Cages , of the Men there and his sudden escape … only leaving out mention of the other eagles in the Cages for in his heart he knew their pride would ask that he did not mention their names to a free eagle , nor would they wish for pity from outside . |
| 8 | Deep in his heart he knew he just did n't have the nerve to give up everything — his home , his family , his fortune — to return to a country he thought he loved . |
| 9 | As he thought of this he grasped on to it with relief for it seemed to give him a reason to do nothing , though in his heart he knew it was fear , not duty , that prevented him from flying . |
| 10 | He could n't understand how his world had collapsed and although he said to himself , several times a day , that it was all the fault of the theatre , that sick , all-pervading fever that seemed to turn everyone foolish and mad , in his heart he knew it was more than that . |
| 11 | Feeling the solid flesh beneath his fingers he felt himself harden , completely unaware that Michael was planning his demise . |
| 12 | Tearing a piece of beef off the cut with his fingers he popped it in his mouth and swallowed greedily . |
| 13 | Clasping a pencil impotently between his fingers he clenched his free hand into a fist and dug his knuckles into the table so that he would n't cry . |
| 14 | He made them sing softly and then to sing loudly — smoking a cigar and strolling up and down with his walking-cane he had everyone in the audience completely under his control . |
| 15 | When he had spent all his money he found himself alone and destitute . |
| 16 | In reaching his decision he founded himself on the only reported case as far as we know that has been decided under this provision ; it is the decision of the Court of Appeal in Brown v Liverpool Corporation [ 1969 ] 3 AER 1345 . |
| 17 | with his permission he thought it was funny he saw the funny side of it as well , but they had this big argument for five minutes cos he thought what he 'd done was right and he said Jesus , I 've been using this for three years for the training in the branch er it makes you wonder does n't it erm but if you 're gon na do practical applications you 've got ta give people relevant examples perhaps you start off basics with an example that is correct and then you start building on that do n't you then you start giving them the deviations and all this sort of stuff . |
| 18 | There was a subtle lemon-musk fragrance to his skin which made her head swim . |
| 19 | Jacob was no longer a trickster in the Joseph story , but himself the victim of the duplicity of his sons who convinced him that his favourite Joseph was dead . |
| 20 | I think at the time the RAF had more volunteers than it could cope with and much weeding out was done , but in his case he blotted his copybook good and proper by doing a bit of unauthorised low flying over a south Devonshire town , frightening all the old ladies . |
| 21 | Then , when the boy was n't looking in his direction he hurled it towards the pool . |
| 22 | During his lunch-hour I give him the last orange , a biro and three lollipops , all I can muster , and wish him a happy birthday . |
| 23 | To his horror he realised his hand was lying in the embers . |
| 24 | He said we must come back again and he 'd show us his cow He said he 'd show us his cow and then where the gulls nest , up on the mountain … |
| 25 | It is as if , while in the presence of a dead man , the poet is reverent and sad , but once out of his presence he vents his anger for his dead friend on nature . |
| 26 | One of his Residents reported that in his presence he felt himself become transparent , every aspect of his character laid bare to Lugard 's innocent penetration . |
| 27 | Harry nodded , or perhaps it was the threatening clatter of his teeth which caused his head to simulate assent . |
| 28 | Because my head landed on his teeth it hurt me more than if I 'd smacked down on the bridge of his nose . |
| 29 | The debtor may then ( with the court 's approval ) make a composition or scheme of arrangement with his creditors ; but if this is not done he will be adjudicated bankrupt , and the whole of his property ( not including property of which he is himself a trustee , or — up to the value of £250 — the tools of his trade and the necessary clothing and bedding of himself and his family ) will vest in the ‘ official receiver ’ ( a public officer ) or some other trustee , and become divisible among his creditors who prove their debts . |
| 30 | His look itself gives us strength and courage again , ’ were said to have occurred in almost all reports received . |