Example sentences of "his [noun] [conj] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kirov stooped over his crumpled form , retrieving the photograph from between his fingers and tucking it safely into his inside pocket . |
| 2 | Siegfried carefully lifted the thing , shook the milk from his fingers and studied it with interest . |
| 3 | Holly took the bread and tugged it between his fingers and wolfed it to his mouth . |
| 4 | With a lifetime of practice behind him he rolled a passable cigarette in his fingers and lit it . |
| 5 | He smoothed the paper with his fingers and gave it to her . |
| 6 | Tom put the bone in his shirt and carried it back to camp ’ . |
| 7 | He undid the buttons of his shirt and shrugged it from his shoulders , letting it fall unheeded to the floor . |
| 8 | Travis stripped off his shirt and tossed it aside before unrolling the sleeping-bag and spreading it before the fire . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , they 'll have to , ’ said Nicholson pulling the necktie from his shirt and flinging it across the back of a chair . |
| 10 | He pulled off his shirt and threw it into the corner of the tiny room . |
| 11 | Deane scored for Leeds , and , it could be argued he scored for Tottenham as well cos I think it was his foot that deflected it past Beaney . |
| 12 | He could not understand Modigliani 's disregard for both his health and his money and found it shocking . |
| 13 | I got my hand on his jaw and forced it open . |
| 14 | The man looked around and then , almost absent-mindedly , drew a shod throwing knife from his bandolier and hurled it . |
| 15 | He rested his spoon , patted his lips with his napkin and replaced it in his lap . |
| 16 | He is an " Oxbridge don " who gives a " somewhat fastidious impression " , a point which is almost immediately confirmed by the dramatic action when the stage directions tell us " ANDERSON dabs at his mouth with his napkin and puts it down " ( p. 43 ) . |
| 17 | He said that he did not think that it was a high priority to ask the Home Secretary to take £40 million out of his budget and put it on to the Secretary of State for Transport 's budget . |
| 18 | No , he 'd gone up to the traffic lights and this cyclist sort of like cycled up , jumped off his bike and wheeled it round the corner so he |
| 19 | This man wanted to buy his cottage and demolish it . |
| 20 | He kissed the lobe of her ear , taking it between his teeth and teasing it with his tongue . |
| 21 | William took a tack from between his teeth and hammered it into the leather and then picked up a file . |
| 22 | ‘ An estate agent submitted a gadget he had invented years before which was sitting up in his loft , but he needed the money so tried his luck and sent it in . ’ |
| 23 | The grey man scooped them into his briefcase and snapped it shut . |
| 24 | Corbett undid his cloak and dropped it on the ground . |
| 25 | Albert looked at his watch and found it was only six , but thought it gratuitous to say so . |
| 26 | Before Gabriel acted for the first time , she spent hours brushing his hair and fluffing it out with a hazel twig into a frizzy golden cloud , quite indifferent to his squeaks and ouches . |
| 27 | He felt one in his hair and removed it . |
| 28 | He raked his fingers through his hair and watched it spring back around his face in untidy tufts . |
| 29 | And when he 'd finished and been weighed again and she 'd changed his diaper and put it in the special container to go away for the chemical analysis — And a nasty old job that must be to do ! |
| 30 | He took an unconcerned mouthful of his whisky and rolled it in his mouth as he smiled and told her , ‘ Alas , you see , your brother and I have crossed swords again . ’ |