Example sentences of "his [noun] [conj] [verb] them " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whitlock peeled off several notes from the roll and the man snatched them from his fingers and stuffed them into his pocket . |
| 2 | She would bite off all his fingers and eat them , the way Smallfry said she would if ever he was caught stealing . |
| 3 | He wiped the scattered crumbs on his tray to a neat heap and then pinched them between his fingers and gobbled them . |
| 4 | He can appear in so doing to have his opinions and to eat them too . |
| 5 | Brutus was the only person in the play who was n't working for himself and although he was idealistic , he stuck to his plans and carried them through . |
| 6 | A. McCormick summarizes the general opinion thus : ‘ probably the very crimes attributed to him were essential to terrorize his gang and bring them to subjection . |
| 7 | Shortly after this , he decided to ditch the one-liner style of stand-up and get rid of his immortal catch-phrase ( ‘ Put that chicken away , missus ! ’ ) in favour of a more confessional comedy routine ; he would gather up the rough , rotting scraps of his experience and weave them into balmy theatrical monologues . |
| 8 | So he caught them up in his cloak and carried them to the top of the mountain , and there he showed them all the treasures and towns and palaces that were in the world . |
| 9 | And I bet it was his hair that put them off . |
| 10 | The implications for individual managers are that ‘ increasingly it will come to be seen as the individual 's responsibility to maintain , alter or boost his skills , to find the right market for his skills and to sell them to the appropriate buyer ’ . |
| 11 | At 8.30am on his first day on the job , Mr Lobov summoned senior officials in his ministry and told them to draw up a plan for re-establishing state control over the economy . |
| 12 | And he opened his mouth and taught them , saying , Blessed are the poor in spirit : for theirs is the kingdom of heaven . |
| 13 | He caught her exploring fingers and lifted them to his mouth and kissed them quickly , his eyes filled with a wry mockery as he studied her flushed face . |
| 14 | Then , one by one , he put the pieces of wet paper into his mouth and ate them . |
| 15 | Sam popped several coloured capsules into his mouth and washed them down with another slug of firewater . |
| 16 | Now , all he wanted was to get back to his typewriter and put them on paper before they faded . |
| 17 | He talked with them in his study or took them for walks in the park . |
| 18 | He who hears his words and obeys them ‘ is like a man building a house , who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock ’ ( Luke 6:48 ) . |
| 19 | The person who hears his words and obeys them ‘ is like a man building a house , who dug deep , and laid the foundation upon rock ; and when a flood arose , the stream broke against that house , and could not shake it , because it had been well built ’ ( Luke 6:48 RSV ) . |
| 20 | Snorting at the friar 's apparent stupidity , Cranston turned his horse and led them out of the main alleyways of Southwark . |
| 21 | The man took off his spectacles and wiped them on a snowy white handkerchief . |
| 22 | Sutcliffe tapped the side of his long nose with his index finger as he uttered these words , dislodging his spectacles and causing them to crash into his tea-cup — for this conversation took place in the Senior Common Room , not long after Robyn 's arrival at Rummidge . |
| 23 | The Campbell took off his spectacles and tucked them into his pocket . |
| 24 | ‘ And so Miss Abbot , ’ Mr Renfrew said , taking off his spectacles and folding them neatly , ‘ that is the sum of things . ’ |
| 25 | He took off his spectacles and polished them thoughtfully with a red snuff-handkerchief . |
| 26 | Taczek took off his spectacles and polished them with a handkerchief . |
| 27 | The West German club TTC Juelich said that Crisan , 27 , had fled from his homeland and joined them . |
| 28 | The West German club TTC Juelich said that Crisan , 27 , had fled from his homeland and joined them . |
| 29 | He lifted his shoulders and let them fall in a dismissive shrug . |
| 30 | In sudden fury Leonora caught hold of his legs and swung them to the floor . |