Example sentences of "his [noun] [conj] [v-ing] [pers pn] " 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 | ‘ Well , they 'll have to , ’ said Nicholson pulling the necktie from his shirt and flinging it across the back of a chair . |
| 3 | Ken wanted to rake David to this thing on his own and David , being very , very cold — he hates demonstrations of emotion — and me being very Mediterranean , I told him that as far as I was concerned , I did n't give a fuck about his award or seeing him receive it , but I thought it was a bit much that his mother could n't be there because it was a public occasion and it was a time when , without having to speak to her , he could be nice to her , as every mother loves to be there for that kind of thing . |
| 4 | If , instead of persuading B to break his contract or causing him to do so by direct unlawful action against him , A brings about the breach of the contract between B and C by operating through a third party , X , A may still be liable to C , provided unlawful means are used . |
| 5 | He avoided the child-labour inspectors by clamping a cigar between his teeth and pretending he was a forty-five-year-old midget . |
| 6 | He kissed the lobe of her ear , taking it between his teeth and teasing it with his tongue . |
| 7 | There are detectives and DCIs and Chief Supers and Commanders every fucking where ; more tecs and CID guys and Anti-Terrorism Squad chaps and regional guys than you can shake a nightstick at , all asking questions , all asking the same fucking questions and me trying to give the same fucking answers ; seeing DI McDunn , sucking saliva through his teeth and letting me share.his B&Hs , is like meeting an old pal even though he 's got all his questions too . |
| 8 | By the final scene , however , we infer his dislike of McKendrick from the fact that having seriously impinged on his negative face by placing Hollar 's thesis in his briefcase and putting him into a situation of considerable personal danger , he makes no apology for his action whatsoever . |
| 9 | Accepting his teaching and following him as a disciple means to live in that kingdom now . |
| 10 | He was always looking at his watch and saying he 'd have to go and — ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The next he knew , Lucie was dragging him to his feet by his hair and hauling him impatiently towards the kitchen wagon . |
| 13 | In no time at all , he was scrubbed shiny , dressed in his night-shift , and seated in the big armchair , with the heat from the fire drying his hair and making him feel all sleepy . |
| 14 | Nahum was immediately contrite , apologizing for his hesitation and assuring her that her health was more important than anything else , especially if there was the longed-for reason for her tiredness . |
| 15 | He was obviously embarrassed at his lack of preparedness and when he saw me glance involuntarily at my watch he grew more agitated , pulling his pipe from his mouth and putting it back in again , tucking the hammer under his arm , rummaging in a large box of matches . |
| 16 | Her father took a silver case from his pocket and withdrew a cigarette , which he tapped on a thumbnail before putting it in his mouth and lighting it . |
| 17 | Here he got up and went to the desk , to look for cigarettes , and stood with his back to her , going through the business of putting one in his mouth and lighting it . |
| 18 | The two men were knocked aside as Corbett swung round the overturned wagon and broke into a gallop , clinging to his horse and hoping it would keep its feet on the rough rutted track . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The rain had almost stopped , but various projections over the pavement in Fleet Street dripped on Dyson as he passed , wetting the lenses of his spectacles and making it difficult for him to see where he was going . |
| 21 | ‘ And so Miss Abbot , ’ Mr Renfrew said , taking off his spectacles and folding them neatly , ‘ that is the sum of things . ’ |
| 22 | For example , in 1983 it was said that ‘ even where the husband had been violent , it would be reasonable for the wife to continue to reside in the matrimonial home but to seek a court order restraining his violence or barring him from the home ’ and in these circumstances the authority 's duty would be ‘ to advise the applicant so to do , not to accommodate her as a homeless person ’ . |
| 23 | Levering himself up to sit back on his heels and pulling her easily with him , he lifted her on to his lap , so that she found herself straddling him , her naked breasts pressed against the sensuous roughness of his chest , with only thin swimming costumes protecting her from ultimate intimacy . |
| 24 | Impatiently he finished the task , ripping the material from his shoulders and tossing it to the floor . |
| 25 | He picked up one of the ashtrays and sat down in an armchair , crossing his legs and balancing it on his knee . |
| 26 | ‘ She bit me last night , ’ he said , dragging up his trouser-leg and showing her the line of tiny red marks . |
| 27 | There was nothing short of taking the chap by the scruff of his neck and showing him the street that would have done the trick . |
| 28 | Not with the shaft of a golf club driven through his neck and pinning him to the wooden floor . |
| 29 | The collar is ringed with spring-loaded spikes and can be slipped over an enemy 's head , breaking his neck and killing him instantly . |
| 30 | CAR thieves have left a disabled man virtually housebound after taking his car and crashing it into a wall . |