Example sentences of "his [noun] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Time had a different significance for him and most of his contemporaries than it has for us . |
| 2 | The material was deemed faulty and Mr Martinson was emptying it from his truck when it splashed over him , causing severe burns . |
| 3 | It will affect his livelihood if it turns sponsors away . |
| 4 | Afterwards , she lay naked , warm and quiescent in the curve of his arm , listening to his laboured breathing , feeling the fast , steady beat of his heart as it thundered against her cheek , knowing that it could never have been so good , so satisfying for both of them if she had n't loved him . |
| 5 | All the time she was conscious of his eyes on her lips , her teeth , the way her mouth closed over the small cake , touching the tips of his fingers as it did so . |
| 6 | The twenty year old salesman claimed he 'd just pushed the animal away with his foot after it had messed all down his clothes . |
| 7 | The hook ( a ) Slide back to avoid the opponent 's front kick , then hook his foot as it lands |
| 8 | He felt he might even have given the captain a good run for his money if it had n't been for the damn man 's obvious advantage of height and weight . |
| 9 | ‘ Son of Thatcher ’ may have provided a holding position in the first days after his election but it has no life left in it . |
| 10 | The FCO is waiting , it says , for Ratliff to clarify his plans before it comes to a decision . |
| 11 | He had brushed most of the knots and tangles from his hair and scrubbed his skin until it hurt . |
| 12 | He opened his eyes , rubbing his face with both hands , increasing the speed of the jets so that the water stung his skin when it struck him . |
| 13 | His story as it unfolds is at times scarcely credible when we think back to the way things were in Frome in the 1790s . |
| 14 | A man leaps from his canoe as it hurtles towards us . |
| 15 | Mr Prior has been involved in planning new kitchens while working in major restaurants and hotel groups , so he decided to use all his experience when it came to his own establishment . |
| 16 | A bib had been tied around Bissell 's neck to collect the raw , liquid plaster which oozed from his mouth where it congealed and hardened . |
| 17 | As Endill ate his breakfast he felt a thousand eyes watch him put his cold piece of toast into his mouth and it sent shivers down his spine . |
| 18 | Her mumbled protest was lost in the fierce burn of his mouth as it claimed hers . |
| 19 | Corbett settled his horse as it fidgeted nervously at the rustling of some animal in the undergrowth at the side of the track . |
| 20 | Around him he began to see the unfolding beauty of early summer in his homeland and it held him still with wonder and made him forget the passing of the days . |
| 21 | He shrugged his shoulders and it fell down his arms . |
| 22 | down into his arteries and we ca n't get anything down there so they 're blocked , but he said how the hell he survived that op I do n't know he said they could 've done more with his legs but it meant another hour and a quarter minutes in surgery , and he said he 'd had enough we could n't have kept him on the table a minute longer so he said all we can do is wait , so now mum said well he 's alright in intensive care , he 's responding well , getting over the operation well , but what we was worried about was him breathing on his own , had he , had he been you see , anyway he said this on er Thursday |
| 23 | I should do really got a clot in one of his legs as it means and went down the other one and got ta take it out , through smoking |
| 24 | He chose a child as his lover because it fed that ego ; he lost her because he never cottoned on to the fact that children are children , no matter how grown-up they might appear . |
| 25 | The King was , however , also King of his Dominions and it had been provided by the Statute of Westminster 1931 , s.4 , that Parliament should not legislate for the Dominions ( defined as Australia , Canada , the Irish Free State , Newfoundland , New Zealand and the Union of South Africa ) except at the request of and with the consent of the Dominion concerned . |
| 26 | After sex the man should withdraw his penis before it gets limp , as otherwise the rubber may come off . |
| 27 | Perhaps it would be wise to pander a little to his whims since it seemed he was prone to these Viking tendencies . |
| 28 | She could no longer bring to the man she loved her untouched innocence , and , worse than that , she could not bear his lovemaking because it reminded her so bitterly of what had been done to her . |
| 29 | Incidentally , the Minister of State knows that he has got a real pressure group round his neck when it comes to disability and the disabled . |
| 30 | Richard touched his finger reflexively to a light dressing on the left side of his neck where it met the collarbone . |