Example sentences of "his [noun] that [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't the uncertain nature of his livelihood that worried him , nor the police visits , although he had twice been invited to accompany the officers to the station . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | There was something about his presence that made her feel calm and peaceful . |
| 4 | And I bet it was his hair that put them off . |
| 5 | It was the taste of death in his mouth that preoccupied him . |
| 6 | There was a grim edge to his mocking that drew her attention , and Folly wished that she could see his face more clearly . |
| 7 | On their third night she ordered him quite roughly to bring his legs closer together and found a way of rubbing herself against his knee while sucking at his neck that made him shudder . |
| 8 | There was something about the look in his eyes that told her this was a time to listen and not argue . |
| 9 | Julius stood in the doorway , and there was a bright light in his eyes that made her feel very alarmed . |
| 10 | He smiled suddenly , something in his eyes that made her instantly wary , but when she tried to remove her hand from his arm he covered her fingers with his own and held them there . |
| 11 | It was his eyes that riveted their attention . |
| 12 | But it was his eyes that compelled her gaze ; between generous lashes they glowed with an amber back-light . |
| 13 | Quickly she looked away , fiddling with papers on her desk , not sure she could cope with the anguish in his eyes that mirrored her own , but David lingered . |
| 14 | He smiled , a slow cynical twist of his lips that left his eyes empty of all emotion . |
| 15 | Sometimes he felt that it was only the power of his concentration that kept everything in order . |
| 16 | But it was n't his deeds that made him a Christian , it was his trust in Jesus Christ . |
| 17 | But there is an interdependence between the various themes in his work that makes it difficult to deal with them in isolation . |
| 18 | In interviews , Gedge said he was fascinated by the downside of Best 's character ; the flaws in his make-up that led him to skip training session and stay in discotheques ( as they were then called ) for hours after he had officially opened them . |
| 19 | There was one noise he kept hearing again and again on his travels that intrigued him . |
| 20 | His expression was bland , unreadable , but there was a definite glint in his eye that made her pulse begin to race . |
| 21 | ‘ So you 've gone off chocolates , ’ he remarked with a glint in his eye that made her even more wary . |
| 22 | It 's not his compositions that interest me but more his attention to detail . |
| 23 | I thought it was really very funny , this long straggly black hair , he looked absolutely miserable , he thought he was now spiritually calm and spiritually sane and he 's got this peculiar thing on his head that makes him look so daft . |
| 24 | There was a passion in his lips and a fire in his caresses that filled her heart to overflowing . |
| 25 | So for a while , the President of the United States effectively had world power , there was no other power in the world who could stand up to the U S , er , after , after , World War One for one argument anyway , and I think Freud 's er , defence disposition would be , Woodrow Wilson was the man who came to Europe , saying he would bring a just peace for all , and went away leaving a total mess , and , and , Freud 's er argument in his book is , told us was , well , the mess er , was really Wilson 's own doing , and if it was his doing , what was it in his character that allowed him to er , si to on some Lloyd George , who bullied him into getting most of what they wanted . |
| 26 | It was seeing his glasses that tore me apart . |
| 27 | So when I was ushered into his consulting room , it was his welfare that concerned me as much as my own . |
| 28 | Indeed , it was his example that led me to see beneath the brilliance and beauty of Paris , where the plight of its dispossessed is mirrored in the experience of the very people — artists and intellectuals — who are responsible for its reputation . |
| 29 | Oddly , it was n't his anger that made her eyes prickle and her vision blur . |
| 30 | THOUGH FATHER MCGIFF ADMITTED to himself that he was no longer a youngster , he knew it was n't his age that had him suddenly welcoming autumn and winter far more than he had ever welcomed spring and summer . |