Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [conj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tom released his sister and coaxed her back inside . |
| 2 | They make up his hope and give him his strength . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | [ In those days , if you were a witch you were safe as long as you kept away from the common people : once I saw a group of villagers spread-eagle a warlock , drive a stake through his heart and bury him beneath a crossroads gibbet . ] |
| 5 | As he starts to crumple at my feet , I grab the front of his shirt and drag him upright . |
| 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 put on his shirt and suggested she should wash herself at the sink . |
| 11 | He pulled off his shirt and threw it into the corner of the tiny room . |
| 12 | A GLASGOW bus driver said yesterday that he might have been blinded during an attack by a drunken passenger who had broken into his cabin and assaulted him as he drove through the city centre one Saturday evening . |
| 13 | Every evening since Boxing Night she had come to his basement-room and allowed him to make love to her . |
| 14 | When Mr Major ran for party leader , the terrier-like figure of Mrs Shephard joined his campaign team early on , rounded up his support and delivered him a victory which he was swift to reward with the post of Minister of State in the Treasury . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Only once had the customer checked his money and informed her she had short-changed him . |
| 17 | He could not understand Modigliani 's disregard for both his health and his money and found it shocking . |
| 18 | ‘ He has had his time , made his money and to have him come back , well , people do n't know when to quit ’ |
| 19 | He gave Sandison the address and asked him to do three things : check that Maidstone was all right , check that he still had his money and give him back his hat . |
| 20 | Maggie put Patrick in his cradle and took her in her arms with motherly concern . |
| 21 | I got my hand on his jaw and forced it open . |
| 22 | His hair was still quite closely cropped , and his beard now followed the lines of his jaw and allowed her to see the hard fierce lines of his face . |
| 23 | Not only do insects rob man of his food , but they suck his blood , bury themselves in his skin and infect him with all kinds of serious diseases . |
| 24 | The man looked around and then , almost absent-mindedly , drew a shod throwing knife from his bandolier and hurled it . |
| 25 | He rested his spoon , patted his lips with his napkin and replaced it in his lap . |
| 26 | 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 ) . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 |