Example sentences of "his [noun pl] [conj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An unemployed engineer in Coventry , who joined the Labour Party after being made redundant , walks to all his meetings and reckons he wears out his shoes three times faster than when he was working . |
| 2 | Another member of staff recognised the defendant from his schooldays and told him to give himself up . |
| 3 | Whitlock peeled off several notes from the roll and the man snatched them from his fingers and stuffed them into his pocket . |
| 4 | She would bite off all his fingers and eat them , the way Smallfry said she would if ever he was caught stealing . |
| 5 | Kirov stooped over his crumpled form , retrieving the photograph from between his fingers and tucking it safely into his inside pocket . |
| 6 | He wiped the scattered crumbs on his tray to a neat heap and then pinched them between his fingers and gobbled them . |
| 7 | She did n't like the way he just snapped his fingers and expected her to follow . |
| 8 | Siegfried carefully lifted the thing , shook the milk from his fingers and studied it with interest . |
| 9 | Holly took the bread and tugged it between his fingers and wolfed it to his mouth . |
| 10 | With a lifetime of practice behind him he rolled a passable cigarette in his fingers and lit it . |
| 11 | He smoothed the paper with his fingers and gave it to her . |
| 12 | He can appear in so doing to have his opinions and to eat them too . |
| 13 | She made him take tap classes to loosen his ankles and gave him daily exercises to do under her assistant 's instruction . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | According to the Laws of Manu , a vānaprasthin must control his senses , keep his organs in subjection , abandon his belongings , commit his wife to his sons or allow her to accompany him , be chaste , patient , friendly , and compassionate towards all creatures . |
| 16 | Moreover , Corbett realised that if de Craon knew he was asking questions it was only a matter of time before the Council of Guardians intervened and either put a stop to his activities or expelled him from the country . |
| 17 | He avoided the child-labour inspectors by clamping a cigar between his teeth and pretending he was a forty-five-year-old midget . |
| 18 | He looked at the Substitute who stuck the cigar between his teeth and handed him the sheet of paper saying : |
| 19 | He kissed the lobe of her ear , taking it between his teeth and teasing it with his tongue . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | William took a tack from between his teeth and hammered it into the leather and then picked up a file . |
| 22 | Just in case Lord Milton failed to appreciate his value , MacLachlan stressed that he had been approached by the rival interest in the county and had been offered sufficient to make him easy for life , and accordingly implied that Milton had an obligation to aid him with his creditors and enable him to arrange further loans . |
| 23 | 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 ’ . |
| 24 | 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 ) . |
| 25 | 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 ) . |
| 26 | A glance towards the windows confirmed his words and made her shiver even more . |
| 27 | The man took off his spectacles and wiped them on a snowy white handkerchief . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | The Campbell took off his spectacles and tucked them into his pocket . |
| 30 | 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 . |