Example sentences of "his [noun pl] that [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was something about the look in his eyes that told her this was a time to listen and not argue . |
| 2 | Julius stood in the doorway , and there was a bright light in his eyes that made her feel very alarmed . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It was his eyes that riveted their attention . |
| 5 | But it was his eyes that compelled her gaze ; between generous lashes they glowed with an amber back-light . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He smiled , a slow cynical twist of his lips that left his eyes empty of all emotion . |
| 8 | But it was n't his deeds that made him a Christian , it was his trust in Jesus Christ . |
| 9 | There was one noise he kept hearing again and again on his travels that intrigued him . |
| 10 | It 's not his compositions that interest me but more his attention to detail . |
| 11 | There was a passion in his lips and a fire in his caresses that filled her heart to overflowing . |
| 12 | It was seeing his glasses that tore me apart . |
| 13 | He would give them the benefit of his theories that letting their hair down at pop concerts and football matches would be a therapeutic and profitable use of their leisure time . |
| 14 | But she could not disregard the friendly warmth of his arms that held her safe from herself until , impossibly , she fell asleep . |
| 15 | A natural Maestro , born with something in his genes that made him capable of re-inventing the workings of the Reconciliation ? |
| 16 | It was the way he held his hands that killed her anger . |
| 17 | ‘ I knew it would n't win — there was no aspect in his charts that showed he would . ’ |