Example sentences of "his [adj] [noun pl] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Internal organization is a class of governance whose distinguishing feature is that a resource owner accepts restrictions on his sole rights to use his resources in whatever way he might choose . |
| 2 | His foster parents say they 're giving him a break from events back home . |
| 3 | His foster parents say they 're giving him a break from events back home . |
| 4 | For the length of a heartbeat his tall figure remained stiff and unyielding , and then she heard him swear harshly under his breath , and felt his strong arms enfolding her trembling figure . |
| 5 | His strong arms rocked her , his hands stroked and soothed , till she felt comforted . |
| 6 | That the feel of his strong arms made her feel small and vulnerable ? |
| 7 | There was only fitzAlan , leaning over her , his eyes brilliant with love and desire , his strong arms drawing her closer . |
| 8 | Only his strong arms holding her tight against him saved her from falling , her bones turning to liquid within her as his lips nuzzled relentlessly towards her ear . |
| 9 | She did n't hear Travis come over to her , only felt his strong arms raising her up . |
| 10 | The feel of his strong fingers enclosing her small palm came as something of a shock to her system . |
| 11 | Even his strong hands holding hers captive were n't hurting ; on the contrary , even that manacle was exciting because his thumbs were slowly stroking the insides of her wrists , sending shafts of awareness along her arms to her body , which was growing warm , soft , as though inviting his to sink further against her , into her … |
| 12 | His strong hands spanned her delicate shoulders and tightened . |
| 13 | For one glad moment , Clare wanted to rush to him , put her head against his big chest , feel his strong hands stroking her back , and let Sam do all the worrying for her . |
| 14 | She gave a hoarse moan of resistance and desire , pushing at his broad shoulders as his strong hands pressed her hips closer to his body , and as she felt that mouth claiming hers with deeper passion , and felt the evidence of his hard excitement , she felt her body clamouring for more , her eyes closing and her mouth moving under his hungrily , little gasps of shocked desire coming from the back of her throat . |
| 15 | His strong hands fondled her rear , his heart was thudding furiously . |
| 16 | ‘ I always catch a lady when she falls , ’ he said softly , his strong hands steadying her . |
| 17 | She tried to look annoyed , but the teasing warmth in his hazel eyes disarmed her , and she found herself laughing along with him . |
| 18 | Whetstone , a rash and much younger man , proved contemptuous of the admiral 's authority and used his political connections to undermine it . |
| 19 | His political inclinations got him into trouble again in 1940 , however . |
| 20 | Just as his political commitments exiled him from his own class , so my politics involve an awkward relationship with my own class . |
| 21 | His advanced views made him unpopular with many of the clergy . |
| 22 | If the hon. Gentleman really cares about unemployed people , will he join me today in calling on his Front-Bench colleagues to abandon their policy of a national statutory minimum wage , to abandon their jobs tax and to abandon their embrace of the European Community social action programme so that we can avoid the disastrous consequences for employment that would follow from such policies ? |
| 23 | The glitter in his hooded eyes made it impossible for her to hazard even the wildest guess at what he was thinking . |
| 24 | His eyes glazed with grim courage uncharacteristic of his kind , his broad hands tightened their grip around the cleaver . |
| 25 | She was conscious , as she marched angrily away , of his mocking eyes watching her as she made her escape . |
| 26 | The report says ‘ Mr Zappala 's … experience … along with his civic activities make him an ideal candidate for the US embassy ’ . |
| 27 | In other words , the descendents of Charlemagne and his faithful men had their opportunity as Dhuoda put it ( iii , 8 ) , " manfully to rule , defend and govern their world " . |
| 28 | May I remind the Prime Minister that the predecessors of his Back-Bench colleagues waved their Order Papers for a Prime Minister who promised ’ peace in our time ’ , just as he has promised ’ no single currency in our time ’ . |
| 29 | After a championship victory earlier in the year , at which circuit did his British fans risk their safety to mob him on the track ? |
| 30 | Whatever evidence the IAAF officials discovered in the laboratory , one only needed to look at recent pictures of Johnson , in which he resembled an inflated balloon , to guess that his improved times showed he 'd been sucked back into the drug culture . |