Example sentences of "his [noun] [adv prt] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strach played his heart out typified by a hilarious diving header to save the ball going for a throw ( unfortunately Kelly then kicked the ball straight out of touch . |
| 2 | Without warning , he 'd slowly reached his hand forward to touch her cheek , slid his fingers down to grasp her chin between his thumb and forefinger , tilting her face to the light . |
| 3 | A soft dog would cower , perhaps holding his foot up to let you know that he has been hurt and even if you move towards him to apologize , he will move away with a worried expression . |
| 4 | There was an audible crack as her head connected with the cobbles , and the mercenary swore then drew his foot back to kick her . |
| 5 | And he was probably sticking his jaw out to compensate . |
| 6 | Endless ads have been Green or organic , from the guy who rips his plans up to wreck the countryside and earns himself a beer , to the couple in the deodorant ad who just happen to be frolicking naked in the forest with camouflage make-up . |
| 7 | Athelstan caught a blur of colour in a ditch on the side of the track and pulled his horse over to look closer . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll get a proper job , ’ he dug his heels in to state . |
| 9 | The clash of steel jarred up his arm , then he kicked his heels back to force the stallion towards the road . |
| 10 | He cursed himself for his carelessness , and dug his heels back to speed the wear mare . |
| 11 | Thus his first action on returning to the Questura the day before had been to send his inspectors out to question the people living in the houses along the road to Cannara and talk to the local farmers , just in case anyone had seen anything . |
| 12 | He screwed his neck around to try and find the enemy . |
| 13 | The horse slacked his pace , swung his neck down to ease the tension in it , and relaxed his tail . |
| 14 | I could n't make up my own mind whether to get him to lengthen or shorten and in consequence I did n't make his mind up to do either and we floundered over it untidily , his hooves rapping the wooden frames , my weight too far forward … a mess . |
| 15 | The Court of Appeal held that whether the officer had taken possession was a question for the jury , and that the answer depended on whether he had made his mind up to take possession so that they would not be removed , or whether he had an open mind and merely wanted to stop the driver getting away without being questioned . |
| 16 | Secondly , we see the noble simplicity of his mind in supposing that what the bishops and lay magnates had by their presence and silent consent accepted would at once be put into operation . |
| 17 | But there was no reply to his enthusiastic bell-ringing and Connon , coming from closing the garage , had to get his key out to open the door . |
| 18 | Dommer swung his flamer up to cover her as she twisted her handgun around . |
| 19 | Bernard 's sure to have his spies out looking for me . |
| 20 | I said , he 's done what you do put his fist out to hold him |
| 21 | And we did n't know we could see her and we were looking out the window going and he was there looking , put his sunglasses on to see . |
| 22 | With a regretful look at Edith still slumbering at his side in the huge mahogany bed , he swung his feet down to face the day . |
| 23 | Woodrow Wilson nearly tore his liver out trying to get a reasonable settlement at Versailles , a settlement that would last , and look what Europe did to him . |
| 24 | This he does by turning straight up , with his head towards the surface and wraps his body around to show off his lovely colours . |
| 25 | And he was sort of he managed to get his legs round but he just could n't quite get his body up to sit up . |
| 26 | Occasionally Group Captain Bennett would poke his nose in to make sure everyone was getting on with the job and not larking about . |
| 27 | He 's been laying in bed on his days off has n't he ? |
| 28 | He realised he was in danger of appearing rude and dragged his attention back to present matters . |
| 29 | Gauged his eye out cut his tongue up out and then chopped his old man off . |
| 30 | Minnie had written to her about how terrible it had been , how Captain Cook had brought his wife up to see a specialist who had examined her and said at once there was nothing to be done , there was no operation possible , and he must take his wife home to die . |