Example sentences of "his [noun pl] [verb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to West European diplomats in Managua , President Daniel Ortega is running out of time in his attempts to present himself to the Nicaraguan electorate on February 25 as the ‘ peace maker ’ who ended the contra war . |
| 2 | Partner Ferdinand has had his back to the wall in the last few months , a troublesome disc plaguing his attempts to establish himself last spring and resulting in him coming home early from America . |
| 3 | He comically dismisses his attempts to project himself into the narrative future and finds that the past is rendered elusive by the distortions of the means he uses to recapture it . |
| 4 | More significantly , Anderson 's hesitancies undermine his attempts to assert himself in the situation . |
| 5 | His fingers laced themselves in the loose strands of her wet hair , pulling her head back so that her body was arched against him , forcing her to face the feverish gleam in the heavy-lidded grey eyes staring down at her so intently . |
| 6 | Immune to sound and smell and in no hurry to escape , he pauses at every bale of raw wool , every bolt of half-finished cloth , tugging at it , scrunching it up , letting it slip through his fingers to satisfy himself that all is well . |
| 7 | His grip tightened , his fingers burying themselves in the knot of hair at her nape . |
| 8 | His fingers wrapped themselves round her ankles , sliding upwards , making her skin tingle . |
| 9 | The Khan 's gaze started at his feet and travelled slowly up his body so that by the time their eyes met the Khan was leaning back and holding on to his knees to stop himself falling over . |
| 10 | Anthony Smith demonstrated how spina bifida sufferer Mo Langton , 20 , puts his hands on his knees to lever himself up . |
| 11 | Rolling over , he assumed a sitting position and used his heels to push himself up the slates on his backside until he was seated astride the apex of the roof . |
| 12 | In about 1805 he and his brothers established themselves in Bristol as ‘ stonemasons , architects , builders etc . ’ , |
| 13 | He opened his eyes to find himself in a dimly-lit tent , seated upon hard muddy grass . |
| 14 | There are , even today , all sorts of varying views on Ken 's theatrical performances and how seriously he took his opportunities to rid himself of the cliché Kenneth Williams image . |
| 15 | Of course if Adam had invited his parents to make themselves at home at Wyvis Hall , use it as a hotel , while he was away , they would have lent him any amount , but that was the last thing Adam would have done . |
| 16 | I noticed his comrades distanced themselves from him . |
| 17 | His limbs pulled themselves up at ridiculous angles . |
| 18 | " The owner who " dedicates ' his woodlands binds himself , and his successors in title , not to use the lands so dedicated for any purpose other than forestry — they are managed solely for timber production . |
| 19 | Whatever the method of evaluation , man 's conscious contribution to goodness , and therefore to the Created God , made by his efforts to civilise himself is , by the twentieth century , utterly minute compared with the corresponding contribution of evolution . |
| 20 | The driver , swearing loudly as his passengers picked themselves up from the floor and out of each other 's laps , opened the front door and jumped down to see what had happened to Adam . |
| 21 | One must also bear in mind that Jesus , a short time before , had instructed his disciples to equip themselves with swords . |
| 22 | Chapman made real efforts to shape the image of his team in the press and encouraged his players to promote themselves in public . |
| 23 | Alecko Papamarkou , who lives most of the year in America , is always a very kind and welcoming host , and loves to see his friends enjoying themselves . |
| 24 | Woil stared around him and then suddenly with a push of his wings raised himself into the air , turned , and landed ten feet away on the back of a green bench . |
| 25 | The President underwent an extensive medical examination on May 21 during which his doctors declared themselves satisfied with the progress of his treatment . |
| 26 | He fell badly , unable to use his arms to protect himself . |
| 27 | He had to thresh with his arms to get himself upright again and , it seemed to Marie , all he had done was drive himself even further down into the mud . |
| 28 | Ibn Fayoud clenched his fists to stop himself trembling . |
| 29 | ‘ As you know , ’ he said uncertainly , ‘ the not-fully-late Lord of the Wyrmberg , Greicha the First , has stipulated that there will be no succession until one of his children feels himself — or as . |
| 30 | Using his hands to steady himself , he managed to free his leg from the sucking morass . |