Example sentences of "[vb past] his [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | They over-rode his fears . |
2 | The goal actually stemmed from a Southend corner but Kenny Irons made a superb interception in his own half and released Morrissey who brilliantly beat his cover before lashing a 16-yard shot high past ‘ keeper Sansome . |
3 | But there was to be no happy ending , as first Barwick and then Treleaven beat his mark by a stroke , the latter even bogeying his last hole , the 18th , after his drive found the trees . |
4 | A HUSBAND who beat his wife in a savage three-hour assault can wait until his holidays before going to jail . |
5 | The court was told that he beat his wife unconscious before pushing her and her car into a river . |
6 | A WHEELCHAIR-bound man beat his love rival to death after luring him into a field , a court heard yesterday . |
7 | He beat his drum under her window and she asked him to give her a rose . |
8 | He beat his chest and sang a song that turned out to be the old monarchist Bulgarian anthem . |
9 | Benedict beat his fist on the bed and glared at her . |
10 | Killion groaned and beat his fist against his forehead . |
11 | They pulled him round and beat his head against a stool until his brain boiled . |
12 | In the midst of all this came three consecutive balls unlikely to be forgotten as Waqar , steaming in like Larwood , was crashed through the covers by Smith , then beat his man all ends up , before being driven again with Rocky-power to the rope . |
13 | The East Anglian side were also the culprits the last time Atkinson hit an all-time low , when Ipswich beat his West Brom side in the 1978 FA Cup semi-finals . |
14 | There was a paddle with which Koresh beat his followers and he intimidated them by openly boasting , in crude detail , about even worse brutality . |
15 | Eleven-year-old Tildey Lockyer from Liphook proved her superior skills when handling golden retriever Toby , and in the gundog class , Chris Melling beat his father , who had entered the same class with the same dog ! |
16 | Captain John Ledingham with Castlepollard beat his team mate Francie Connors on Balarus Diamond Express and went on to take third place with Garraun . |
17 | The former captain of Staffordshire , who played off scratch for many years , beat his age by two shots . |
18 | On the final lap it was Robert who beat his brother to the Metropole corner , after the 180mph descent from Coleraine . |
19 | A Tottenham teenager beat his stepfather to death with a cricket bat after an argument about mess caused by his puppies . |
20 | Quickly drawing back his hand , he must decide in a split second whether to run , or physically beat his opponent . |
21 | In the night when the hut was quiet apart from the coughing and the bed creaks and the whimpering of men in despair , he had gone to the stove and heated his shape until it was dried and firm . |
22 | He bent his legs in a squat and strained his head sideways in order to squeeze through the confined space without disturbing the safety-chain . |
23 | My maternal grandfather strained his heart hauling guns up the face of the Maltese cliffs . |
24 | It was stopped by a passenger , Mr. Leonard Tofield , of Elmers End Road , who strained his wrist applying the hand brake . |
25 | Cameron tried to hear his symphony , strained his ears for it . |
26 | Now that he knew where he was the details of the room became familiar , and he knew at once what had wakened him , and strained his ears to hear it again . |
27 | Ranulf strained his ears , trying to ignore the sounds of the forest , the chatter of the birds and the rustle of the wood creatures under the thick green bracken . |
28 | Corbett strained his ears and grinned . |
29 | He strained his eyes peering into the gloom . |
30 | From the clifftop he watched the small figure of Detective Furness in his red anorak on the saddle below , twisting from one side to another as he strained his eyes against the bright sunlight to search for his charge . |