Example sentences of "[verb] his [noun pl] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soon after this incident Richard emerges from the obscurity which had surrounded his movements in the last two years since he knelt in homage at Montmirail . |
| 2 | Morton Smith had disclosed his findings about the early church in The Secret Gospel , following it with his controversial portrait in Jesus the Magician . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | A used car dealer is offering a ten thousand pound reward to track down arsonists who 've attacked his premises for the second time in two weeks . |
| 5 | Brutus Leitdorf , the Count of Averland , ordered the retreat over the great bridge and rallied his troops in the western half of the city . |
| 6 | In a speech on Sept. 27 , he had appeared to encourage his supporters in the teeming shanty town areas of Port-au-Prince to rectify gross social inequalities by rising up and killing their opponents with " necklaces " of flaming tyres , known locally as " Pères Lebruns " after the country 's main tyre importing firm . |
| 7 | Though now , as Liz recited names of guests , she saw Charles drift away into what she took to be some private realm of financial speculation and morose managerial debate : he started to bite the inside of his lip , as he did when preoccupied , and to drum his fingers on the silvery-yellow brocade of the settee . |
| 8 | He described his proposals for the coming year as neutral because he did not want to hamper recovery . |
| 9 | With the relaxed detachment of a man who has an implicit trust in his technology , Vologsky cast his eyes over the bewildering array of instruments which made up the control panel , taking note of the few facts he actually needed to know . |
| 10 | Even that great opponent of the industrial system of the nineteenth century Thomas Carlyle ( 1795–1881 ) failed to relate his criticisms to the Christian doctrine that he had abandoned as a young man . |
| 11 | The exercise went far to establish his credentials in the right quarters . |
| 12 | Voluntary settlements ( in particular family settlements made after marriage ) are set aside by a bankruptcy if made within two years before ; and even if made within ten years before , unless it is shown that at the time the bankrupt was able to meet his liabilities without the settled property . |
| 13 | ALLAN THOMSON has been appointed captain of the Scottish Boys team and will commence his duties in the quadrangular match with France , Italy and Sweden in Sardinia from 19-21 March . |
| 14 | More importantly , Van Basten has his sights on the European Cup second round , first leg tie on 18 October with Real Madrid . |
| 15 | Until now his ships had been on a southerly course , the weather becoming even colder , the unexpected winds known now as williwaws threatening to dash his vessels against the steep cliffs . |
| 16 | He remembered the sense of an obscene lump under his blazer , revealing his intentions to the entire university . |
| 17 | To fight off a deep depression , he concentrated his thoughts on the larger picture , telling his wife at the end of September that " the " " Battle of Britain " " is now won … |
| 18 | Instead , George concentrated his efforts on the few remaining furry areas on an otherwise bare bear . |
| 19 | When he concentrated his abilities on the grand and beautiful aspects of the Cumbrian landscape , William Green was a marvellous romantic painter . |
| 20 | He moved his lips against the sensitive lobe of her ear , then trailed a row of devouring kisses across the high jut of her breasts to the erect peaks of her nipples . |
| 21 | He stroked his hands over the dark fabric and shifted his shoulders against the silky lining . |
| 22 | He fixed his eyes on the cloaked figure and waited . |
| 23 | He caught his jitters from the financial markets . |
| 24 | It moved to the then co-ordinator of security and intelligence in the Cabinet Office , Sir Antony Duff , who was given the right of direct access to Mrs Thatcher and encouraged to override the JIC 's supporting machinery and voice his concerns at the highest level when a potential emergency was sensed . |
| 25 | When Cristofori built his pianos of the 1720s , the harpsichord and the clavichord were the usual stringed keyboard instruments . |
| 26 | It was presumably as a result of this that Palmerston wrote to the Treasury in May 1836 , explaining his views on the new accommodation . |
| 27 | Robert Gittings died two months ago and will be much missed by readers who have enjoyed his biographies since The Living Year . |
| 28 | Michael Banks it always was who gazed grimly at the enemy submarine from the bridge , Michael Banks who ignored the smoke pouring from his Spitfire 's engine as he trained his sights on the alien Messerschmidt . |
| 29 | When Shearman was appointed National Education Officer for the WEA , questions were raised by the LEA over the continued appointment of a full-time resident tutor in the county and agreement was reached only on the understanding that the new resident tutor would concentrate his activities in the undeveloped rural areas in the south of the county . |
| 30 | Forty-six years on , John Edelnand , now living in Luton , revisited Gwrych Castle and the neighbouring village of Abergele and found his memories of the local people still clear : |