Example sentences of "[adv] his [noun sg] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prominent Dail Deputy Brendan McGahon lashed out after Minister Maire turned down his request to end the scandal by which the Provos issue murder statements in Dublin . |
| 2 | The slash of blood across his throat and down his cheek revealed the knife wound he had died from . |
| 3 | Or from someone connected with the mysterious Mr Kennedy — perhaps his secretary saying the meeting was off . ’ |
| 4 | Perhaps his father had the kind of job which took him to many parts of the country , and possibly he took the boy with him , I do not know . |
| 5 | In the east his men were in position , awaiting only his order to attack the Plantations , while to the west he was building up a new shape seeking new allies among the elite of City North America . |
| 6 | Only his return stopped the beating her brother gave her . |
| 7 | You can not decide , though you may desire , to divorce your husband if the law does not allow ; you can not order the wine if only his signature makes the order legitimate . |
| 8 | Rolling on to his back , he lay still as a corpse with only his face breaking the surface . |
| 9 | And a green-gloved hand reached over his shoulder to hold the ladder firm . |
| 10 | ‘ Thank you , ’ she said , and looked over his shoulder to see the Leytons approach . |
| 11 | They were also indebted to Southwood forward Steve Lynch who , having found himself through of goal , looked over his shoulder to see the linesman 's flag raised and tapped the ball back to Gardner . |
| 12 | I followed him down the stairs , listening to him curse and shout ; in the front hall he tried to get a jacket on over his clothes but could n't get it to fit over his hand holding the gun . |
| 13 | Mr Beckenham , partaking of his friend Woolacombe 's hospitality in that gentleman 's absence in Brighton , sat over his dinner fighting the urge to go back to Theda and press his suit once more . |
| 14 | He said : ‘ It was not his idea to pick the seals up . |
| 15 | Is it not his task to convince the world of sin , righteousness and judgment ? |
| 16 | But it was not his racing heartbeat the mikes picked up — it was the blonde beauty 's rumbling stomach . |
| 17 | He switched off his lamp to watch the cold , silver light settle over the church and headstones . |
| 18 | He listened for a moment to their angry shouts and the occasional thud of their rattan canes , then he stood up and jammed his pith helmet squarely on his head ; automatically his hand checked the presence of his bone-handled knife in its sheath . |
| 19 | She smiled as she turned away from the tempting sight of him , holding the swaths of cotton around her as she crossed the room and picked up his hairbrush to untangle the knots from her hair . |
| 20 | Unfazed , Norman somehow caught it , jammed it back on , and shouted up his resolve to do the rest of the route for the most part on his knees . |
| 21 | Oliver was , and still is , a farmhand who put down his spade one afternoon and picked up his guitar to tell the Robert Johnson story his way . |
| 22 | He has set up his neighbour to take the rap for a very nasty murder . |
| 23 | He picked up his phone to find the Cambridgeshire sergeant to whom he had spoken the day before on the line . |
| 24 | When they could hold it no longer the Collector shouted the order to retire to the next door : that which led from the drawing-room to the hall and where , several weeks earlier , the Collector had been lurking as he tried to make up his mind to attend the meeting of the Krishnapur Poetry Society . |
| 25 | But if the death of Hastings was a sign that Gloucester had made up his mind to take the throne , this was not yet something which could be admitted . |
| 26 | But if the death of Hastings was a sign that Gloucester had made up his mind to take the throne , this was not yet something which could be admitted . |
| 27 | Does the accused have the intention permanently to deprive when he has not made up his mind to keep the thing permanently ? |
| 28 | He needs to build up his strength to deliver the beehives tomorrow , remember . ’ |
| 29 | In a way , it was perfect : faced with a would-be assassin , Daine had had himself killed and set up his opponent to take the consequences . |
| 30 | Taylor on taking up his office summoned the clergy of his diocese to a visitation . |