Example sentences of "[adv] and his [noun sg] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He laid the cross down and his mind flew back to the day his sisters were born … . |
| 2 | I heard it scrape as it was lifted away and his voice sang out . |
| 3 | She turned away and his hand shot out to grip her wrist in a vice-like clamp . |
| 4 | Nearly all of them use a formulaic phrase : ‘ I dug him downstairs and his belly rolled over to there . ’ |
| 5 | Either a spark had come down from the old fellow 's hole up there or him with hobnail boots had trod on er black powder and set it off and his hole went out underneath his feet . |
| 6 | ‘ If there is a connection , I 'm dealing with — ’ Then he broke off and his gaze slipped down to the car ferry brochure . |
| 7 | And there he was straight away as he retired into the kitchen and setting all his stuff out and his wife walked in , what do you think you 're doing ? |
| 8 | He looked at me bewilderedly and his mother broke in . |
| 9 | For a split second she thought he was going to ignore her , but he jerked his head round and his glance slid over her pale face . |
| 10 | He sighed heavily and his voice came out in a nervous croak . |
| 11 | He laughed ruefully and his wife whipped round at him . |