Example sentences of "[adv] his [noun sg] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | Suddenly his voice came over the headphones . |
2 | Like how his lashes spiked and held the raindrops , and how a small river ran tantalisingly down his throat to disappear into the V of his shirt . |
3 | His pants were halfway up his bum and he could feel the sweat dripping from his armpits and trickling down his arm to emerge in the crisp , fresh air . |
4 | The man became calmer , sank to his knees and allowed the executioner to bend him so his neck fitted over the block . |
5 | The smith stands at the side but only his arm survives on the edge of the sherd ( fig. 14.23 ) . |
6 | Unconsciously his hand reached for the pocket of the greatcoat he was not wearing , where he kept his silver flask . |
7 | So when he maintains that because we are , Truth or God is , or that God is the sum total of life , it could be argued that he is not presenting us with some kind of cosmological argument for the existence of God and that it is not his purpose to argue from the world to God . |
8 | Already his stomach heaved at the prospect of swallowing and digesting the hateful thing . |
9 | At one point , instead of offering orders or advice , he jumped off his bench to hollow from the sidelines : ‘ What the ***** going on out there ? ’ |
10 | Sean Connery grows lustier as he grows crustier , and his acting grows the more his hair stays on the pillow . |
11 | At once his assistant appeared in the doorway . |
12 | The idea of a sequel seemed odd , ‘ Harvest ’ was an LP he 'd badmouthed over the years , and it was hardly his style to go into the Mike Oldfield school of repackaging old product . |
13 | A second later his body lay across the dead doctor . |
14 | In April 1861 even the head of the Third Department thought that the regime would be forced to grant a constitution , but he added that " not only would the emperor not make up his mind to assent to the gradual introduction of constitutional forms , but he had even spoken out firmly against it very recently and had evidently not changed his mind on the question " . |
15 | ‘ When David Guy Chester made up his mind to come into the world there was no stopping him . ’ |
16 | It was during the course of his acrimonious exchanges with the Constituent Assembly on New Year 's Day 1946 that de Gaulle evidently made up his mind to resign from the presidency . |
17 | The Prince shook an admonishing finger at the Rifleman then took out his telescope to stare at the battery of French guns . |
18 | Dene Stallard says three years ago his boat flipped on the water and he woke up in hospital … |
19 | Then his wife died on the trek and he and his daughter walked into India and asked people everywhere — Did they know where Padre Appleton was ? until at last he tracked us down to Poona . |
20 | If Mr. Tully has good grounds for exercising the privilege against self-incrimination , then his refusal to comply with the orders for disclosure and discovery made by Buckley J. may have the effect of assisting Mr. Tully to escape prosecution and punishment for a crime and also the effect of assisting Mr. Tully and others to keep money which belongs to Abbey . |
21 | There 's a hole ! " then his hand appeared through the wall a couple of yards down and waved about to attract her attention . |
22 | Then his face appeared in the opening and he came down , circling round the pillar , stepping carefully because of the water on the worn stones . |
23 | Penry looked as though he was about to burst into speech for a moment , then his face set in the familiar harsh lines , and without another word he turned on his heel and made for his sanctum , slamming the door behind him . |
24 | Huw 's voice was muffled , then his face reappeared through the neck of his jersey . |
25 | In a recent paper , Krashen , the sole begetter and main publicist of the Monitor theory , seeks to show how his theory leads to the postulation of ‘ The ‘ Fundamental Pedagogical Principle ’ in second language teaching ’ ( Krashen 1982 , Krashen and Terrell 1983 ) . |
26 | I asked Jean-Claude how his mother sounded on the telephone . |
27 | Instead his mouth pressed against the soft cotton , tracing the outline of her body and making her shudder . |
28 | Just a minute before we start but er why are you the back duty for June when his licence finished at the end of March ? |
29 | Siegfried had just begun to take the stairs three at a time when his brother descended from the landing , knotting his tie with perfect composure . |
30 | The T-Rex singer was 29 when his car smashed into the tree 15 years ago . |