Example sentences of "[adv] his [noun sg] [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of the closing weather , an element of urgency entered our expedition , and my companion started to speed up his pace so dramatically that within five minutes conversation between us was only possible by semaphore . |
| 2 | For the good student , therefore , there is nothing more important in examination technique than dividing up his time as equally as may be between all the questions . |
| 3 | In her anger she grabbed Frankie 's wrist and thrust out his hand so violently that his arm jarred against his shoulder and sent a searing pain through his upper body . |
| 4 | He brought back his foot as far as it would go and channelled all its hydraulic power into a forceful throw . |
| 5 | Stuart Benton pushed back his coat slightly so that she could see that he too carried a knife . |
| 6 | Rachel stiffened , wondering what was coming next , thinking that Belinda might ask why Jennifer was n't his girlfriend any longer and wondering how he would answer , but she had n't bargained for Belinda 's line of reasoning . |