Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [adv] [to-vb] his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rufus was still lying asleep on the terrace , though at some point he must have awakened , for he was shaded from the sun by Hilbert 's old black umbrella which he had opened and propped there to shelter his head and face . |
| 2 | She bit into a croissant and tried unsuccessfully to ignore his presence . |
| 3 | He remembered the Lawnmarket , the black , stark gibbets , the criminal being pulled there and tried hard to control his shivering . |
| 4 | She did n't tell him that was the only way she had been able to cope with his absence , by blocking him out completely and refusing even to acknowledge his existence . |
| 5 | In the kitchen Vaughan continued to insist on a careful separation of each other 's ingredients , labelling his and Minton 's initials on their respective sides of the cupboard and refusing also to share his salt . |
| 6 | She nodded from one to the other ; then watched the young man open the door and stand aside to allow his wife to pass before him . |
| 7 | But I was only a child , so I just stood and watched him out of sight and turned reluctantly to deliver his message . |
| 8 | Billy Sullivan stopped in his tracks and turned suddenly to face his friend , his face serious . |
| 9 | They supported him throughout his year on remand , and worked hard to prepare his defence . |
| 10 | On one occasion he announced to all those assembled at Apollo Place that he had had enough of life and went downstairs to put his head in the oven . |
| 11 | He bent over , kissed the least precipitous bit of her chin that he could find and went downstairs to find his daughter . |
| 12 | She swathed the thing in damp cloths and plastic , and went indoors to make his supper . |
| 13 | In the case of Abdulkerim , Mustakimzade takes refuge in vagueness , seemingly even questioning Abdulkerim 's claim to the Muftilik , while the other authors ignore one set of facts in the early sources , those concerning the period of his Muftilik , and choose rather to link his Muftilik with another fact also mentioned in the early sources , that concerning his death . |
| 14 | Then , wishing to get closer quarters , she ran all the way to the railway station , gained a good position and ran forward to touch his arm . |
| 15 | The anthropoid shell was fashioned to fit this cocoon , and consequently the plumber had to be close at hand and work quickly to bespoke his client . |
| 16 | Hank already had the feeling that his life was going to be anything but normal and was adamant about leaving school , but agreed reluctantly to tell his father when next he came home . |
| 17 | Cummins , 26 , who has played in 16 one-day internationals but has yet to make his Test debut , has been offered a one-year contract . |