Example sentences of "his [noun] through " in BNC.
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| 1 | The aggrieved Main , in short , sought either an appointment as tidesman in a particular port , which would carry a regular salary , or failing that even a restoration to his former post of watchman , and naturally he attempted to secure his livelihood through his political friends , the Cunninghams . |
| 2 | He became convinced that the horses were sensing his moods and feelings and were anticipating his wishes through telepathy , and he proved its existence by using pairs of closely bonded or empathic horses ( horses who were mentally and emotionally close to each other ) in a series of experiments . |
| 3 | Jack will be staying on in a consultative position until early next year to help his successor through the opening months of his term . |
| 4 | Gazzer , a strange , urgent little figure , hurrying among them with a bloodstained rag round his right hand , dressed in filthy black trousers and a black anorak , made one or two people shield their eyes against the sun and , with lazy curiosity , prop themselves up on one elbow to follow his progress through the gardens . |
| 5 | Mrs Ellen Newton , of Beacon Hill , Hindhead , Surrey , who died in January , admired Mr Paisley and had followed his progress through television and newspaper reports . |
| 6 | Yet Goodwin , through his progress through the media and up the class structure of Britain , had remained , or become , cut off from any grassroots action . |
| 7 | STEPHEN SILK meets the Prime Minister and follows his progress through Yarm . |
| 8 | He raked his fingers through his hair and watched it spring back around his face in untidy tufts . |
| 9 | Willie looked blankly back at him , and pushed his fingers through it . |
| 10 | He rubbed his fingers through his hair and she could tell he was anxious . |
| 11 | He ran his fingers through his hair , brushing it back off his high forehead , and nodded . |
| 12 | Patrick sat up in bed , and ran his fingers through his wold hair . |
| 13 | One could never tell when or whether Alan was wholly serious , for he found ideas exciting in themselves , too exciting , perhaps , ever to be put into practice : there he lay , smoking , waving , occasionally running his fingers through his thick black curly hair , and dropping cigarette ash through the slit into an old Coca-Cola tin . |
| 14 | James ran his fingers through his hair distractedly . |
| 15 | Stephen raked his fingers through his hair in agitation . |
| 16 | He put his arm around her shoulders affectionately and stroked the back of her neck , running his fingers through her long hair . |
| 17 | He ran his fingers through his hair and smiled at her . |
| 18 | Li Shai Tung coiled his fingers through his beard , then nodded . |
| 19 | He straightened the folds , and ran his fingers through the dead youth 's thick thatch of reddish-brown hair , up from the nape to the rounding at the back of the head , where that seam had rested , and surely helped to break the force of the blow . |
| 20 | But in spite of her anger she could feel the warmth of his fingers through the silk of her dress , and that warmth was doing unspeakable things to her insides . |
| 21 | The lines of his short-cropped ruthless hair were disturbed , as though he had forgotten to comb it that morning or else , having combed , had continually run his fingers through it since then . |
| 22 | It was evident from his preoccupied expression and the abstracted way he ran his fingers through his thatch of silver hair that Gebrec had still not returned . |
| 23 | Gerald ran his fingers through his dark hair . |
| 24 | Impractical for a man cos he push his fingers through the |
| 25 | Taking one hand off the wheel , Nathan reached out and hooked his fingers through the front of her harness . |
| 26 | Flipping the towel over his shoulder , he raked his fingers through his spikily tousled hair a couple of times , restoring it to rough order . |
| 27 | ‘ Oh , Polly , ’ he whispered , and , sliding his fingers through her wet hair to support her head , he kissed her parted lips with infinite tenderness . |
| 28 | He released one arm to run his fingers through his hair , his face tight and expressionless . |
| 29 | He raked his fingers through his hair , as if debating what to say next , and she followed the movement . |
| 30 | He stroked her face , and then ran his fingers through her hair , looking at it as if it were made of some delicate , finely spun silk . |