Example sentences of "his left [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Out of his left pocket he produced a handful of candy-wrappers and , during the hush that followed , he created a forest fire for the Dobsons and their guests in the Dobson 's very own dining-room .
2 In his left ear he wore a small ring .
3 To his left wing he could see the great blackness of the Park , lit only occasionally by murky yellow lights .
4 To his left wing he made out a line of higher hills and headed for it .
5 ‘ With his left hand he snatched the gun from the Pole 's hands , and with his right he gave him a violent blow to the ear . ’
6 With his left hand he eases the weight on the tump-line ; with his right hand on the ground he steadies himself as he starts to rise .
7 With his left hand he tore open the tunic of his uniform and drew up the undershirt , baring the flesh .
8 On the index finger of his left hand he wore a gold signet ring .
9 In his left hand he held a pocket Philips dictaphone into which he would occasionally confide ; in his right , a pencil poised over a reporter 's pad .
10 In his left hand he held the torch .
11 where his right hand , he 's a very confident music reader and plays but his left hand he 's merely sort of hangs there like a claw and plays the odd chord
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