Example sentences of "[prep] his [adj] [noun pl] as [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He gave one of his rare smiles as he looked at his own two sons . |
| 2 | D'Arcy unravelled the cellophane from one of his small cigars as he marshalled his thoughts . |
| 3 | He was determined to regain as much of his former abilities as he could and each time he began his rehabilitation with as much vigour as he could muster . |
| 4 | He was determined to regain as much of his former abilities as he could and each time he began his rehabilitation with as much vigour as he could muster . |
| 5 | The Emissary gave me another view of his new teeth as I glanced round . |
| 6 | Both brothers laughed out loud at the deliberately comic delivery of his English phrases as they shook hands . |
| 7 | Not even his close friends knew of his secret investments as he led the life of a threadbare clergyman . |
| 8 | As was common at the time , William went straight from school into the merchant navy and he was seldom at home throughout his teenage years as he sailed the oceans of the world , learning the skills of seamanship and navigation . |
| 9 | He despises the human race and the combinations that make it tick ; the human race in its present state , he 'd qualify — he 'd like to send us all back to nursery school — so he has to behave as unlike his fellow beings as he can . ’ |
| 10 | It was already nightfall when Whitlock crossed the Heuss Bridge over the Rhine and turned the Golf Corbio into Rampenstrasse , his eyes screwed up behind his tinted glasses as he tried to distinguish the numbers , many of them faded and indistinct , on the rows of warehouses lining the river bank . |
| 11 | It is surprising how little the poet 's father shared in these games and sports , which could have helped form a natural bridge of intimacy with his six sons as they began to go their several ways . |
| 12 | He argued that he has to persist with his Euro flops as he tries to qualify for the World Cup . |
| 13 | It will also enable the British shipowner to compete more favourably with his foreign rivals as it is evident that if the English shipowner pays £pound4.15s a month whereas the foreign shipowners for the same class of labour pays only £pound2.10s a month , he must be better able to compete and members must therefore recognise the importance of the International Movement " . |
| 14 | Davide caught his start when she leant over to give him a clean plate , how he set his chair straight and then , after a falter , flowed on , hammering the air with his clenched hands as he made his points , as if determined not to notice her . |
| 15 | His yellow hair flopped into his blue eyes as he did up her girths for her . |
| 16 | Fabia asked , her wide green eyes looking into his dark ones as she sought for his understanding . |
| 17 | He smiled almost gently , but there was nothing gentle about the glitter in his dark eyes as they ran over her from the smooth shining coil of her silver-blonde hair to the long slender legs encased in elegant sheer navy stockings . |
| 18 | Mike let her go with rueful amusement in his dark eyes as she made her way towards the lift , having refused all offers of help with her overnight bag , which she slung over one shoulder . |
| 19 | There was a glimmer of amusement in his dark eyes as he slid his fingers down to the pulse drumming wildly at the base of her throat . |
| 20 | He smiled to soften the order , but there was no mistaking the glint of determination in his dark eyes as he held her firmly in front of him . |
| 21 | He smiled , mockery dancing in his dark eyes as he studied her furious face . |
| 22 | He applies the same pragmatic attitude to design in his leisure-time pursuits as he does to the working environment . |
| 23 | He does , however , modify this position slightly in his later writings as we shall see shortly . |
| 24 | There was only the hint of a similar tension in his husky tones as he laid his hands on the ledge of the pulpit . |
| 25 | When the subsequent television programme was broadcast , he lost a lot of business from his Protestant customers as they thought he was receiving funds from the IFI . |
| 26 | He pulled a high stool from beneath the breakfast bar , the denim jeans he was wearing tightening over his muscular thighs as he sat down . |
| 27 | He was small and agile , bow-legged and with a rubbery face that squirmed in on to his toothless gums as he chewed . |
| 28 | Although Tiller still produced the Winter Gardens show every year , he delegated more and more of the work there to his assistant directors as he was so busy abroad . |
| 29 | A long-eared owl sat on a low bough overlooking the ride and watched them unblinkingly through his great eyes as they passed within a few paces . |
| 30 | So Wilson and I were quite chummy together , and he looked at me approvingly through his thick-lensed glasses as I sat talking with his wife about , for instance , winter tasks . |