Example sentences of "[prep] his [noun sg] [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the time , the two boys followed Fagin everywhere , and every time he turned round , they moved out of his sight so quickly that it was impossible to follow their movements . |
| 2 | She wanted to be out of his sight very quickly and she leaned on Marguerite willingly to get up the stairs as fast as possible . |
| 3 | This was the story of his life so far and here he had the chance to change it and he knew he should and he wanted to , but there was a part of him that grew stronger everyday and which told him not to bother . |
| 4 | The trick was to get this bitch out of his life as soon as possible . |
| 5 | She was gone now , out of his life as surely as if she were dead . |
| 6 | ‘ He has played out of his skin twice now but he will admit that one-day internationals are a different game to Tests . |
| 7 | The question — or was it a demand — shocked him out of his fantasy as crudely as if , unprovoked , she had suddenly slapped his face . |
| 8 | She drove it into the side of his head as hard as she could , hearing a crack as she smashed his temporal bone . |
| 9 | Ram has published a message to the world which gives details of his trip so far and carries information on the reason for his extraordinary journey . |
| 10 | And on one occasion in the gymnasium , I turned round to look at a boy behind me and the master was there and he smacked me with the flat of his hand as hard as he could . |
| 11 | Louis sniffed into it , dabbing the end of his nose as precisely as a dentist drying a cavity . |
| 12 | He was taller than she remembered , more powerfully built , the angles of his face even harder and more menacing than she had recalled coming up in the lift . |
| 13 | Then he climbed into the Land Rover beside his two passengers and drove off fast , with the aim of abandoning Jamie to the custody of his aunt as quickly as possible . |
| 14 | However dominant , he must keep the support of his party both inside and outside Parliament . |
| 15 | As the pasta drained , he gave the sauce a quick blast on the ring , and we ate in the middle of his room as enjoyably as in a trattoria . |
| 16 | Did it really matter from whom a bishop had received the lands and symbols of his office so long as he was the representative of Christ to his flock ? |
| 17 | With his back still rigidly and unrelentingly turned towards her , he said miserably : |
| 18 | Daly was attempting to also win a double championship after winning the fours title with his father earlier today but he did n't show the same consistency against Nolan as he did in yesterday 's semi-final when he beat NIBA champion Martin McHugh from Carrickfergus 21-10 . |
| 19 | ‘ I was able to get into his character quite easily as I can identify with his overactive imagination and his constant hunt for food . ’ |
| 20 | On 16 June he captured Châteauroux and this time it fell into his lap so easily that men talked of treason . |
| 21 | I know he did n't fit into his parish as well as he would have liked . |
| 22 | The introductions were reciprocated by Hope who gathered Mary into his corner as proprietorially as Shelborne had spoken for Catherine . |
| 23 | Clearly Leopold had been interceding on Wolfgang 's behalf , in the hope of getting him home and back under his jurisdiction as soon as possible . |
| 24 | To ensure an employee becomes effective in his work as soon as possible , briefing on the areas mentioned above is most important but no matter how much business information is provided in advance , the expatriate can not give full attention to his work if he or members of his family suffer culture shock as a result of living in a strange environment . |
| 25 | Philip coached Richard in his schoolwork so efficiently that he was to pass the required certificate with ease despite having missed school for eighteen months . |
| 26 | She was not in his class as far as taunting came , and readily admitted it . |
| 27 | It surfaced last year during the trial of Frank Beck , former head of a Leicestershire children 's home , who used it to abuse young people in his care both sexually and physically . |
| 28 | He wrote in his Testament not long before he died : " While I was living in sin , it seemed a very bitter thing to look at lepers ; but the Lord Himself led me among them , and I had compassion on them . |
| 29 | A leading centre of kersey manufacture , Newbury had been the stamping ground of the celebrated John Winchcombe until his death as recently as 1519 . |
| 30 | The wolf took it from his hand as delicately as a cat , and licked his palm . |