Example sentences of "[noun pl] [subord] he [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he was satisfied no fresh threat was about to manifest itself from the darkness , he moved off back the way he had come , retracing his steps until he reached the shallow stream he had leapt a short time before . |
| 2 | But he shows no bitterness that his life was placed on hold for 12 months while he made a full recovery . |
| 3 | The needle slipped into his blue-veined arm and he closed his eyes while he felt the first rush . |
| 4 | Levitt was rejected for the Queens Award only 12 months before he secured the top honour . |
| 5 | Sobbing , Herman Katz sank to the floor , drawing in his arms and legs as he assumed a foetal ball , trying to return to the safety of his mother 's womb . |
| 6 | She closed her eyes as he reached an exploratory finger to slowly outline the curve of her cheek , her chin , her throat , all the way down to one tight , aching nipple . |
| 7 | John rolled his eyes as he did a rough calculation . |
| 8 | She rubbed sinuously against him as she felt a deep thrill at his arousal , and shut her eyes as he removed the last fragile barrier . |
| 9 | Farrell closed his eyes as he tasted the rotting matter on his tongue . |
| 10 | From the back of the room where they were made to stand apart from the family for the rest of the ceremony , the three children were able to hear only snatches of their grandfather 's words as he conducted a long discourse praising the virtues of his dead parent . |
| 11 | A smile tugged at his lips when he remembered the dead peonies falling at his feet and Sweetheart 's totally unexpected laughter . |
| 12 | His hand slid to her breast and he turned impatiently back to her lips as he felt the surging , swollen arousal . |
| 13 | He reached past her to pick up the papers , a faint smile curling his chiselled lips as he scanned the typewritten sheets . |
| 14 | The Doctor stepped back from the device as Petion entered , but his welcoming words died on his lips as he saw the liveried servant who followed Petion in , a machete held loosely and comfortably in his hand with the certainty of one who knows how to use it . |
| 15 | Chen stood up , a cry coming to his lips as he saw the bright flash of a knife being drawn . |
| 16 | Huntington 's argument goes a long way to making clear the disappointment a reader experiences if he approaches the Wellsian SF novels in chronological order . |
| 17 | Moments later the parade was dismissed and while others returned to their tents Charlie walked slowly back behind the lines until he reached the mass burial ground . |
| 18 | He picked up his journal and leafed through the parchments until he found a certain sheet , then read it through in silence . |
| 19 | He shuffled his feet as he copied the true exponents and saluted seconds after the others had finished . |
| 20 | The muzzle flash illuminated Farrell and the yard around him for several feet as he raked the sub-gun back and forth , spent cartridge cases spewing from the weapon ; smoke and steam rising into the damp air . |
| 21 | His appointment in 1955 as Secretary of the Zoological Society of London , for example , was marked by his affection for the zoo , but also by ructions as he fought the old guard for his sensible proposals for change . |
| 22 | So they stand cheerfully by the carriage window revealing in loud voices the personal secrets of the wretched traveller , who winces as he realizes that he has to travel two hundred miles with a carriage full of strangers who know his family history , how prone he is to chills if he wears a damp vest , what he has to do when he arrives at his destination . |
| 23 | They 'd have probably given him ninety days if he had the right advice . ’ |
| 24 | It 's a year to within two days since he put the brave Londoner into a coma , from which he is only now slowly recovering . |
| 25 | Roger Roberts is planning the extra service by adding kennels to the side of CJ 's restaurant building , and offering dinner to the guests while he pampers the human customers . |
| 26 | Years after he left the Western Mail , in 1989 in fact , I was surprised to get a phone call from him . |
| 27 | Sainz 's second RAC victory clinched the fiercely contested World Championship two years after he completed the same double in his Toyota Celica with co-driver Luis Moya . |
| 28 | For seven years , Safarimoja kept track of the cassava , transplanting it to various places as he lived a nomadic hunting life . |
| 29 | The right hon. Gentleman should get out of the habit of writing his supplementary questions before he hears the first answer . |
| 30 | Newall was flanked by two officers armed with semi-automatic rifles as he left the Moorish castle that serves as the Rock 's jail for the opening of extradition proceedings . |