Example sentences of "[noun pl] [subord] he [verb] the [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 | The needle slipped into his blue-veined arm and he closed his eyes while he felt the first rush . |
| 3 | Levitt was rejected for the Queens Award only 12 months before he secured the top honour . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Farrell closed his eyes as he tasted the rotting matter on his tongue . |
| 6 | A smile tugged at his lips when he remembered the dead peonies falling at his feet and Sweetheart 's totally unexpected laughter . |
| 7 | His hand slid to her breast and he turned impatiently back to her lips as he felt the surging , swollen arousal . |
| 8 | He reached past her to pick up the papers , a faint smile curling his chiselled lips as he scanned the typewritten sheets . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Chen stood up , a cry coming to his lips as he saw the bright flash of a knife being drawn . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He shuffled his feet as he copied the true exponents and saluted seconds after the others had finished . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | They 'd have probably given him ninety days if he had the right advice . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Years after he left the Western Mail , in 1989 in fact , I was surprised to get a phone call from him . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The right hon. Gentleman should get out of the habit of writing his supplementary questions before he hears the first answer . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | He put on his dark glasses as he crossed the other carpark , the one reserved for major executives . |
| 24 | ‘ Could a woman have beaten back the Scots , forcing King David to come to terms before he plundered the entire north ? ’ |
| 25 | But Mr Lilley dismissed Mr Mandelson 's comments as he toured the head office of local house builders Yuills . |
| 26 | But Mr Lilley dismissed Mr Mandelson 's comments as he toured the head office of local house builders Yuills . |
| 27 | Luke Steer keeps a wary eye on the fulmars as he negotiates the finishing ledges ( photos ) |
| 28 | His three heads represent the past , present and future ; his spittle poisons and burns the earth ; he has a mane of snakes and a serpent 's tail ; his eyes are watchful and his ears are constantly pricked , listening for newcomers as he admits the dead and devours the still-living . |
| 29 | She should have stayed with him , told him she wanted to understand , held him in her arms while he released the terrible pain she had sensed inside him . |
| 30 | There is undeniably some truth in that but , when you look in any detail at Montgomerie 's so-called failures since he won the Scandinavian Masters in 1991 , it has more often than not been less a question of his losing the tournament than of someone else winning it . |