Example sentences of "[vb past] [indef pn] [prep] his [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a second he looked exasperated and then he murmured something in his own language and suddenly drew her to her feet , his hands gripping hers , steadying her and comforting . |
| 2 | She shared none of his growing absorption in politics but was attuned to him in the world of magic . |
| 3 | Then he leaned forward and whispered something into his left ear . |
| 4 | Wycliffe 's manner betrayed nothing of his sharpened interest . |
| 5 | In the earliest phase of his bird-drawing he owed everything to his excellent wife , & to myself , — without whose help in drawing he had done nothing . |
| 6 | His personal religious feelings would not make him doubt Ramsey , for he owed something in his private religion to that tradition of the Oxford Movement which Ramsey represented . |
| 7 | She placed something in his left hand . |
| 8 | Long , unkempt hair , several missing teeth , and a nose that looked as if it had met more than one fist in its owner 's lifetime did nothing for his general appearance . |
| 9 | Ernest had made a will when his wife died and left everything to his only child . |
| 10 | Gradually , he confounded everyone with his burgeoning vocabulary and tactical nous . |
| 11 | If Pound in this way did bypass Aubeterre , he missed something after his own heart . |