Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] his [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without holstering his gun , or taking his eyes off the glimmering phenomenon , Bishop dragged the little man from the chamber and threw him bodily into the Pit . |
| 2 | Perhaps he was waiting for Gabriel to make a bolt for freedom , or to denounce his masters from the stage as murderers and charlatans . |
| 3 | He would n't be allowed to fart or pick his nose or put his feet on the table . |
| 4 | Play may also serve ‘ the individual child in working through his own problems or fulfilling his wishes at the fantasy level ’ ( ibid . |
| 5 | The sky clears in the childbirth sequence because of Shatov 's sublime murmurings about the arrival of a new human being , but also because the midwife has her sleeves rolled up , because she is attacking a difficult and strenuous professional job , organizing essentials , masterminding the whole exercise , scolding Marie Shatov who allowed Shatov to get between her and the family in which she was a governess ‘ with the egotistical object of marrying you , laughing at the distraught husband on his knees unable either to bear the sound or block his ears before the birth ; and when all is tidied up , ‘ after some pleasant–es about ‘ the happy couple' ’ which were not without a touch of contempt and superciliousness , she went away as well satisfied as before . ’ |
| 6 | Inevitably in Addis Ababa he was busy for most of the day , writing his despatches , interviewing people or visiting his colleagues in the other Legations . |
| 7 | If his leaning is towards the physical side , or his leaning towards to biological side , to take chemistry , biology and physics , to take those subjects in the sixth form at A level , and then come straight to university and develop his inclinations in the way that he is here to do . |
| 8 | He pushed back the chairs and laid his blankets on the floor to fall asleep , as always , the moment he closed his eyes . |
| 9 | He put down the carving knife on the chopping block and wiped his hands on the end of his apron . |
| 10 | After years as a good county player , he is suddenly timing the ball and shaping his shots with the elegance and effectiveness of a Graveney or a Gower . |
| 11 | Howard realised the importance of avoiding walking barefoot in public places such as swimming pools or on other people 's carpets , so he decided to walk barefoot on grass and on the beach whenever possible , or simply to sit outside and expose his feet to the elements . |
| 12 | He must go now , to the apartment block , and make his calls on the tenants . |
| 13 | The dawn of the philosophical Enlightenment had almost no effect upon the average European who still tilled his feudal strip and grazed his animals on the common land . |
| 14 | In 1786 , when Robert Burns was preparing his poetry for publication for the first time , he took his manuscript to Glenconner and read his poems to the Tennant family for their approval or otherwise . |
| 15 | If Sid put £100 ( $175 ) into each of the big privatisations and sold his shares on the first day of trading — as many such investors did — he would ( before expenses ) have got back an extra 41% . |
| 16 | During 1775 he continued prison visiting in England and expanded his enquiries to the continent . |
| 17 | On the wedding day , he was holding his head and nudging his friends about the wild stag night they 'd enjoyed . |
| 18 | She swung his legs over his head , and fastened his ankles to the bedrail beside his wrists . |
| 19 | It moved to the then co-ordinator of security and intelligence in the Cabinet Office , Sir Antony Duff , who was given the right of direct access to Mrs Thatcher and encouraged to override the JIC 's supporting machinery and voice his concerns at the highest level when a potential emergency was sensed . |
| 20 | He did not budge as Mr Gubb raised the cane above his shoulder and fixed his eyes on the boy 's fingers with the concentration of a golfer addressing his ball . |
| 21 | He gave a low , husky laugh as he lay down beside her , bending his head to her throat and pressing his lips to the pulse that was beating so wildly under her skin . |
| 22 | Forty-six years on , John Edelnand , now living in Luton , revisited Gwrych Castle and the neighbouring village of Abergele and found his memories of the local people still clear : |
| 23 | He successfully petitioned parliament to reverse the judgement of 1322 against his cousin Mortimer of Chirk , but declared himself his uncle 's heir and expropriated his lands despite the fact that his uncle had a son and grandson living . |
| 24 | His steps grew brisker and he punched and thumped at shop doors , crashed padlocks against their cold chains and hanged his hands on the windows . |
| 25 | Though now , as Liz recited names of guests , she saw Charles drift away into what she took to be some private realm of financial speculation and morose managerial debate : he started to bite the inside of his lip , as he did when preoccupied , and to drum his fingers on the silvery-yellow brocade of the settee . |
| 26 | Taking one hand off the wheel , Nathan reached out and hooked his fingers through the front of her harness . |
| 27 | Richie turned round and hooked his arms over the fence . |
| 28 | Brutus Leitdorf , the Count of Averland , ordered the retreat over the great bridge and rallied his troops in the western half of the city . |
| 29 | Placing the right leg forward , the student leans back over his left leg and drops his hands to the floor , while keeping watch on his opponent over the right shoulder . |
| 30 | He moved out on to the starboard wing and trained his glasses over the starboard quarter . |