Example sentences of "[vb past] his [noun sg] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was stopped by a passenger , Mr. Leonard Tofield , of Elmers End Road , who strained his wrist applying the hand brake . |
| 2 | It seemed to work ; her saliva and dampness helped his body fight the damage . |
| 3 | His best season was 1964–65 , when his 296 runs at 37 helped his province win the Plunket Shield . |
| 4 | The youngest visitor , aged about six and dressed ready for bed in pyjamas , helped his father to decipher the jottings in his field notebook and then reported earnestly on the day 's tally . |
| 5 | But Souness , bitterly disappointed his side squandered the lion 's share of possession , said : ‘ I said some critical things about Palace last time , which I 'm prepared to stand by . |
| 6 | The exciting promise John had revealed over the previous eighteen months was rewarded by a place on the England tour of Australasia in June 1991 where he demonstrated his capacity to excite the crowd and to bemuse the opposition by featuring prominently in all four matches , thereby staking a claim for a regular inclusion in the national side . |
| 7 | Moved his bed to hide the tear , |
| 8 | He said huskily , ‘ Let me , McAllister , ’ and began to unbutton her blouse , ‘ I want to stroke you , McAllister , and not your clothes , ’ and she made no effort to stop him , and when he bent his head to kiss the breasts he had fondled with his hands the cry which she gave was one of pleasure , not fear , for now it was Dr Neil loving her so carefully that the flood of pleasure was almost on her from that alone . |
| 9 | He rolled onto the bed beside her , and his own tightly curbed control began to weaken as he slipped a hand over one of her breasts and bent his head to kiss the other . |
| 10 | Though a successful player with Spurs and England , many doubted his ability to repeat the achievement of Ossie Ardiles by earning a place in the First Division . |
| 11 | With the wind drifting the laden Zodiac , Trent doubted his ability to pick the tow up before the men were on the reef . |
| 12 | I have the files … thieves , one who took a knife to a postmaster 's throat , one who buggered a Pioneer intake class , one who caught his wife screwing the rent official and took off half her head with a hammer-he should work well . |
| 13 | The other could n't figure this out until one day he found his friend jiggling the settings on his camera , systematically sabotaging his work . |
| 14 | He let his racket do the talking and discovered the magic of The Championships that he had previously derided , as have so many of the giants of the past . |
| 15 | During the war he used his wealth to establish the Sir Frederick Milner Hostels for Deafened Soldiers , and served as Chairman . |
| 16 | Then she remembered he was on call , and used his phone to ring the hospital . |
| 17 | Sir Bryan used his 7-wood to plant the ball neatly on the green . |
| 18 | Paul used his computer to crack the code and continued as before . |
| 19 | He pulled off his mask and used his transceiver to call the bridge . |
| 20 | He used his height to loop the ball well , turned it and bowled agressively . |
| 21 | In the early 1950s he used his creation to improve the size of the Aberdeen Angus and began to outcross with the red Beevbilde to produce a new breed of black beef cattle which combined Angus quality with the Lincoln 's fast weight gains . |
| 22 | He used his key to enter the Marylebone Road lodging ; it was late , though not yet midnight . |
| 23 | He then returned to Wessex to raise more men , whereupon there was another unsuccessful assault on the city , which ended with the Scandinavians being pursued into Kent , where Ealdorman Eadric went over to Edmund ; Cnut used his fleet to cross the Thames estuary to Essex , and proceeded from there to ravage Mercia . |
| 24 | The Chancellor also used his statement to close the loophole whereby companies acquired other businesses merely to take advantage of their capital losses for tax purposes . |
| 25 | The EC Environment Commissioner , Carlo Ripa di Meana , however , fulfilled his threat to boycott the summit , principally in protest at the EC 's failure to adopt a sufficiently firm , united stance on major environmental issues . |
| 26 | Another policeman came along at 9.40pm and radioed his control to contact the RAC again . |
| 27 | told his wife to get the doctor , and that sort of business in , but er imagine a man knocking up his shed during the night |
| 28 | He fumbled about on the table , felt in the pockets of the odorous hawk-training jacket which hung on the back of the door , told his sister to try the cupboard . |
| 29 | Several times he lent Brian and me a 410 shotgun and took us shooting along the shore , and when we got back told his skinner to stuff the birds we had shot ; I was thrilled by these expeditions . |
| 30 | Ember twisted his head to ease the strain in his neck . |