Example sentences of "[subord] his [noun] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On 27 September of the same year he published his first book , Galfredus Petrus , Opus sane de deorum dearumque gentilium genealogia ( STC 19816.5 ) , from his new premises near the conduit in Fleet Street , where his printing-house remained for the rest of his life . |
| 2 | Michael Mashelle , regional agriculture and livestock development officer , says that although his department knows about the giant cassava , it has no funds for research . |
| 3 | One indication that Richard was still maintaining a more aggressive attitude than his father lies in the fact that when the constable of Gisors killed a French knight in a skirmish which occurred after the truce had been made he thought it wiser to take refuge with Richard . |
| 4 | He will stay on in a consultancy role for a few months until his successor settles into the job . |
| 5 | Dong , sensing his brother 's fear , reached quietly behind him in the darkness with his free hand until his fingers brushed against the face of the malaria victim ; the clammy flesh , already growing cold , was slippery with rain and the sweat of the fatal climatic fever , and in the moment that his hand recoiled from the contact Dong knew that they would not be able to avoid the horror of a burial this time . |
| 6 | Despite calls for his head , Taylor yesterday pledged to stay on until his contract expires after the World Cup in 1994 . |
| 7 | Scott clenched his fists until his nails dug into the palms of his hands . |
| 8 | She placed his pulsing prong back into her luscious wet mouth , and sucked until his spunk fired into the back of her throat . |
| 9 | He went quietly into Chrissy 's room , stopping inside the door for a minute until his eyes adjusted to the dimness . |
| 10 | Then his hands dropped lightly on Merrill 's shoulders , moving sensuously and disturbing the folds of pink wool until his palms lay against the skin of her nape . |
| 11 | Then he walked heavily on for a pace or two until his tracks merged with the cart-way , then he turned back along the ruts to the stream and did the same thing again , more lightly this time . |
| 12 | Until his body recovered from the effects of the psychic blast this was his only means of defence . |
| 13 | Cranston bellowed , not caring if his voice carried through the house , out into the enclosed courtyard where craftsmen were working . |
| 14 | Nozick anyway could not hold that it does , because his position relies on the independent proof it provides that you do n't know you are not a brain in a vat . |
| 15 | He found himself thinking solemnly about her bone structure , going on and on about it in his head , but put a stop to that because his thoughts sounded like the conversation of fashion photographers . |
| 16 | On Friday night his grandmother heard him come in , because his key grated in the lock . |
| 17 | It has been suggested that the wild man , or wood-wose , who appears so often in medieval literature , is a conventional figure typifying madness and deriving from the mad king Nebuchadnezzar , who was ‘ driven away from among men , and did eat grass like an ox , and his body was wet with the dew of heaven ; till his hairs grew like the feathers of eagles , and his nails like birds claws . ’ |
| 18 | In spite of himself his expression softened at the sight of his fine son , till his eyes moved beyond the handsome face turned up to him . |
| 19 | He had begun by characterizing the struggle for an energy policy as the ‘ moral equivalent of war ’ , but then , for long periods , his enthusiasm for this cause appeared to wane while his proposals floundered in the legislative maze . |
| 20 | He scanned the newsprint greedily while his teeth sank into the bacon sandwich , the melted margarine dribbling over his fingers . |
| 21 | Horowitz , more stoical , was already at the counter while his case passed through the type of machine used at airports . |
| 22 | He was doubling for Immigration who had gone home to babysit while his wife went to the movies with her sister . |
| 23 | The doctor presses on Andy 's chest while his wife breathes into the boy 's mouth . |
| 24 | I spoke to a farmer from Catfoss near Hornsea who was looking after his baby grandson while his daughter rode in the race . |
| 25 | If he plays today , the former England skipper is likely to play in front of the back four as anchor man , while his colleagues search for the away goal that would put the dour Muscovites under pressure . |
| 26 | His mouth took control , its expertise prising her unwilling lips apart , while his hand slid inside the cross-over bodice of her dress , his fingers relearning the shape and fullness of her breast , the texture of her taut nipple , with a surety of touch that made the blood race through her veins and bathed her entire body in heat . |
| 27 | But that day his mother had suddenly flown a warning flight , while his father rose into the air and swooped into the valley and back beneath the cliff edge , and suddenly a man was there with something green in his hand which rose into the sky above him and came down towards him . |
| 28 | At Milan he took high-speed films while his animals ran along the force plates . |
| 29 | Before she could withdraw it his teeth had closed lightly , trapping it there , while his tongue played over the sensitive tip . |
| 30 | The new exhibition comprises thirty-eight paintings with particular emphasis being placed upon those works which Caulfield has created in the eleven years since his retrospective held at the Walker Art Gallery , Liverpool , and the Tate Gallery , in 1981–82 . |