Example sentences of "in his chair [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1629 , the intense anxiety and frustration of the MPs erupted into violence , as the Speaker of the Commons was held down in his chair while the House forced through motions condemning the religious innovations . |
| 2 | He would sit there all day doing this , sleeping sometimes in his chair but never tuning off , trying to make all these pieces of television fit together in some way . |
| 3 | Ratagan sat back in his chair till it creaked , and blew air out through pursed lips . |
| 4 | Giles Hawick , looking surprised , sat more easily in his chair and started to marshal his thoughts . |
| 5 | Keith leaned back in his chair and waggled his bare feet , looking very pleased with himself . |
| 6 | Peregrine , however , was there lying back in his chair and offering himself to the hot sun in rather a shameless way . |
| 7 | Lord Christopher leant back in his chair and offered Charles a Turkish cigarette from a box on another grey blanketed table behind him . |
| 8 | John sat back in his chair and made a pyramid with his hands in front of his face . |
| 9 | He whirled in his chair and looked at the audience . |
| 10 | ‘ Interesting , ’ said Corman , as he sat back in his chair and banged his feet down on the row of seats in front of him . |
| 11 | At the feast that night , Eachuinn Odhar lay back in his chair and shocked them all . |
| 12 | The Feldwebel came back , and the man who had been filling in the new form turned round in his chair and looked at me . |
| 13 | The trainer sat up in his chair and looked about the table as if searching for something to throw at her . |
| 14 | I put on the headset and sat in his chair and presently into my ears a disembodied voice said , ‘ Are you there ? ’ |
| 15 | Montgomery stretched in his chair and yawned . |
| 16 | Now he stretched back in his chair and said : ‘ This proposed job — rumoured job , I should say — I suppose we 're entitled to ask whether it has been formally offered to you yet ? |
| 17 | When he had finished it , he leaned back in his chair and , resting his hands on his stomach , he watched Sammy who was making a series of strange noises in his food while his tail continued to wag from side to side . |
| 18 | Bono stiffens in his chair and spits out the list . |
| 19 | He just sat in his chair and gazed up at Granny 's picture in its faded gilt frame . |
| 20 | Dad kissed me on the forehead and asked me to make another pot of tea and he sat down in his chair and smoked a quiet pipe of tobacco looking happier than he had for days . |
| 21 | Mr Stych sat up in his chair and glowered at his son . |
| 22 | Boyd leaned back in his chair and lit another cigarette . |
| 23 | Stone placed the glass on the table , leaned back in his chair and eased his hands into the pockets of his jeans . |
| 24 | ‘ Well , ’ ' Nicky slouched back in his chair and lit a cigarette . |
| 25 | The man lounged easily in his chair and Holly stood . |
| 26 | ‘ Enjoy your dinner , enjoy your future , ’ Rudakov leaned back in his chair and his face was happy with a smile , then he snapped to his feet . |
| 27 | His father twisted in his chair and gripped Peter 's wrist . |
| 28 | Mr Croydon leaned back in his chair and smiled ruefully . |
| 29 | Hauser hunched his large body in his chair and gazed into the distance . |
| 30 | All irritation seemingly forgotten , he leant forward in his chair and smiled at James Grierson — one of his most stunning smiles that seemed to wipe the cruelly from his face at a stroke . |