Example sentences of "he [vb past] [adv prt] [prep] his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He plunged back into his work , forgetting about her before she was through the door . |
| 2 | He plunged back into his contemplation of the engine . |
| 3 | She nodded and sipped : he leaned his head forward and she brought the glass to his mouth : he finished it and she let it fall on a bush of discarded clothing as he swooped down with his hand , lifted her dress clear over her waist and then , as she struggled to help him , tugged it over her head . |
| 4 | When the silence had been undisturbed for a long , chilly while he crept out of his nest and drew himself gently up the last few yards of broken rock into the long grass and bushes at the edge of the plateau . |
| 5 | In Augsburg , he met up with his cousin , Anna Maria Thekla , with whom he struck up a lively — even unbridled — friendship . |
| 6 | He lolled back in his chair to light a cigar , displaying the carefree indifference of a man who knows he has won the day . |
| 7 | He lolled back in his swivel chair , one huge thigh thrust over the other , a bright-eyed man . |
| 8 | He slouched back under his rug . |
| 9 | She went away , and after a minute or two he got up from his bed and went to the window . |
| 10 | He got up from his desk and stepped over to the measuring rod . |
| 11 | Finally he got up from his desk and walked out into the foyer of the massage parlour . |
| 12 | When he got up from his chair he was already spilling the beads from their black purse into his palm . |
| 13 | He got up from his chair and held out his arms to her . |
| 14 | He recounted all this without any anger or bitterness , but as he got up from his chair to go to the kitchen I had to turn away rather than watch him move around his flat as though he were still hampered by chains . |
| 15 | He got up from his chair , fetched a rolled-up plan from the top of the sideboard and spread it over the litter on the table . |
| 16 | Maurice 's fists were clenched , his features contorted ; he got up from his chair and went to the window to stand with his back to the room . |
| 17 | He got up from his chair . |
| 18 | He got up from his chair and put his spectacles into a red leather case which he then returned to his pocket . |
| 19 | He got up from his seat as quickly as his thick furs and old muscles would allow , kicked some slates and books out of his way across the glass floor and started inspecting a pillar a few metres away . |
| 20 | He got up in his night-shirt and looked incredulously out at the twigs of the stately chestnut tree in front of the castle . |
| 21 | Then he got down from his chair and went to stand by Hepzibah . |
| 22 | He took a long breath , becoming severely practical before he got out of his depth . |
| 23 | If anyone writes in to say that Francis Bacon noticed the flashes when he got out of his coach to freeze a chicken in the snow , I shall leave the country , suitably disguised , and write piteous letters about being a laughing stock to all , coupled with the name of sundry . |
| 24 | Paul Newman , 36 , was killed a week ago as he got out of his car in Charity Lane , Eggington , Beds . |
| 25 | He got out of his car and locked it and set off ahead of me . |
| 26 | She smiled at him cheerily and opened the gate as he got out of his car . |
| 27 | Mrs Phillips said today : ‘ I was bringing him home from my daughter 's house when he got out of his cage . |
| 28 | He got out of his seat , bent low , and ran very fast along the aisle towards the front of the plane . |
| 29 | He got out of his chair slowly when Nicandra came in . |
| 30 | All those who were present agree that he got out of his jeep , lifted the pole and said in a mock solemn voice , ‘ Let battle commence . ’ |