Example sentences of "his [noun] [verb] with the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There will be a liaison judge in the Crown Court who will see it as part of his function to liaise with the lay magistrate and to meet them and to discuss erm such matters as erm sentencing principles with them . |
| 2 | Robyn watched as his hands moulded and caressed each silken mound , heard the gasp of delight escape from her own lips as his fingers played with the darkened peaks . |
| 3 | Even Alexander , in October 1825 , had gone back on his decision to deal with the Greek question unilaterally and had instigated talks on Greece with Britain . |
| 4 | His neat modern home — his study stuffed with the 100 or so original runners for the 1989 Booker Prize , whose judging panel he is chairing — is still close to the University of Birmingham , where he became Professor of English in 1976 , but he took early retirement two years ago . |
| 5 | His blood mingled with the red wine of the Mass . |
| 6 | His mind reeling with the difficult mathematical equations , he suddenly heard a soft knocking at the door . |
| 7 | Ben watched a moment longer , conscious of his own fascination ; his ears filled with the brutal music of the grid — the crack and pop and sizzle of the dying creatures , his eyes drawn to each brief , sudden incandescence . |
| 8 | His work contrasts with the refined still-life painting of Jan Rudolf Bys , a more classical artist in the French manner , especially when he is painting historical scenes . |
| 9 | His nose tingled with the remembered scent of the hot oily smell which pulsed from the blaring roundabout and the acrid odour of his own hands , faintly green from clutching the brass post so tightly . |
| 10 | As it was , others advised him against precipitating the issue , and I had a late word with him shortly before his evening meeting with the Conservative Political Centre ; but by then it was too late for he considered himself to be committed to his friends . |
| 11 | The wearing of Highland dress , the speaking of Erse , the weather — ; his observations begin with the commonplace and are taken by his mind up on to the plateau of thought . |
| 12 | His conscience warred with the whispered promises of the semi-sentient sword . |
| 13 | Yet she knew the answer , and the memory of his kiss burned with the exquisite mixture of pleasure and pain , wrenching her soul from its customary place , changing all things , so that her glance seemed to rest on a changed universe . |
| 14 | The punch I place on his chin arrives with the full weight of my body and jolts his head back as if it was on elastic . |
| 15 | Even then his interests lay with the disadvantaged groups . |
| 16 | his jaws rotate with the same motion |
| 17 | Towards the latter part of the first century , Rome 's presiding cleric named Clement wrote on behalf of his church to remonstrate with the Corinthian Christians who had ejected clergy without either financial or charismatic endowment in favour of a fresh lot ; Clement apologized not for intervening but for not having acted sooner . |
| 18 | For about fifteen minutes he did nothing but sit there contentedly , sipping his coffee and watching their restless , flickering scene around him through half-open eyes : the tall , bearded man with a cigar and a fatuous grin who walked up and down at an unvarying even pace like a clockwork soldier , never looking at anybody ; the plump ageing layabout in a Gestapo officers leather coat and dark glasses holding court outside the door of the cafe , trading secrets and scandal with his men friends , assessing the passers-by as thought they were for sale , calling after women and making hour-glass gestures with his hairy gold-ringed hands ; a frail old man bent like an S , with a crazy harmless expression and a transistor radio pressed to his ear walking with the exaggerated urgency of those who have nowhere to go ; slim Africans with leatherwork belts and bangles laid out on a piece of cloth ; a Gypsy child sitting n the cold stone playing the same four note again and again on a cheap concertina ; two foreigners with guitars an a small crowd around them ; a beggar with his shirt pulled down over one shoulder to reveal the stump of an amputated arm ; a pudgy shapeless women with an open suitcase full of cigarette lighters and bootleg cassettes ; the two Nordic girls at the next table , basking half-naked in the weak March sun as though this might be the last time it appeared this year . |
| 19 | One cunning old horseman used to jade a horse simply by pretending to feel the horse 's fetlocks , but with the palm of his hand covered with the repellent substance . |
| 20 | The roar of his shot coincided with the answering crash of gunfire from his enemies ' weapons . |
| 21 | In the austere Shades act he perhaps overdid the stunts -but otherwise the height of his jumps coupled with the careless speed of his preparation was breathtaking . |
| 22 | How nonchalantly he posed , letting his menials deal with the remaining , no longer so elegant riff-raff . |
| 23 | ‘ Representative processes , ’ says Hallowell , ‘ are at the root of Man 's capacity to deal with the abstract qualities of objects and events , his ability to deal with the possible or conceivable , the ideal as well as the actual , the intangible along with the tangible , the absent as well as the present object or event , with fantasy and with reality . |
| 24 | The Yorkshire-born jockey broke his duck at Yarmouth in 1967 and has never once doubted his ability to compete with the best . |
| 25 | ‘ The announcement would n't even reach half the city in that time , ’ the young officer protested hesitantly ‘ You 'd be ordering us to shoot anyone on the stree — ’ His speech ended with the full stop of a heavy bullet in the face . |
| 26 | In a letter to employees George thanked everyone for their understanding and sympathy which he said would help him and his family cope with the terrible tragedy . |
| 27 | Osvaldo came up as he had to , his face contorted with the tearing pain . |