Example sentences of "his [noun] [verb] [prep] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His mouth hardened to an implacable line . |
| 2 | His mouth curved into an ironic smile . |
| 3 | His mouth twisted into an angry line as he snarled , ‘ Women are the last commodity I need in my life . ’ |
| 4 | Realisation dawned and his mouth stretched into an unpleasant smile . |
| 5 | His words read like an ultra-right libertarian tract rather than the reasoned utterances of a representative of a body that has been entrusted by the Government with the responsibility for sport and physical recreation . |
| 6 | Rostov took a breath , and decided to wait until good manners forced his aide to behave in an approachable fashion . |
| 7 | His shoulders sloped at an alarming angle so that he looked like a pyramid wearing a hat . |
| 8 | MALCOLM ALLISON watched his side lose to an injury-time goal and was told by Derby boss Arthur Cox : ‘ You deserved to win . ’ |
| 9 | The check in 18 of his pianos consists of an upright , flat piece of wood hinged with leather to the key just on the player 's side of the hammer . |
| 10 | His eyes glowed with an extraordinary fervour . |
| 11 | He felt his eyes widen to an obvious and solving truth . |
| 12 | His eyes lit with an unsettling gleam as he brushed past her . |
| 13 | His eyes swivelled in an old panic , trying to look inwards . |
| 14 | His eyes swivelled in an old panic , trying to look inwards . |
| 15 | His face was deathly white , and his eyes shone with an unearthly light . |
| 16 | Who had his eyes closed in an expressionless face but was still present , in his chair . |
| 17 | His eyes glittered with an arctic coldness . |
| 18 | His lips curved into an infuriating smile . |
| 19 | Probably an amalgam of two mass-circulation papers The New York Herald and The Morning Courier and New-York Enquirer ( edited by James Gordon Bennett and Colonel Watson Webb respectively ) : both papers attacked CD in the most scurrilous fashion after his speeches calling for an International Copyright Agreement . |
| 20 | Robb said that he , too , was running as a Republican in elections for the state legislature in Little Rock , but the Republican Party was resisting his plan to run as an official candidate . |
| 21 | But after his parents went through an acrimonious divorce , he started wetting it again . |
| 22 | His bones lay in an engraved gold casket , with his armour , sceptre and shield close by . |
| 23 | He paused by the windowsill on the way to his desk to peer at an African violet in a pot . |
| 24 | He becomes perfectly ‘ lissom ’ in body ; all strains and tensions disappear , and his body works like an oiled machine . |
| 25 | Each of them exercised his right to vote as an individual , but as Whips they were all expected to avoid any open expression of preference . |
| 26 | Yet his writings witness to an inner toughness and honesty which complement his sensitivity and spiritual receptiveness , and balance his obvious volatility . |
| 27 | He looked down on her , his brow drawn into an angry frown . |
| 28 | Because his article appeared in an official magazine , it could be legally photocopied and circulated , and this , with foreign radio broadcasts , has made his critique even more widely known . |
| 29 | Other metaphors are associated with the observer 's eye : unlike the observer himself his eye behaves like an independent agent : it " reaches " ( 1 ) , it seeks " rest " from the " vain task of exploring " ( 4 ) , and it " follows " the cloud of smoke of the tug ( 6 ) . |
| 30 | His Petersburg counts for an awful lot . |