Example sentences of "his [noun] [coord] [verb] the [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 She stopped speaking and winked at my master , taking another sip from his goblet and grabbing the second penny he offered .
2 The judge retires for the night to consider his sentence and returns the next day to jail Leonard McLean for eighteen months .
3 His foremost maxim — of never admitting defeat , of sticking to your guns through thick and thin — came to his aid and offered the first shreds of comfort since the unpleasantness of the night before .
4 The millionaire property developer looked poised to cut his losses and quit the Second Division club after the failure of his proposed £13m rescue package last week .
5 He looked up , removed his reading glasses , then got to his feet and indicated the second sofa .
6 Given that for every person who attends live opera , at least 1,000 more buy and enjoy reading poetry , will the Minister change his priorities and become the first legislator to acknowledge the unacknowledged legislators of the world ?
7 ’ Mathers killed his cigarette and started the second half of the Danish .
8 The bowler adjusted his line and dropped the next one on leg stump , on the half-volley .
9 OK , on paper it all sounds like nausea-inducing stuff , the kind of thing that would cause any self-respecting Popkid to pack up his T-shirts and join the next peace convoy out of town .
10 He switched off the engine then reached into his pocket for his cigarettes and lit the third one since leaving the Windorah .
11 Jed picked up his glass and swirled the last inch of beer around .
12 But when Mr Cheng looked at his papers and asked the first question , Hassan closed his eyes .
13 The drunk lifted his bottle and shook the last few drops into his throat .
14 The Archdeacon realised he had been carried away , cleared his throat and gulped the last of the sherry .
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