Example sentences of "his [noun] and [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could not understand Modigliani 's disregard for both his health and his money and found it shocking . |
| 2 | I got my hand on his jaw and forced it open . |
| 3 | She levered herself away from him with a hand on his chest and looked him dead in the eye . |
| 4 | She came a step closer , rested her hands lightly on his shoulders and kissed him full on the mouth . |
| 5 | Something changed in his face then , some fleeting spectre that drained the life from his eyes and left them cold and hard . |
| 6 | Seeing the first signs of salt water he was landed on by lots of flies which got into his eyes and irritated him more than the dust . |
| 7 | After a few minutes of this silent contemplation the rider raised a curved horn to his lips and blew it three times . |
| 8 | After all those years in Paris he found the bright sunshine and the sparkling translucence of the air disturbed his concentration and made it difficult for him to work . |
| 9 | Corbett dug into his purse and handed her some coins . |
| 10 | When a boy arrived at Eton he was allocated to a " classical tutor " who oversaw his work and gave him special tuition . |
| 11 | In so far as Freud thought he had done psychology as a natural science , he has been vulnerable to critics within psychology who have applied natural scientific criteria to his work and found it wanting . |
| 12 | His long fever had peeled the flesh from his bones and left him half his proper bulk , and the brown of his cheeks was yellow and drawn . |
| 13 | One of them was Edward Pease , who invited Durham to his home and asked him many questions . |
| 14 | He did n't go to Mass , but it was said that the priests came down to him once a month and heard his confession and gave him Holy Communion . |
| 15 | His return fire lifted Weaver off his feet and flung him two yards backwards , to sprawl at Bodie 's feet as Bodie came racing through the side garden . |
| 16 | Then , as the whole village looked on , Richard Carew drew his sword and decapitated them one by one . |
| 17 | ‘ The Master took them quietly from his person and told him such things were not allowed to be introduced into the workhouse , he then placed himself in a fighting attitude and threatened to knock the Master 's teeth down his throat , thereby setting bad examples to others ’ |
| 18 | He would never scribble in his annuals and had them all in order . |
| 19 | FRENCH farmers dragged a British lorry driver from his cab and left him stranded after cutting the brake pipes . |
| 20 | The first gave him a degree of control over appointment to benefices in the Church ; the second referred certain cases to his court and gave him certain prerogative powers . |
| 21 | Penry took out his wallet and handed her some notes . |
| 22 | At the feast that night , Eachuinn Odhar lay back in his chair and shocked them all . |
| 23 | There was little delegation of authority , but Di Tella 's personal participation enhanced his authority and gave him considerable control . |
| 24 | He checked and stood amazed , half afraid to believe , and the colour of incredulous joy flushed through his fairness and made him bright as a rose . |
| 25 | Creggan had felt the coming of spring before , a coming that overtook his spirit and made it busy and turbulent , but he had never witnessed it so well . |
| 26 | If he 'd picked her up and laid her on the bed and taken her with all the passion and strength his virile body was promising her at that moment , she would n't have raised a finger to stop him , so when he swung her around in his arms and deposited her nearer to the bathroom door before removing his arms from her she was left gasping with surprise and a sinking feeling of disappointment mixed with humiliation which shook her with its intensity . |
| 27 | But in a few more months , Joyce wrote his apologia and made it clear that despite their apparent freedom of choice , there was in reality only one decision that he could have taken : |
| 28 | But he considered this an unforgivable insult to his dignity and marched us both to an underground lavatory on the edge of the square , followed by a curious and gleeful crowd waiting for the extranjeros to get their come-uppance . |
| 29 | It had destroyed his promise and left him unable to sustain a relationship . |
| 30 | The man in the room withdrew his arm and shook it free of slivers before turning the gun around ready for use . |