Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [verb] [adv] for a " in BNC.

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1 The Frenchman , before turning to her sons , let his glance fall pointedly for a moment to the swell of her breasts tightly bodiced beneath a new Fifth Avenue day dress of sheer white silk chiffon ; then he smiled secretly at her again and this undisguised expression of passionate interest brought a faint flush to her face .
2 ‘ He stayed in his room when his wife went off for a jaunt round Oxford , remember ?
3 Joseph had seen his grandfather dressed up for a sing-sing with a long white bone through this hole , forming a kind of false moustache each side of his nose .
4 Automatically , his hand went out for a chocolate biscuit .
5 His cock lay against Richard 's and his hand searched underneath for a hole gently probing .
6 John Piggott atoned for these scenes with a cool chip around the trunk of a mighty tree behind the 16th , his son holing out for a match-winning four when a six had threatened to open the door to the Betts .
7 This time our hero Kevin ( Culkin ) gets on the wrong plane as he and his family set out for a Christmas break in Miami .
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