Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [adv prt] in [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mass drove his heart out in an effort to make amends for what he regarded as his mistake but Baldi was 21secs ahead at the finish . |
| 2 | They are pursued by the ever-vengeful Wes Studi who blames the Colonel for massacring his family and literally rips his heart out in the heat of battle . |
| 3 | Not a word as he put his foot back in the stirrup iron ( only stable boys and jockeys jump up from the ground ) a hand across the saddle-tree , and he was up , quick and certain as a fly landing . |
| 4 | The MI5 man eased his bulk round in the car seat to face her better . |
| 5 | One of the rising stars of motor racing has been to meet the men who 've put him and his car back in the running for success . |
| 6 | A spokesman said that Mr Fontana had put his mandate back in the hands of the prime minister , Giuliano Amato . |
| 7 | What , what it 's frustrating for a slow bowler is that if the batsman put his left pad down the wicket and held his bat up in the air , clearly not playing his shot for all to see , then I 'm sure that we , you know , it , the batsman be given out L B W quite frequently , but because the bat is hovering just behind that left pad erm , he 's never given out . |
| 8 | Dedication and commitment are part of the Lawerence lifestyle , they always said he 's got a big heart , he hopes to prove it by winning his place back in the England side and then give the Australians a roasting when they tour here for the Ashes next summer . |
| 9 | But the 31-year-old striker ca n't get his place back in the Republic of Ireland squad . |
| 10 | He has his day off in the middle of the week because we are always busy at the weekends . |
| 11 | Later , when she watched the scene during the shooting , she 'd find more girls in the pile of smashed-up cars : one putting on lipstick high in a lorry 's cab , another lying on the bonnet like a mascot , face to the car 's prow , giving a feline look as she too read aloud , from a French philosopher who later in a fit of madness pushed his wife under in the bath , and held her there till there were no more bubbles . |
| 12 | But , since no one he had met in Wimbledon Islamic circles seemed to use it , it did not prevent him from holding his head up in the staffroom . |
| 13 | A lady traveller on the Exeter express told John Ruskin that she was in the carriage from which Turner put his head out in a rainstorm to record the scene mentally , and she saw the picture at the Royal Academy the next year , in 1844 . |
| 14 | She squatted down to his level , and he stuck his chin up in the air so that she could rebutton his coat for him . |
| 15 | As Carradine bled his life out in the Dream , Yggdrasil tasted its first cup of fear . |
| 16 | Peter sent his pony round in a circle , jumping off . |
| 17 | Tom hastily opened his case , took out a tripod and set his camera up in the middle of the lounge , while Mrs Stych watched , open-mouthed . |
| 18 | Leaning over , Grant pointed his torch down in the direction of the black mass of shrubbery where he knew Larsen was crouched , and flashed the pencil beam twice . |
| 19 | Daniel has his hand up in the back row . |
| 20 | He held his hand out in a gesture for her to come into the house but in that second she knew she never could . |
| 21 | Richard was taken to Stratford-upon-Avon for a week where they saw Marlowe 's Dr Faustus and the ex-schoolteacher had his ward up in the morning in the hotel gardens to study and learn by heart the great speeches . |
| 22 | The formidable Quinnell — he scored two tries in last season 's corresponding fixture — forced his way over in the fall-out of a close-range scrummage as the Welsh pack raised their effort and Williams added a further penalty to eliminate Scottish hopes . |
| 23 | When she came back from Confession , uncomforted , she found her cell mate kicking the doctor who was trying to feed her , and at the same time yelling that he should take his hat off in the presence of a lady . |
| 24 | ‘ Now sleeping like a baby in his cot down in the hall . ’ |
| 25 | He sat his guest down in a cubbyhole office , mixed instant coffee with the help of a whistling electric kettle , and rambled into a monologue of his thoughts on Michael Holly . |