Example sentences of "his [noun pl] [verb] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You thought ? ’ he prompted gently , his fingers moving in a gentle caressing movement on the soft fabric of her sweater . |
| 2 | His eyes flashed and his fingers tightened in a vicious grip . |
| 3 | Despite protracted negotiations , the Spaniard will stick to his plans to play in a conflicting event in Japan instead of the World Cup in Spain in November . |
| 4 | ‘ That is not how one addresses me , ’ he said , his teeth showing in a humourless smile . |
| 5 | His shoulders moved in a slight shrug . |
| 6 | His shoulders lifted in a vague shrug . |
| 7 | His shoulders lifted in a resigned shrug . |
| 8 | Perhaps unwittingly , the new statue hints at a deeper truth underpinning the hardline triumph : the worker , the peasant and the intellectual gaze wistfully towards the Forbidden City , the grandest monument to the genius of Chinese civilisation , but the soldier has his eyes fixed in a different direction — down the Avenue of Eternal Peace towards Zhongnanhai , the walled compound where party leaders live and work . |
| 9 | His tone was cutting and his lips twisted in a cynical sneer . |
| 10 | I 'm not trying to pry , Roman — or not very much , ’ she added honestly as his lips twisted in a cynical smile . |
| 11 | Monks stared at Oliver , and his lips moved in a silent curse . |
| 12 | An old man , swathed in robes , sat before the fire ; he looked up when Corbett and Thomas squatted before him across the stones , peering at them with rheumy eyes , his lips parted in a toothless , dribbling smile . |
| 13 | Marc let his glance laze from one to the other , then his lips quirked in a humourless smile . |
| 14 | When his father motioned him forward , Kim approached the altar more slowly , his lips pursed in a determined line . |
| 15 | Silly-Willie spent most of his days shut in a back room . |
| 16 | His apprentices stood in a respectful half-circle to watch , and a crowd of small boys — most of them children of members of the household — loitered in a shy cluster in a nearby doorway . |
| 17 | Reluctantly she turned around — and saw that the rider was Mr Barnet ; also that he was exceedingly angry , his eyebrows meeting in a fierce scowl , his dark eyes blazing . |
| 18 | The fear in Meredith Putt 's eyes became terror and his struggles increased in a frantic attempt to break free , but to no avail . |