Example sentences of "his [noun pl] [vb past] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Campbell was little concerned with the lives of ordinary seamen ; nor did he reflect the alarm which many of his contemporaries felt about the sea and the behaviour of those who sailed on it . |
| 2 | In addition to its constitutional implications , the dispute also raised the possibility that charges against Noriega would have to be dismissed because the taping of his calls went beyond the routine monitoring applied to other federal inmates and , therefore , represented a violation of his rights . |
| 3 | His fingers clawed at the air , his eyes bulged , spittle sprayed from his lips . |
| 4 | Dong , sensing his brother 's fear , reached quietly behind him in the darkness with his free hand until his fingers brushed against the face of the malaria victim ; the clammy flesh , already growing cold , was slippery with rain and the sweat of the fatal climatic fever , and in the moment that his hand recoiled from the contact Dong knew that they would not be able to avoid the horror of a burial this time . |
| 5 | He looked up , even paler if that were possible , and his fingers trembled on the ruler . |
| 6 | His fingers drummed on the door-frame . |
| 7 | His fingers flew over the keys . |
| 8 | His fingers danced over the keys . |
| 9 | So real was the sensation that his fingers slipped on the handle of the tea cup and when the tea spilt into the saucer he exclaimed , ‘ Oh ! |
| 10 | His fingers stole to the buttons of her blouse , loosening their fragile hold on the flimsy cotton . |
| 11 | His fingers slid through the wetness on the swell of her cheekbone . |
| 12 | ‘ Look at me , ’ Rourke demanded softly , and when she did n't obey his fingers slid around the curve of her throat , his thumb tracing the line of her jaw . |
| 13 | His fingers groped for the junction of the pipes . |
| 14 | I expect his notes went into the university archives , and the rest of his belongings would have been sold off . |
| 15 | The conflict between Chilperic and his half-brothers began on the death of their father Chlothar I. More interestingly , Merovech 's bid for power followed his uncle 's murder ; similarly Gundovald , who had been more or less ignored when he first returned to Gaul in 582 , became a plausible candidate for the throne when Chilperic was killed . |
| 16 | ‘ You can not be so innocent , ’ he said tightly , but even so his teeth nibbled at the lobe of her ear as his breath quickened . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm all right , love , ’ he said , his teeth gritted against the pain . |
| 18 | He landed on his feet , hitting the narrow pavement outside the yard with such jarring impact that his teeth bit into the edge of his tongue . |
| 19 | He scanned the newsprint greedily while his teeth sank into the bacon sandwich , the melted margarine dribbling over his fingers . |
| 20 | , William ( fl. 1150 ) , financier , is first noted in the early 1150s and was dead in 1166 , when a note of his debts came to the Exchequer . |
| 21 | His words fell into the silence like stones . |
| 22 | He allows himself a carefully selected smile , humorous , equal to equal , and goes on , the ease of his words belied by the hurry of his delivery and the force of his grip on her arm . |
| 23 | He opened the rear door and folded Goldman on to the seat ; his legs trailed into the road and Elliott tucked them up on the seat . |
| 24 | One of his brothers went into the Navy and became very successful and very high up in maritime administration , another went into the Army , and became a General . |
| 25 | Robyn could smell the freshness of his cologne , see the way his eyes crinkled at the corners , notice for the first time the thickness of his lashes , the way his ebony hair would curl if allowed to grow long . |
| 26 | His eyes drifted over the side . |
| 27 | His eyes darted to the door . |
| 28 | His eyes darted along the beach in reckless agony , which no amount of jogging or kayaking was able to dispel . |
| 29 | He looked pale and serious as his eyes scampered round the room until they found the telephone . |
| 30 | His eyes went to the door and returned . |