Example sentences of "his [noun pl] [vb past] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And his views had the full backing of Alan Smith , chief executive of the Test and County Cricket Board . |
| 2 | This — ’ his fingers brushed the flimsy fabric where it stretched over her breasts and lingered ‘ — this was a great success . ’ |
| 3 | He felt in his pocket for his lighter and his fingers touched the hard squareness of an envelope . |
| 4 | He took Ranulf 's hand , led him over to the gibbet and pushed his hand between the iron bars until the tips of his fingers touched the decaying flesh of the hanged man , just above where his heart had been . |
| 5 | His fingers traced the warm smoothness of her thighs and belly , then found the hot wetness at the core of her . |
| 6 | Slowly he dealt with the buttons of her shirt , and she gasped as his fingers caressed the soft swell of her breasts . |
| 7 | It marked the most dramatic rift in a British political party since Ramsay MacDonald and his associates left the Labour Party fifty years earlier . |
| 8 | It hardly seems accidental that the extremely imprecise and tentative nature of his proposals allowed the maximum scope for the exercise of political judgement at all levels of the administrative system . |
| 9 | His words emphasised the racial element in the picture my imagination had formed of him . |
| 10 | When George Ill and his supporters questioned the local authority of the Duke of Richmond by attempting to remove him from the lord-lieutenancy in 1779 , they were firmly repulsed by a well-organised but short-lived local movement for ‘ reform ’ . |
| 11 | His stands alienated the richer members so that his ministries were short and ill paid . |
| 12 | His eyes followed the struggling figures into the night . |
| 13 | He turned to look at her as he put the car into gear , and the glint in his eyes rekindled the unwelcome wildfire in her veins . |
| 14 | His eyes roved the pale features , a stirring in his breast that was not quite compassion . |
| 15 | His eyes scoured the small audience for support . |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't know how I 've kept my hands off you , ’ he murmured , as his lips found the tender skin below her ear . |
| 17 | Her eyes flew open just as his lips found the delicate curve of her neck . |
| 18 | It was murmured throatily against the swell of her breasts , before his lips found the hard jut of her nipples and she dropped her head back with a gasp of pure delight . |
| 19 | His dress was austere enough , but rich and ample , and worn with an authority that comes only by birth , and his movements had the unmistakable quality of nobility , the absolute conviction of one who has never had to hesitate or use caution and humility in order to placate his betters . |
| 20 | His parents asked the local headteacher when Sam could start school , and the answer ? |
| 21 | His fingers laced in her hair , as his thumbs traced the delicate lines of her temples . |
| 22 | His fingertips brushed the inner flesh of her thighs , and suddenly he bent his head and pressed kisses to that most sensitive of soft flesh . |
| 23 | ‘ Very well played , Piper , ’ remarked Mills Roberts as he and his Officers left the saluting base and made their way across the village green in the direction of Brigade H.Q I remained at attention until they disappeared through the gates of the big house . |
| 24 | In common with many northern European painters his strong , bright but cloudy skies concentrate attention on the land below : his gods inhabited the rugged countryside not blue Mediterranean heavens . |
| 25 | Manning and his orchestra used to rise from the pit of the Colosseum , playing Chabrier 's España : his concerts brought the popular classics to a large audience . |
| 26 | When the Duke died of dropsy in 1827 , his financial affairs were in such a state that his executors took the unprecedented step of placing his chattels up at public auction , entrusting the sale to the young James Christie . |
| 27 | This he did as a public duty until the early nineteenth century , despite the problems of growing age ; his subordinates included the zealous Lord Pelham , later Home Secretary . |
| 28 | Looks like Howie and his pals jumped the two traveller guys on the road ; landed one in hospital , apparently . |
| 29 | His features reflected the grim thoughts that filled his mind , eyes flicking only briefly to right or left , secure in the knowledge that the path would be fairly safe until nightfall . |
| 30 | But neither of his partners had the remotest idea of the existence of Levels Two and Three . |