Example sentences of "he [verb] [pron] [noun pl] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His movements were slow and deliberate as he threaded his fingers through the tangled strands , his eyes on his task , and Hilary forgot to breathe altogether , almost terrified by his touch . |
| 2 | Several years after the Tennant 's moved to Glenconner Farm , Ochiltree , old John Tennant learned that the village crier required a horn to sound before he made his proclamations around the district , so he had a silver mounting and mouthpiece fitted to the bullock 's horn and presented it to the village . |
| 3 | He made his comments during a speech to the policy group yesterday . |
| 4 | He made his comments at a meeting on research and development at the Royal Society in London last week . |
| 5 | He stammered his thanks as the Western sprang to life on the screen and Sweetheart slipped from her seat in a waft of perfume . |
| 6 | He lowered his heels to the floor . |
| 7 | He lowered his eyes for an instant to the parchments that littered the table . |
| 8 | In one Douglas Fairbanks tells a woman to follow him and when faced with her persistent refusal , arguing as she does that she can not abandon her home , he tethers his horses to the latter and carts the whole house off in a burst of white-toothed laughter . |
| 9 | He laid his arms along the arms of the chair , his long , tanned fingers cupping the curved ends . |
| 10 | There was only the hint of a similar tension in his husky tones as he laid his hands on the ledge of the pulpit . |
| 11 | He laid his hands on the chair arms . |
| 12 | He checked his bearings on the Loran . |
| 13 | Margaret looked across at him as he checked his pools in the News of the World . |
| 14 | He inserted his hands into the mud , and scrabbled . |
| 15 | He stabbed his chips like a killer and poured beer down his throat as though his guts were on fire . |
| 16 | She clung on desperately for reprieve , but none came ; he would n't stop , his mouth burning down over hers while he pinned her wrists to the bed , driven beyond his limits by her refusal , and she felt her breasts against his chest , her eyes open , seeing his face , hearing his hoarse breathing , the way he drew air into his lungs raggedly before lowering his head to kiss her again , his heart beating and his black hair tousled and his tie pulled loose in the scuffle … |
| 17 | " Tea , tea , " Salah said to us as he passed our seats on the way to the door of the bus . |
| 18 | Of course he needed to finance so improbable a research programme , so he sold his dragons to an Emperor , who had them minced up and served to him garnished with spit-roasted swallows ' tongues , at one of his less important banquets . |
| 19 | Impractical for a man cos he push his fingers through the |
| 20 | ‘ He appreciates what others in the team are doing for him , because what I 've done is pick a team around him , ’ explained Taylor . |
| 21 | As he talked , he clapped his hands in the loose way typical among hijras . |
| 22 | He asked their Lordships for the forthcoming Proof before the Sheriff to be heard away from Orkney in mainland Scotland . |
| 23 | This means that he asked his questions from an existing problematic ; each question had a history of answers on which he was able to draw and contextualize his own . |
| 24 | Indeed , Gregory almost admitted as much at the end of the Histories when he asked his successors in the bishopric of Tours to preserve his works intact , allowing no alteration to them , except their versification . |
| 25 | If he led his followers against the Auvergne while one of his stepbrothers fought against the Burgundians , Theuderic must have done so in 523 or 524 . |
| 26 | He got his men into a tight huddle before they took on arch-rivals Spain . |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't know how he got his hands on the cards , ’ said Mr McKenzie outside court . |
| 28 | Outside the court , Mr McKenzie said : ‘ I do n't know how he got his hands on the cards . ’ |
| 29 | Athelstan swore that if he got his hands on the fellow , Cranston would have another murder to investigate . |
| 30 | He admitted his difficulties in the Commons yesterday , describing the forthcoming negotiations as ‘ very complex ’ . |