Example sentences of "his [noun] [vb past] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carter had advocated deregulation , but he approached reform via legislation whereas his successor sought the same end primarily through administrative action . |
| 2 | His successor displayed no great competence for the job even though he had been a member of the House for twenty-four years and had successfully met the demands of peer review to achieve major leadership posts in the legislature . |
| 3 | Jeffrey was refused help with the prescription for his inhaler because the Department of Health said his income exceeded the required level . |
| 4 | But he was in a sense revivified : his heart withstood the weakening effect of his illnesses much better than it had done in the same period of the previous year , and this was the first winter for some time when he had not been forced to seek treatment in a clinic . |
| 5 | Dr Neil bent down to take the bloom from her , and as their hands met his heart gave a great lurch . |
| 6 | She looked up and smiled , so that his heart gave an absurd bump of joy . |
| 7 | And his views had the full backing of Alan Smith , chief executive of the Test and County Cricket Board . |
| 8 | His hand was between her thighs , and his fingers played a sexy tune on her rapacious twat ; when the tips of his fingers began to dance on her sensitive clitoris , she could have screamed with delight . |
| 9 | This — ’ his fingers brushed the flimsy fabric where it stretched over her breasts and lingered ‘ — this was a great success . ’ |
| 10 | He felt in his pocket for his lighter and his fingers touched the hard squareness of an envelope . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ Give me a chance to put it right , ’ he murmured , and at the same time his fingers traced a delicate pattern over the inner skin of her wrists as he lightly caught hold of her and drew her closer . |
| 13 | His fingers traced the warm smoothness of her thighs and belly , then found the hot wetness at the core of her . |
| 14 | Slowly he dealt with the buttons of her shirt , and she gasped as his fingers caressed the soft swell of her breasts . |
| 15 | His tie was badly knotted , his shirt had a crumpled look — everything about him suggested a man hastily summoned out of bed . |
| 16 | His fancy had a strange tendency to wander to the river , which he knew was flowing through the great city ; and now he thought how black it was , and how deep it would look , reflecting the hosts of stars — and more than all , how steadily it rolled away to meet the sea ( 6 ) . |
| 17 | My friend in the business pointed out that his guitar had a slimmer neck than its big rival . |
| 18 | His decision resolved the confused inactivity . |
| 19 | A devastating second run worthy of Ingemar Stenmark in his prime reversed the one-second lead of Ole-Christian Furuseth for victory by half a second with a two-run aggregate of 2 minutes 7.41 seconds . |
| 20 | His skin had a yellowy tinge and he had the same deepset black eyes as his mother and grandmother . |
| 21 | His skin had an olive hue , signifying foreign blood , and his indecently long hair was very black , worn in a multitude of thin braids and confined at the back of his neck . |
| 22 | His skin had the golden sheen of an eagle 's plumage … skin but not quite skin — oh yes ! thought Grainne , drowning in delight now . |
| 23 | Tall and skinny in his ragged clothes , his skin tanned a deep brown by the sun , stealing from tree to tree in his bare feet . |
| 24 | In Scandinavia , in North America , in Germany , his case aroused a cross-party resolve to take whatever steps are necessary to bring Iran back within the limits of tolerable behaviour . |
| 25 | Even in these circumstances , his reactions betrayed a sinister ambivalence . |
| 26 | The papers belonged to a staff officer , who left them unattended while he and his driver visited a used-car salesroom in Acton . |
| 27 | Marc 's sneer and the sheer force of his presence brought a reluctant answer from between Peter 's lips . |
| 28 | His presence marked a remarkable return to the ring . |
| 29 | His mum had a good accountant and technically she was running at a loss . |
| 30 | There was now no doubt that an ambassador and his suite had an absolute right to the free practice of their religion , even though it differed from that established in the country where they were stationed . |