Example sentences of "his [noun] [vb pp] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was not an intellectual ; he made constant use of anecdotal evidence and some of his views bordered on the banal , but one of his great strengths has always been his resolute attachment to a few simple conservative themes . |
| 2 | With Osbern of Eu and a group of his own leaders and their following , Thorfinn had visited the Lothians and made his views known to the offending bands with frightening precision . |
| 3 | Ludens , steadying Marcus 's head with one hand , his fingers plunged into the short hair , and slowly and firmly moving the very sharp instrument , felt like an acolyte performing a dangerous task , perhaps intended as a test . |
| 4 | Robyn watched as his hands moulded and caressed each silken mound , heard the gasp of delight escape from her own lips as his fingers played with the darkened peaks . |
| 5 | His fingers closed on the soggy bundle . |
| 6 | His fingers closed around the soft flesh of her upper arms , as if he intended to shake her , then his face changed , the anger was leashed , and he said , ‘ You 're shivering . ’ |
| 7 | His fingers tangled in the smooth swath of her hair . |
| 8 | He showed some nepotistic , or rather patrimonial skill in getting his sons placed in the public service ; his failure to have amassed even a modest competence of wealth may be taken to argue either extreme probity or reckless extravagance , but more likely arose from having over-extended his credit in trying to send supplies to Ireland back in 1642 . |
| 9 | Now the army is back in control and has marked its victory by boosting up new pictures of Saddam , always with the same smile , the white of his teeth emphasized by the dark moustache . |
| 10 | His creditors met on the 28th and they read a letter from their debtor telling them the law was an enemy he could not conquer . |
| 11 | A sub-contractor who fails to supply the 715 voucher may have his certificate withdrawn by the Inland Revenue . |
| 12 | Despite a spirited correspondence in both the London and Tyneside newspapers about the need for ventilation and the defects of Davy 's lamp , Holmes was unable to get his proposals considered by the rigid and uncompromising owners . |
| 13 | Like he always has his hair cut by the same man . |
| 14 | Nutty guessed that some instinct told Sam to keep his mouth shut about the knacker-yard history . |
| 15 | Fortescue looked surprised , as if he had expected Athelstan to keep his mouth shut for the entire interview . |
| 16 | With great discretion , Dyson yawned , straining his muscles to keep his mouth shut at the same time . |
| 17 | Now , his mouth clamped into the grim line she was familiar with . |
| 18 | When he moved lower , she tangled her fingers in the thick blackness of his hair , shivering as his mouth moved to the intimate core of her sexuality , parting the curled Titian triangle with his tongue . |
| 19 | His mouth played over the silken plane of her stomach , drifting down over the pliant swelling of her abdomen , and little whimpering cries broke from her lips . |
| 20 | Instead his mouth pressed against the soft cotton , tracing the outline of her body and making her shudder . |
| 21 | ‘ Gina , Gina … ’ he murmured , his mouth buried in the thick darkness of her hair , his hands travelling with deep caressing movements up and down her body . |
| 22 | His neat modern home — his study stuffed with the 100 or so original runners for the 1989 Booker Prize , whose judging panel he is chairing — is still close to the University of Birmingham , where he became Professor of English in 1976 , but he took early retirement two years ago . |
| 23 | Pope Gregory VII introduced it into his chancery , but his successors reverted to the old Roman style . |
| 24 | John Hurst , the managing director of Deon who make a Ferrari Dino replica , has often had his cars mistaken for the real thing by owners of the genuine article . |
| 25 | His supporters pointed to the chaotic state of the economy — beset by strikes among workers resisting government austerity measures — and argued the need to preserve confidence among foreign investors . |
| 26 | His glance moved between the two of them . |
| 27 | After the Great War Sir Henry , an estate agent and former Mayor of Fulham , used his influence to get his club elected to the enlarged First Division , but Arsenal found it hard going , their best season being 1920–21 when they finished ninth . |
| 28 | His blood mingled with the red wine of the Mass . |
| 29 | His blackness shut off the blue window , the blessing hands of the Virgin . |
| 30 | He leaned forward , his forearms resting on his knees , his eyes riveted to the portable radio at his feet as he waited for the pitcher 's next delivery . |