Example sentences of "his [noun] [vb pp] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , although the construction company 's overlord continued to stay away , a day or two later a gang of his labourers moved on to the land which surrounded her house . |
| 2 | He pumped a shot into the breech and laid the gun on the portside cockpit settee , covering it with his shirt weighted down against the wind with the coiled stern line . |
| 3 | ‘ And with his money tied up in the land he lacked the extra cash necessary to turn it into a paying proposition . ’ |
| 4 | After the society refused his application he also failed in attempts to have his case taken up by the Building Societies Association and the insurance ombudsman . |
| 5 | Renoir had some of his canvases taken down from the wall so that Modigliani could look at them more closely . |
| 6 | He had a large head with his hair cut right into the wood , piggy eyes and a broad flat nose that looked like it had been well punched in its day . |
| 7 | McGrath saw his side knocked out of the FA Cup by non-League Marine last month , followed by last week 's 4-0 home Autoglass Trophy hammering by local rivals Bradford , and a 2-1 home defeat by Barnet last Saturday . |
| 8 | He seemed to make no use of this position for the purposes of observation , keeping his eyes trained instead on the pages of the paperback be had bought at Reading . |
| 9 | Sir Harold sat still , his eyes turned away from the window , his head full of old dreams . |
| 10 | For a moment his eyes turned away from the city to the sleeping form of Madra . |
| 11 | Realising that his visitor was no ordinary mortal , the watchman did not challenge him but jumping to his feet he kept his eyes fixed firmly on the intruder , hoping thereby to induce him to retire . |
| 12 | SEVE Ballesteros has his eyes fixed firmly on the Ryder Cup clash at The Belfry in September — and is determined to play more match-play golf . |
| 13 | Gus Hambro was sitting quite still , his brows drawn together in a tight and abstracted frown , and the focus of his eyes fixed far beyond the panelling of the dining-room . |
| 14 | Iain looked up when Andrew came in but quickly returned his attention to the screen when he heard the volley of shots and his lips parted slightly at the crescendo of violence and glamour . |
| 15 | Dawn was breaking over Labour 's headquarters in Walworth Road , south London , yesterday as Mr Kinnock stepped on to the balcony , his face ghostly white in the television arc lights and his lips drawn tightly after the longest night of his career , writes Jon Hibbs . |
| 16 | He seemed no longer even aware of her , his gaze fixed eagerly on the Isle . |
| 17 | The green drift of Undersea thickened in shadowy streams round them and Adam stood in the prow of the boat , his gaze fixed fiercely on the island . |
| 18 | No wonder he had his work cut out on the bench . |
| 19 | His pen moved away from the cheque-book . |
| 20 | Meredith was sitting in the stalls with his feet propped up on the row in front . |
| 21 | Crisp , out on his feet staggered away to the left . |
| 22 | Four men in Isambard 's livery , and one , slender and smaller than they , wound tightly in a dark cloak , the lower part of his face swathed , and his feet roped together under the horse 's belly . |
| 23 | Top West End antiques dealer Arthur Davidson — son-in-law of the late showbiz millionaire Leslie Grade — had his business closed down by the receivers . |
| 24 | Louis moved down the Rhine by ship from Worms , Charles with his horsemen travelled overland across the Hunsrück ( " a difficult route " on which the benefits of hard training showed ) , to meet up at Koblenz on 18 March . |
| 25 | The question was clearly casual , his attention fixed firmly on the road ahead . |
| 26 | Mr Pigdon started , his attention drawn back from the threatening sky . |
| 27 | Maurice Cottrell , who lives at the same nursing home as Les , was lucky enough to have his name picked out of the hat . |
| 28 | The company sent the editor a gift of a new product , with his name emblazoned all over the top . |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't care for the notion that Paul Gray had his head cut off in the Cathedral . |
| 30 | Beating off an ambush by ‘ eighty infidels on foot ’ , he and his train headed off on the last stage of his journey through the burning plains of the Punjab towards the mighty Indian capital and the palace of the Sultan . |