Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Which was when the other horse got to Hullabaloo 's quarters , a big , handsome bay , his bit covered in a white froth , his nostrils wide and red , and his eye set fast on the forthcoming obstacle . |
| 2 | There will be a liaison judge in the Crown Court who will see it as part of his function to liaise with the lay magistrate and to meet them and to discuss erm such matters as erm sentencing principles with them . |
| 3 | My attention had been so far away and the dog had timed his jump to a split second so that his bark came at the highest point , his teeth only inches from my face . |
| 4 | The Prince acknowledged their greetings as he and his favourite sat in the two great throne-like chairs at the high table . |
| 5 | My friend Jim 's wife is in America and my other pal 's had his heart broken by a hard-hearted woman with a background like yours , who passed him up in favour of an arranged marriage . ’ |
| 6 | He was suffering from the heart disease congestive cardiomyopathy which sent his heart soaring from a normal 70 beats per minute to a dangerous 400 . |
| 7 | She could feel the tremors of his heart go from a steady pounding to something more erratic . |
| 8 | He flicked his own eyes towards the rear seat , and his heart leapt as the black man 's eyes narrowed slightly then glanced at the figure in the back . |
| 9 | Colonel Bumford took his opportunity to win on the last throw . |
| 10 | His support came from a small group of household knights who were to be well rewarded for their work , but he was not indebted to any great noble for his position . |
| 11 | Some of Cade 's allies in the city were men of position , although the bulk of his support came from the poorer classes ( 128 , pp.111 , 115 ) . |
| 12 | Suddenly his foot turned on a sharp stone and he almost fell . |
| 13 | His foot slipped on the wet grass and he fell . |
| 14 | He was about four feet away when his foot caught in the electric flex he was dragging and he stumbled forward off balance . |
| 15 | When he has not seen the man he has hoped to see , his long spine slackens and he falls back upon the red vinyl of the booth with his eyes closed and his foot shaking in a livid tic . |
| 16 | His statue stands in the delightful Place Royale , above the possessive caption of ‘ Lou Nouste Henric ’ , or ‘ Our Henry ’ in the local Gas con patois . |
| 17 | Even Alexander , in October 1825 , had gone back on his decision to deal with the Greek question unilaterally and had instigated talks on Greece with Britain . |
| 18 | Down was one of the outstanding medical students of his generation , and his decision to work in the neglected and perhaps despised field of mental deficiency was courageous . |
| 19 | EDDIE NEWTON , the rising Chelsea star who had his jaw smashed in a racist attack just six months ago , is determined to break Manchester United hearts at Stamford Bridge today . |
| 20 | He was interrupted by Bill Martin 's return to the room , his jaw set in a determined line . |
| 21 | ‘ He has n't asked me … ’ she tried prevarication again , but broke off when , his jaw jutting at a tough angle , Naylor took a menacing step towards her . |
| 22 | Jews and the ‘ Jewish Question , were mentioned as such neither in Hitler 's New Year exhortation to his Party at the beginning of 1932 , nor in his notorious speech to the Düsseldorfer Industrieklub in January , nor in his ‘ Appeal to the Nation ’ , sold as a record in July and typical of his election addresses in the first half of the year . |
| 23 | His story tells of the brave men of the New Zealand Shipping Co Tekoa . |
| 24 | In real life he would have been sued for millions and his story turned into a mini-series , but it 's nice to dream . |
| 25 | Pascal , quarter of a century younger , was also tensed by a religious vision ; in his case confirmed by a mystic experience of great emotional intensity . |
| 26 | A canoeist died when his canoe overturned in the swollen River Ogwen in north Wales . |
| 27 | When his breathing returned to a steady pace , he said coolly , ‘ We 'd better pack after breakfast . ’ |
| 28 | When William Joyce ( ‘ Lord Haw-Haw ’ ) began his revulsion felt by the British public , if the reaction was not mirthful , was due to the fact that he was , in a sense , a stranger to them by reason of his apostasy and unnatural situation and therefore he carried far less conviction than a less articulate but sincere German would have done . |
| 29 | I tried an Indian-looking middle-aged man with a pouchy face hidden beneath a large brimmed hat , and a paunchy stomach that seemed to run a perfect little circle round his navel hidden beneath a scruffy fair-isle sweater hidden beneath a wrinkly brown jacket hidden beneath an overcoat which brushed the homeless autumn leaves strewn despairingly across the lawns . |
| 30 | He had drunk over a bottle and a half already but showed little outward sign of over-consumption , except for his accent curdling into a thicker Scots . |