Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [verb] in [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 | The Prince acknowledged their greetings as he and his favourite sat in the two great throne-like chairs at the high table . |
| 3 | He was about four feet away when his foot caught in the electric flex he was dragging and he stumbled forward off balance . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He was interrupted by Bill Martin 's return to the room , his jaw set in a determined line . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | A canoeist died when his canoe overturned in the swollen River Ogwen in north Wales . |
| 11 | Paatelainen had only been introduced as a substitute but he certainly made his presence felt in no uncertain manner with his 56th minute strike . |
| 12 | But at the same time , if there is a God , it is perfectly plausible to argue that He would desire the discussion of His existence to proceed in the argumentative , confused and doubting way in which it currently does . |
| 13 | What part , for example , did his teaching play in the increasing secularization of modern society ? |
| 14 | He also declared his willingness to participate in the second round of the presidential poll and said that UNITA would attend forthcoming multiparty talks convened by the MPLA-PT . |
| 15 | His hair curled in a thick golden tangle , his skin stretched taut and golden-bronze over his rolling muscles and over his high cheekboned , demonically handsome face . |
| 16 | His deficit arises in a subsequent stage of attending to these figures , at which he neglects the left of figures wherever they appear , and thus can not judge explicitly whether they are symmetrical about the vertical . |
| 17 | Sitting at peace with his ailing woman , tenderly responsive , he imagined his mouth curved in a mysterious smile ‘ like that of Rembrandt himself in his self-portrait in which Saskia is sitting on his knee and he has a glass of wine in his hand . ’ |
| 18 | His mouth curved in a faint smile . |
| 19 | His mouth twisted in a derisive smile . |
| 20 | He ordered me to cut this lot immediately ’ — he laid heavy stress on the word , his mouth twisted in a sardonic grin — ‘ and I told him it would have to wait till this afternoon . ’ |
| 21 | Guy glanced at her , his mouth twisted in a mocking smile . |
| 22 | Then , to her startled amazement , his mouth twisted in a brief , shamefaced smile . |
| 23 | His mouth twisted in a brief grin of self-mocking apology . |
| 24 | He took a brief drink of champagne , and his mouth twisted in a humourless smile . |
| 25 | His mouth twisted in a bitter little smile . |
| 26 | Gently at first , but as it aroused her he opened his mouth to take in the full upward curve of her left breast . |
| 27 | Ludens looked his craziest , his hair jagged , his dark eyes narrowed , the corners of his mouth raised in a ghastly contorted grin of fear . |
| 28 | One corner of his mouth tilted in a rare smile . |
| 29 | Nathan shook his head , his mouth twisting in a humourless smile . |
| 30 | One corner of his mouth lifted in a self-mocking grin . |