Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Office tells us that he arranged for his sister to meet him in a nearby wood and to bring with her two of her over-dresses , one white and one grey , and his father 's rainhood . |
| 2 | It was first spotted by Gary Walker at Wiiija Records — currently championing Huggy Bear and Cornershop and one of the ‘ 90s ’ most underestimated talent scouts — who flew to Belfast with the last of his money to sign them in the early days . |
| 3 | I could make up the detections that his presence lost me in a matter of days , and if he thinks he is going to see any wheeling and dealing when he is sitting in , well he 's naive ! |
| 4 | She ran the tip of her tongue over her lips , heard the sharp hiss of Penry 's intake of breath , then his head blotted out the light as his mouth met hers in a kiss which shot a jolt of electricity through every vein in her body . |
| 5 | The other snaked into her hair and she tried to twist away from him , her eyes blazing in fury , but he was too strong , and his mouth claimed hers in a kiss that was brutal in its intensity . |
| 6 | His mouth covered hers in a storm of intemperate kisses and then his head lowered . |
| 7 | He smiled encouragingly , and Juliet was gratified by his attempt to include her in the conversation . |
| 8 | Obediently she returned the gesture , meeting his mesmeric gaze , feeling the power of his appraisal bathe her in a tingling aura before taking a deep , refreshing swallow . |
| 9 | Then he lay down on her , his weight sinking her in the bed as if in sand . |
| 10 | His unflappability deserted him in the face of by-election reverses . |
| 11 | Jenny , now happily married , cried when she heard her torturer was dead and said : ‘ I 'm relieved I will never again feel my stomach churn when a man with his silhouette passes me in the street ’ . |
| 12 | His friend kicked him in the ribs and asked him what he was doing down there . |
| 13 | One was a middle-aged man , rather corpulent , who sent a message into the depths behind his recess which finally produced an abashed female servant : and one was a spare man in young middle age who had his wife helping him in the shop . |
| 14 | His tongue teased at her lips until she opened them helplessly , allowing him to deepen the kiss , his tongue stroking hers in an act of burning sexuality that had her sagging against him . |
| 15 | As his face came close to Edward 's , his breath hit him in a shocking wave . |
| 16 | How right this intuitive decision proved to be and how well his intuition served him in the years ahead . |
| 17 | The farm 's now seven times bigger than it was when his grandfather ran it in the 1920's . |
| 18 | Even when you avert your eyes from his daily economic blunders , you 'll always find another sad aspect of his premiership slapping you in the face . |
| 19 | In those days he came in with a His coachman brought him in the trap and they got the twenty minutes past seven express train to Glasgow . |
| 20 | Not so Jack , who appeared to have forgotten that it was his idea to invite them in the first place . |
| 21 | But his tone left them in no doubt as to his feelings as he grunted , ‘ I suggested to your fiancée , ’ he uttered the noun with contempt , ‘ that she release you from this ridiculous arrangement . |
| 22 | She could feel the hard muscles of his body pressing against her side , his arm sheltering her in a way that made her trust him . |
| 23 | The child wo n't get out of bed when his mother calls him in the morning : so he misses the school bus , is late for school and is punished by his headteacher . |
| 24 | The sublime memory of that first descent into the moist , mossy darkness of the jungle earlier in the day blazed again suddenly in his mind 's eye for a moment , but then his numbness left him in a furious rush and a piercing surge of purity and sweetness flashed through the rank darkness of the hut . |
| 25 | His family visited him in the cells before leving the court . |
| 26 | An eighteen year old 's been convicted of violent disorder after his victim identified him in the street . |