Example sentences of "his [noun sg] and [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She tore open his shirt and began cardiopulmonary resuscitation . |
| 2 | Dumping the oilskins on the floor , she fastened the saloon deck hatch , then hurried to his cabin and fastened that hatch . |
| 3 | Old Mike Ramsden got out his guitar and sang old Tom Lehrer songs . |
| 4 | As a non-musician who has been an avid devotee of rock music for 25 years , I was delighted with his decision and bought some guitar magazines , including your excellent publication , to get some idea of the cost involved . |
| 5 | Standing in for late cry-off Neil McNab , Mungy , now 34 , played out of his skin and earned high praise from his boss . |
| 6 | He lazily caressed her hair , the long pale hair which , earlier , had stroked across his skin and aroused all kinds of tantalising sensations . |
| 7 | At Eversley , where Charles Kingsley was pastor , he picked out the site of his grave and promised adjacent berths to some of his old retainers . |
| 8 | This meant he could tell us about his experience and shed some light on the strengths and weaknesses of the nursing care he received during his 15-day stay in the unit . |
| 9 | Like Irenaeus , Epiphanius condemns the Ebionites or Nazareans for denying the Virgin Birth , teaching that Jesus was a man born of men , declaring that Jesus became Messiah only on his baptism and using alternative versions of the Acts of the Apostles . |
| 10 | Derek would ask , looking at his watch and lighting another cigarette . |
| 11 | She released his hair and put that hand down between them , feeling for his buckle . |
| 12 | He put the joint in his mouth and brought both hands up to his face , palming a zippo . |
| 13 | And there was a funny silence and Dylan said that he 'd bet I could n't do that scream like that with a cigarette in my mouth and I shook off the centuries , stopped staring , smiled a little , noted that he had indeed monumentally screamed with a cigarette in his mouth and went stunned back to my crossword . ’ |
| 14 | Mathers lodged the cigarette in his mouth and closed one eye against the smoke . |
| 15 | He turned in his seat to raise his bound ankles over his girlfriend and kicked three times to free her door . |
| 16 | He does not smoke , eats frugally to keep down his weight and trains six days each week . |
| 17 | Then he ran to his car and drove five miles to alert police and park rangers . |
| 18 | Jostling fans rocked his car and hurled verbal abuse . |
| 19 | If that is all , he can change his mind and use those goods in performance of some other contract and use some other goods in performance of this contract . ’ |
| 20 | Only with the retirement of Roberts did he get promotion to the new ball , whereupon he stepped up his speed and took 31 wickets against Australia in 1983–4 , although he then reduced it again . |
| 21 | He 'll decide to spend five minutes scanning his mail and raise key profit issues with Henry from Revenue Accounts , Glenda from Product Development and Bertie Buckles ( his boss ) . |
| 22 | He wished he had taken Sir John aside , made his peace and offered some refreshment , some claret in one of the Cheapside taverns . |
| 23 | Daine killed his projection and took another similie , maybe several . |
| 24 | The structure of DNA was determined by Sydney S. Bremner and Francis Crick , who came to Cumberland Lodge to talk about his work and to attack organized religion . |
| 25 | ‘ Got you my beauty , ’ he gasped His triumph was shortlived With a massive burst of energy the fish broke free of his grasp and leapt six feet in the air . |
| 26 | Finally his conscience gets the better of him and we break out the large billy from his sledge and light another fire in the lea of a sledge . |
| 27 | He padded about in his freedom with a towel knotted round his waist and put some toast to grill . |
| 28 | He drew a stone axe from the belt at his waist and made tentative cuts around her neck . |
| 29 | He went over to his desk and shuffled some papers . |
| 30 | After Lewis had rung off , Morse sat at his desk and smoked three Dunhill International cigarettes one after the other . |