Example sentences of "his [noun pl] and [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they work cannons can shatter the most determined enemy , pouring shot into his massed formations , levelling his cities and toppling huge monsters . |
| 2 | Martin held the nipple in his teeth and squeezed hard stubble rasping the skin above , squeezed harder and the pain began . |
| 3 | Parliament paid his debts and added another £10,000 to his income . |
| 4 | Towards the end of 1849 Gurney wrote to the Goldsmiths to request £200 " to enable him to clear off his debts and leave some money for general purposes " ; he was granted £300 . |
| 5 | Stanley , Signor , Lidgard & Karr ( 1981 ) present some cogent criticism of the work of Raup and his associates and establish that chance factors have not played a dominant role in producing dramatic changes in diversity . |
| 6 | She looked into his eyes and saw terrible pain and inconsolable grief . |
| 7 | St Ives shouted , ‘ Can you hear me , mother ? ’ , and everyone laughed , and then Meredith pulled the hood of his duffle coat over his eyes and lay full length in the centre aisle and moaned . |
| 8 | He was tough , though , and at last he opened his eyes and demanded some ale to wet his throat . |
| 9 | His voice quivered with emotion , he sniffed and wiped his eyes and took some time to recover . |
| 10 | Crossed his eyes and exploded Old Buck 's head in some quarrel over a high yaller lady , then hit the trail in Buck 's G-Mek convertible . ’ |
| 11 | On the count of ten , the chosen child opens his eyes and has three chances to guess who is holding the bell behind his back . |
| 12 | During this time Willans improved his designs and adopted advanced manufacturing techniques , pioneering the rapid assembly of engines from standardized , interchangeable components . |
| 13 | The unending toil , which ground on at the pace of the changing seasons and the constant struggle against relentless Nature would be in vain , as far as Jonadab Oaks was concerned , unless there were others of his name to follow in his footsteps and work this land to which he had devoted his life . |
| 14 | He constantly screamed and shouted abuse at his parents and had violent temper tantrums when he would indulge in physical aggression , hitting and punching people and furniture , and screaming at the top of his voice until he got his own way . |
| 15 | He not only met them off trains , got taxis , and frequently turned up at theatres to see how they were getting on , but would also dip into one of his baskets and present each Girl with a bar of chocolate . |
| 16 | We 've got future plans for him like getting him up on his feet and walk short distances with full-length calipers |
| 17 | He scrambled to his feet and charged full tilt down the side of the dell . |
| 18 | A conducted tour of the house by the whole family , brought him at last to the top floor where his bedroom was proudly displayed , which , though huge and filled with awesome furniture of hideous elaboration , impressed him less than the meticulous care with which his soldier servant — batman was apparently a naughty word in the Guards — had unpacked his belongings and laid all essentials neatly in the right places . |
| 19 | Rutherford , after working from 1890 to 1930 on radioactivity , being universally recognized for his discoveries and awarded many prizes and honorary degrees , gave as his view , ‘ There is no appreciable energy available to man through atomic disintegration . ’ |
| 20 | ON TUESDAY evening in the White House , while the camouflaged C-141s carried the paratroops of the 82nd Airborne through the Caribbean night towards Panama , President Bush held hands with his wife , smiled at his guests and sang Silent Night under the White House Christmas tree . |
| 21 | A notorious drinker and womaniser , he flogged his workers and extorted high taxes . |
| 22 | D then telephoned his brokers and bought 6000 shares in Thompson T-Line Plc , which , after Diamond 's announcement of the takeover , he sold at profit of £3,000 . |
| 23 | Like the beam of a lighthouse piercing the surrounding gloom Cortot 's vividness outshone his faults and made critical complaint or the use of a Beckmesser 's slate seem churlish and arbitrary . |
| 24 | But it would , meanwhile , regularise his affairs and ensure proper continuity , proper attention to investments , and so on . |
| 25 | He preferred to keep acquaintances as such , rarely divulged his feelings and placed little reliance on others . |
| 26 | Woodforde was himself meticulous in keeping account of his outgoings and making prompt payment to tradesmen . |
| 27 | He shrugged off his packs and flexed tired shoulders . |
| 28 | A noble individual , such as Nithard himself , could reasonably expect his royal lord to look after his interests and reward faithful service with beneficia ( literally " good deeds " ) , meaning grants of lands or of honores , " offices " which carried lands with them : hence the linguistic distinction between honor and beneficium became blurred . |
| 29 | I agree with him and one day I shall join him and his friends and travel this world together . |
| 30 | He hunted down the Breton forces , executing all those who fell into his hands and organizing retaliatory raids on Geoffrey 's estates . |