Example sentences of "his [noun pl] [vb pp] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , although the construction company 's overlord continued to stay away , a day or two later a gang of his labourers moved on to the land which surrounded her house . |
| 2 | Renoir had some of his canvases taken down from the wall so that Modigliani could look at them more closely . |
| 3 | He seemed to make no use of this position for the purposes of observation , keeping his eyes trained instead on the pages of the paperback be had bought at Reading . |
| 4 | Sir Harold sat still , his eyes turned away from the window , his head full of old dreams . |
| 5 | For a moment his eyes turned away from the city to the sleeping form of Madra . |
| 6 | Realising that his visitor was no ordinary mortal , the watchman did not challenge him but jumping to his feet he kept his eyes fixed firmly on the intruder , hoping thereby to induce him to retire . |
| 7 | SEVE Ballesteros has his eyes fixed firmly on the Ryder Cup clash at The Belfry in September — and is determined to play more match-play golf . |
| 8 | Gus Hambro was sitting quite still , his brows drawn together in a tight and abstracted frown , and the focus of his eyes fixed far beyond the panelling of the dining-room . |
| 9 | Iain looked up when Andrew came in but quickly returned his attention to the screen when he heard the volley of shots and his lips parted slightly at the crescendo of violence and glamour . |
| 10 | Dawn was breaking over Labour 's headquarters in Walworth Road , south London , yesterday as Mr Kinnock stepped on to the balcony , his face ghostly white in the television arc lights and his lips drawn tightly after the longest night of his career , writes Jon Hibbs . |
| 11 | Meredith was sitting in the stalls with his feet propped up on the row in front . |
| 12 | Crisp , out on his feet staggered away to the left . |
| 13 | Four men in Isambard 's livery , and one , slender and smaller than they , wound tightly in a dark cloak , the lower part of his face swathed , and his feet roped together under the horse 's belly . |
| 14 | Louis moved down the Rhine by ship from Worms , Charles with his horsemen travelled overland across the Hunsrück ( " a difficult route " on which the benefits of hard training showed ) , to meet up at Koblenz on 18 March . |
| 15 | the degree can vary from the rider feeling that he is having his arms pulled out to the good feeling when the horse is keen to get on with his business — this is described as being well up to the rider 's hand . |
| 16 | He leaned forward with his hands clasped together on the table . |
| 17 | The patient keeps his hands clasped together throughout the active parts of the transfer , so that he does not throw himself off balance by reaching out to grab the carer or the arm of the chair . |
| 18 | Allegations that Mr Gandhi or members of his family received large sums have often been heard on opposition hustings , but not a shred of evidence exists that his hands dipped anywhere near the till . |
| 19 | When she came back into the office Dexter sat comatose , his eyelids drawn down like the venetian blinds , the only sign of wakefulness his fingers flicking absentmindedly through the pages of a gay magazine he had hidden inside one on gardening . |
| 20 | To consolidate his power he needed new members and his recruiters fanned out across the world . |
| 21 | He and his colleagues called instead for the bridge to be built upriver at Kincardine , with provision of the necessary infrastructure and improvements of the road network around Edinburgh . |