Example sentences of "his [noun pl] [v-ing] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 She could feel his fingers moving over the slenderness of her neck like gentle questions , gauging her reaction , lingering against the racing pulse , assessing her feelings .
2 Jake sat back in his chair , his fingers toying with the glass paperweight , yet looking totally composed again , back to his old self .
3 His hand went out , reached for the submachine gun , his fingers tightening on the stock .
4 He held her close , one hand at her waist , the other supporting her back , his fingers stroking at the base of her neck , sending delightful shivers , signals of desire , up and down her spine .
5 She noticed his fingers drumming on the table as his fiancée — ex-fiancée — chatted on and on .
6 His hands lingered for a moment , his fingers hinting at a strength that made her throat tighten .
7 Cameron spent a lot of time sitting at his piano with the lid down , his fingers resting on the wood , whistling unconsciously .
8 She felt his fingers digging into the side of her breast .
9 He reached up with his right hand and grasped the tightly-furled queue at the back of his head , his fingers closing about the coil of fine white hair .
10 It took all his willpower to keep his teeth biting into the rubber .
11 Patrick dressed quickly , his teeth chattering in the chill air , and then hurried down to the kitchen .
12 A royal smashed past a few feet to my left , then another took a dive down by sheltering bank , his hooves carving into the ground just a yard from my toes and spraying my legs with black peat .
13 The critical promoter of the work of Seurat and his friends was Félix Fénéon , a subtle stylist who varied his methods according to the work he was describing ; he used expository language for Degas , but he dropped logical connection in language , even verbs when discussing Monet 's spontaneous art .
14 You can tell from the angle , and in any case an adult on his knees blowing through a pipe would have been likely to attract the interest of his neighbours .
15 He paced about the room , his heels echoing on the marble .
16 Ace inched along the lip of metal beside the stanchion and found the Dalek Killer sitting at the end of the girder , his legs dangling over the drop .
17 Dorcas lowered himself gingerly on to the brink and sat with his legs dangling over the drop .
18 Their limbs entwined , he slowly and gently at first and then with a mounting fierceness made love to her again , his eyes gleaming with the triumph of possession as her pliant body instantly surrendered , both to his sensual touch and the low , husky murmur of his voice .
19 Bill Lawrence , his eyes gleaming with the hunting passion , pounced on the fragments of encrusted ceramic and bone that were left behind in the police sieves , and Gus industriously entered their location in his graph , and sketched in each layer of masonry as it emerged .
20 He pushed past them frantically , his eyes smarting from the dust .
21 Oliver ate eagerly , his eyes wandering to the corner of the room where there was a large , square object covered with a piece of sacking .
22 Delaney nodded , his eyes taking in the rest of the diagram .
23 Tsu Ma looked about him , suddenly angry , his eyes taking in the waste of it all .
24 ‘ About time , ’ he said , his eyes taking in the picture she made .
25 And Lulach and Bishop Malduin , sitting side by side , might have belonged to different worlds : the Bishop grave and faintly uneasy , his eyes flickering across the table to the men of York and Durham and Bamburgh whom he must know so well .
26 He strained his eyes peering into the gloom .
27 He said this last part carefully , his eyes staring at the road ahead .
28 ‘ It was gone , Eric , ’ he had explained , his eyes fidgeting to every part of Colonel Windsor 's crammed office as if seeking some corner which would not awaken images of once familiar surroundings .
29 At once Matthew relaxed , his eyes creasing in a smile as he wondered what the old man was up to .
30 She closed the door and turned to see Craig leaning against the fireplace , his eyes shining through the coal dust .
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