Example sentences of "his [noun pl] [v-ing] [prep] the [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 | Cameron spent a lot of time sitting at his piano with the lid down , his fingers resting on the wood , whistling unconsciously . |
| 7 | She felt his fingers digging into the side of her breast . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | It took all his willpower to keep his teeth biting into the rubber . |
| 10 | Patrick dressed quickly , his teeth chattering in the chill air , and then hurried down to the kitchen . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He paced about the room , his heels echoing on the marble . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Dorcas lowered himself gingerly on to the brink and sat with his legs dangling over the drop . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | He pushed past them frantically , his eyes smarting from the dust . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Delaney nodded , his eyes taking in the rest of the diagram . |
| 21 | Tsu Ma looked about him , suddenly angry , his eyes taking in the waste of it all . |
| 22 | ‘ About time , ’ he said , his eyes taking in the picture she made . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | He strained his eyes peering into the gloom . |
| 25 | He said this last part carefully , his eyes staring at the road ahead . |
| 26 | She closed the door and turned to see Craig leaning against the fireplace , his eyes shining through the coal dust . |
| 27 | I could only see his eyes shining in the light of the fire . |
| 28 | ‘ Master Corbett — Hugh , ’ he said , his eyes pleading with the clerk , ‘ the dogs … it was a mistake . |
| 29 | In the silence that followed , he cautiously stooped to pick it up , his eyes widening as the gift unfolded in his hands . |
| 30 | The Baron , his eyes streaming with the hay fever , sneezed once more and the French guns magically ceased fire . |