Example sentences of "[adv] his [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly his voice rose . |
| 2 | Apparently his grandmothers Budgie used to be able to say ‘ Top of the morning to you ! … |
| 3 | Er I wanted to talk to Jim Bowen you see about this quiz show host ought to be a a little nicer than they are and apparently his answer machine is on at home . |
| 4 | We have no way of knowing how many he made , nor even how long his working life may have been . |
| 5 | When the preacher looks at the ceiling before long his congregation look at their shoes and then their watches ! |
| 6 | Dawson enjoys using collage , especially his dream pieces , to express humour . |
| 7 | Dawson enjoys using collage , especially his dream pieces , to express humour . |
| 8 | I am a great admirer of Vernon Handley too , especially his Vaughan Williams Fifth Symphony , the Guildhall String Ensemble in Stravinksy 's Apollo , Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2 by Andrew Litton ( who is wonderful to work with ) , and also my work with Sir Charles Mackerras . |
| 9 | The next morning the national papers continued to dig into the background of The Fox , especially his sex life as revealed by his two wives . |
| 10 | Possibly he 'd reached the stage of being one who would merely use them for his own ends — especially his sex life . |
| 11 | There follows an account of Edward 's slight involvement in his father 's political activities , especially his schoolboy advocacy during the Home Rule election when his ‘ enthusiasm pleased my father ’ . |
| 12 | There is an attractive painting of Orpheus by V. V. Reiner and some noteworthy works by Kern , especially his St John on Patmos . |
| 13 | Gerald Flood , co-starring as astronaut pilot Conway Henderson , remembers clearly a panic in the studio control room when it was realised that another character , dressed in full space suit , was inaudible to the microphones once he had latched down his space helmet . |
| 14 | In the corner Jesus abseiled down his cliff face and at the makeshift counter two barmen worked furiously . |
| 15 | The cheeky crook pounced after Scotland Yard detective Mick Roberts put down his 75lb monster outside a tent at a gardening competition . |
| 16 | Leicester 's highly-rated young lock , Martin Johnson , whose decisive second-half try set up the Midlands 16-13 win over the North , played down his England prospects . |
| 17 | Nick stayed with Marsh for four years , but as the Australian started to wind down his US operation , the baseball-glove specialist looked for pastures new . |
| 18 | I am sure that the hon. Gentleman does not want to talk down his home city . |
| 19 | If that 's not bad enough , Peter Niven and young Irishman Adrian Maguire are impertinently breathing down his collar bone . |
| 20 | ‘ Christ almighty , ’ he would shout , slap his forehead , slam down his walking cane and storm out . |
| 21 | He 's had a series of clashes with Sony , which his counsel says was unhappy when he wished to play down his sex symbol image , and did n't put its back behind promoting recent albums . |
| 22 | New FAD Andy puts down his Guardian crossword , sinks his whiskey and suggests relocating to a Real Ale put he knows on the city centre 's crumbling outskirts . |
| 23 | Putting down his gas mask and haversack at the side of a tree , he walked slowly forward ; then dropping on to one knee , he placed his hand on Joe 's shoulder , and the contact brought the younger man round with a start . |
| 24 | He put down his gold pen and looked at her carefully . |
| 25 | The bottles was down his trouser leg ! |
| 26 | As the garrison watched him from the shelter of the verandah they could tell that the rain was having a bad effect on him ; he clearly did not like the way it beat on his head and shoulders raising a fine spray ; nor did he seem partial to the way it poured down the neck of his shirt and coursed down his trouser legs . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've heard they are here but they can not do anything , ’ he said , pulling out and brandishing a pistol stuffed down his trouser waistband . |
| 28 | Local planners admitted they went too far when they insisted he take down his flag pole because it was n't straight enough . |
| 29 | Milan Aksentijevic , the deputy commander of the fifth army district — which included Croatia — after forcing down his helicopter south of Zagreb . |
| 30 | As he bolted down his breakfast Chuck gazed around the clearing with delighted eyes . |