Example sentences of "[adv] his [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly his voice rose . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | We have no way of knowing how many he made , nor even how long his working life may have been . |
| 4 | When the preacher looks at the ceiling before long his congregation look at their shoes and then their watches ! |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Possibly he 'd reached the stage of being one who would merely use them for his own ends — especially his sex life . |
| 7 | 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 ’ . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | In the corner Jesus abseiled down his cliff face and at the makeshift counter two barmen worked furiously . |
| 10 | I am sure that the hon. Gentleman does not want to talk down his home city . |
| 11 | If that 's not bad enough , Peter Niven and young Irishman Adrian Maguire are impertinently breathing down his collar bone . |
| 12 | ‘ Christ almighty , ’ he would shout , slap his forehead , slam down his walking cane and storm out . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He put down his gold pen and looked at her carefully . |
| 17 | The bottles was down his trouser leg ! |
| 18 | ‘ 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 . |
| 19 | Local planners admitted they went too far when they insisted he take down his flag pole because it was n't straight enough . |
| 20 | Milan Aksentijevic , the deputy commander of the fifth army district — which included Croatia — after forcing down his helicopter south of Zagreb . |
| 21 | First he threw down his training bib , then he tried to make a point to coaches Dino Zoff and Giancarlo Oddi . |
| 22 | ‘ Then if you will not , I must ! ’ cried my noble cousin , flinging down his television set and plunging for the door . |
| 23 | House was arrested after the mother of the fifteen year old took down his car registration number . |
| 24 | ‘ Oh ! ’ said a disappointed Otley , putting down his dustbin lid . |
| 25 | A sharp-eyed assistant took down his registration number and contacted the police . |
| 26 | He threw down his goose quill and grasped the clerk 's hands , pumping them up and down vigorously . |
| 27 | Sir Richard put down his wine cup on the small table beside him . |
| 28 | He took down his tool kit from the high cupboard where it was kept well out of Timmy 's reach . |
| 29 | In the night he might be heard running up and down his attic bedroom banging the wall at each end , and keeping other people awake . |
| 30 | He put down his pocket Bible and looked around with a certain grim satisfaction . |