Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Idiot ! ’ she laughed , her heart thudding at his compliments . |
| 2 | She could feel her heart thudding against his chest . |
| 3 | Peter was aware of his heart thudding in his chest . |
| 4 | Moorcroft 's letter of resignation refers to his ill health , but speaking 40 years later , Coleman said : ‘ I could see no ill health [ in Moorcroft ] at all . |
| 5 | Either way , this black man , his ringleted hair gleaming on his shoulders , was not Gentle . |
| 6 | There stood Balboa , his shield on his arm , his cuirass gleaming on his chest , the brilliant new banner in one hand and his naked sword in the other , his plumed helmet giving him a stature far more considerable than offered by his height alone . |
| 7 | A NURSE who had to learn to walk again after his neck was broken has hit out at the prison sentence given to his attacker . |
| 8 | Hope retraced his steps and came up alongside a Mr Crump whose mind had been cleared and relaxed by the stimulating freedom given to his prejudices : his expression was no longer that of the tentative , diffident social and artistic explorer : he was a hard man in his office dealing with a captain whose cargo did not comply with his list of instructions . |
| 9 | He felt his heart thumping inside his chest . |
| 10 | He could feel his heart thumping against his chest as the Bookman leapt gracefully through the air from shelf to shelf , across the library . |
| 11 | He spun round , his heart thumping against his ribs . |
| 12 | He sat down on the bed , his hands in his lap , his heart thumping in his chest . |
| 13 | He had n't shaved for a few days and a sickly smell clung to his clothes and hair . |
| 14 | His cries became screams of pain when the branch whipped against his face , causing blood to spurt from his nose , staining his shirt with crimson raindrops . |
| 15 | ‘ There were loose flaps of skin hanging from his face and I could see the bone around his eye socket . ’ |
| 16 | A few seconds later , he gasped in realization : had n't the scientist referred to his tardy colleague as ‘ he ’ ? |
| 17 | Instead of throwing a ball for him — a game he loved — or giving him a stick to carry in his mouth — the next best thing — Angela shrank back , as she did n't understand him and wanted to be rid of him . |
| 18 | There was frost on his hair , on the fur of his hood , but soon , as he hacked at the tree , his skin began to glow and a fine , warm moisture gleamed on his face . |
| 19 | His heart beats faster and once a trembling goes through his slender body like unbearable expectation . |
| 20 | As for the poll I think Gav is just a little bit biased in his choice of Cuntona , as im sure anyone who has seen him will confirm Gavs evening job is actually as a Cuntona look a like you know posing for pictures for the Sun with an easel and tweeds . |
| 21 | ( f ) Indemnity Whilst it might readily be implied that where one partner 's breach of some provision in the partnership agreement leads to liability attaching to his co-partners the latter should have the right to an indemnity from their colleague , the better practice is to make that right express ( Clause 16.02 ) in the partnership agreement . |
| 22 | John Hasted , professor of physics at Birkbeck College , University of London , and an investigator of the paranormal , was very wary when told that Shaw and Edwards had been fakers ‘ It 's possible that it 's true , ’ he told New Scientist Asked about his conclusions from his own work he said ‘ I accept that there are , shall we say , pulses of paranormal action which take the form of mini-acoustical shock waves . |
| 23 | Both the head and the educational psychologist stressed the positive value of Cedars and the likely problems for Balbinder if he stayed on at his present school , which they told her did not have the expertise to cope with his needs . |
| 24 | All our sympathy goes to his wife , and family . |
| 25 | Can the Minister assure the House that , if a general election goes against his wishes and people cross their ballot papers having been influenced by Labour propaganda , he will accept that result ? |
| 26 | One of them , with a yard of snot hanging from his nose , insisted on showing him some manuscripts he kept under his well-peed mattress . |
| 27 | The deck glowed between his feet . |
| 28 | He helped the protesting wizard climb until he was hanging upside down , robe tucked into his britches , Kring dangling from one hand . |
| 29 | I also associate myself with his kind remarks about his predecessor , my good friend and colleague George Buckley . |
| 30 | Maggie was a bit shaken at his silence and knew she was once again blushing . |