Example sentences of "[adv] his [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly his withered features crumpled into a surprising smile . |
| 2 | Lachlan sneezed , and suddenly his crazy eyes came to a focus . |
| 3 | Now suddenly his deeper feelings demanded expression . |
| 4 | Apparently his fellow jailbirds were also a tonic . |
| 5 | The other has about him a ring of nostalgic failure ; in his time everything was good , but it ended in failure both personally ( for Fróthi was killed ) and ideologically ( for Fróda 's son returned to the bad old ways of revenge and hatred , scorning peace-initiatives and even apparently his own desires ) . |
| 6 | Inevitably it was a transaction which disturbed many of Audebert of La Marche 's neighbours , and especially his distant kinsmen , the Lusignans and Taillefers . |
| 7 | The first I would label the ‘ naturalist ’ approach , and the classic British example is the highly influential work of Havelock Ellis , especially his majestic Studies in the Psychology of Sex . |
| 8 | Christopher was reticent about himself , especially his good points . |
| 9 | Bedyngham 's music survives in a surprising number of different manuscripts , especially his secular songs . |
| 10 | Most of the coverage of the case consisted of the popular newspapers displaying their ingenuity in getting his first wife , her mother , his mother , brothers , nephews , nieces , friends , and neighbours to provide an account of the sex beast , especially his sexual habits . |
| 11 | Even to-day I am still surprised that our history master should have thought it worth while to include in his course a class in Plato 's Republic … or that our English master should take me to his home to show me his excellent library and especially his fine editions of Blake and Donne . |
| 12 | ‘ Whereas the rest of us , ’ said Glenda Grower , ‘ will mutter something like ‘ perhaps his real strengths do lie elsewhere ’ . ’ |
| 13 | Perhaps this operation would be the last , perhaps his Western masters would finally decide that the old workhorse had given his best and deserved to be put out in rich pastures . |
| 14 | There 's no actor in the world who has done all his own stunts . |
| 15 | He was stripped to the waist and as he jogged along between the shafts a few coins — obviously his meagre earnings for the day — jingled pathetically in a leather pouch fastened to the back of his belt . |
| 16 | Henceforth his considerable services to the Crown were partly military but mainly diplomatic . |
| 17 | Now he 's become sixty five so as you remember he qualifies for the larger age allowances , he qualifies for the larger married couples allowance , so his total allowances are of course considerably increased by the fifteen hundred pounds . |
| 18 | And whereas on the stage he had the words of Christopher Fry or the presence of John Gielgud — both of which drew out his respect and so his best shots — in films generally he would have a leaky script and brief takes — neither giving him the chance to wind up and deliver . |
| 19 | So his three laws , first one is everything just sits there doing nothing unless there 's some good reason , basically . |
| 20 | In 1925 , considering a book by Cecil Sharp on the history of dancing , Eliot made the criticism that though Sharp was a historian , he was neither a philosopher nor an anthropologist , and so his brief notes were not just insufficient , but actually conducive to error . |
| 21 | This refers to disorder on a widespread scale , and the officer should take into account not merely his own resources , but those that can be made available to him through the use of the mutual aid provisions of the Police Act 1964 . |
| 22 | Now it came to the point , however , he sensed a reluctance within himself to confront any member of this self-important establishment on his own ground , far less his own terms . |
| 23 | Only his close friends were asked . |
| 24 | Only his two brothers surreptitiously welcomed his way of life . |
| 25 | Thirdly , the king had an indirect but extremely effective way of taxing external trade : only his silver pennies and halfpennies were accepted within the realm , so any foreign coins brought to a port , whether by a homecoming Frankish trader as profit or by a foreign trader to purchase Frankish goods , had to be converted into Charles 's currency . |
| 26 | Only his immediate advisers and staff know that . |
| 27 | Typically , Gould 's infrequent letters home detailed only his ornithological exploits , much to the dismay of the household , who were desperate to hear news of a more personal nature . |
| 28 | Only his strong arms holding her tight against him saved her from falling , her bones turning to liquid within her as his lips nuzzled relentlessly towards her ear . |
| 29 | If only his eldest sons would n't smoke . |
| 30 | He was n't holding her tight ; her breasts barely touched against his chest , and only his powerful thighs touched hers , but that was quite enough , she discovered . |