Example sentences of "[vb past] his right [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | When Schellenberg , vent into the small medical room , Eggar was sitting at the desk while the Legation 's doctor taped his right hand . |
2 | The pain seemed to take a back seat momentarily , then he moved his right hand and it came thundering back into his mind . |
3 | He had a punk haircut and used his right knee to drive down the middle of the road . |
4 | Quinn used his right hand to remove his hood . |
5 | Lambert dropped his right wing and dummied to go around the right of the balloon , and just as the Triplane started firing he banked steeply to the left and got away . |
6 | Brenner banged his right hand on the head of his stick as if to knock some feeling back into it . |
7 | Imran , 39 , who first injured his right shoulder during pre-World Cup matches in Australia , is due to lead Pakistan on a five-Test tour of England beginning in early May . |
8 | Gallagher drove his right fist into his stomach and followed it up with a left to the mouth . |
9 | Deflecting the blow aimed at James Lambert 's head with his left arm , he drove his right fist short but hard into the man 's mouth , loosening teeth and skinning his knuckles . |
10 | Saddam Hussein , on the other side of the street , lifted his right leg and scratched his toes against his left calf . |
11 | He followed her gaze and the barman lifted his right hand in a drink-pouring gesture , nodding at the same time towards the clock which showed five minutes to eleven . |
12 | Then he lifted his right hand with the index finger extended . |
13 | Tolonen bowed his head , then turned his right hand palm upward and quickly tapped out the command on the grid of tiny flesh-coloured blisters at his wrist . |
14 | He insinuated his right hand under her arm and tried to ease her towards the Bayswater Road . |
15 | But Morse , leaning slightly towards him , opened his right palm , like a North-African Berber begging for alms . |
16 | He threw his right arm back and I thought he 's going to hit me . |
17 | He touched his right hand to his forehead , lips and chest , and without a word presented a note to Huy , from Taheb , asking him to come to her immediately . |
18 | He cut his right thumb , had five stitches put in a nasty gash beneath his right knee and badly bruised his right ankle . |
19 | For the opening night in Baltimore , the prop man had oversharpened the knife so that Dustin cut his right index finger rather severely during the performance . |
20 | ‘ He too jumped and raised his right elbow so that it projected outwards . |
21 | He raised his right fist in the air and then his left , and he waved to the crowd but never broke into a big smile in celebration . |
22 | Still sobbing , but not so wretchedly as before , the boy raised his right arm . |
23 | Fielding raised his right arm , an instruction to the Autocrat , but his gaze and stride were direct , unfaltering . |
24 | He raised his right arm , pirouetted , and landed , like a ballet dancer , some yards ahead of himself , on his toes . |
25 | Mr Malik raised his right arm . |
26 | Cameron raised his right hand , clenched his fist , and spoke in a relaxed voice . |
27 | Chief Inspector Deacon Billingsley raised his right hand and victoriously , patronisingly and very gently , patted my cheek so that I felt the cold touch of his heavy gold rings . |
28 | He raised his right hand to silence her and continued to stare at the tabletop before him , head cocked to one side . |
29 | Dexter felt there was something strange about Beasley but could only place it when Lancaster 's friend raised his right hand to tug at his beard : the last two fingers were no more than withered stumps . |
30 | Ranulf raised his right hand . |