Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] his right [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reaching out , she took his right hand and placed it very gently on her breast . |
| 2 | The Richard Hannon-trained Mr Brooks , who shattered his right foreleg , was destroyed behind green screens . |
| 3 | Amelia was joined in Florida by her 13-year-old brother Ashley , who had his right leg amputated after a cancerous lump was found in his heel bone . |
| 4 | He made a tremendous effort to bring himself back into reality ; his hands shook and he swallowed twice as he tried to speak ; then he passed his right hand , still clutching the telegram , through his dark hair . |
| 5 | He applied his right eye to the hole and blinked once or twice to accustom himself to the darkness . |
| 6 | The pain seemed to take a back seat momentarily , then he moved his right hand and it came thundering back into his mind . |
| 7 | Then he lifted his right hand with the index finger extended . |
| 8 | He uses his right arm to reach across the chrome and glass coffee table in front of us . |
| 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 | The attacker then turns his body in a half-circle while he raises his right leg , using the left leg for support . |
| 11 | With a deep roar , he raises his right hand to distract his opponent while his left hand is already starting to lash out , smooth and relaxed . |
| 12 | He threw his right arm back and I thought he 's going to hit me . |
| 13 | He insinuated his right hand under her arm and tried to ease her towards the Bayswater Road . |
| 14 | He fiddled his right boot into its stirrup , touched the rifle stock superstitiously , pushed the sword into a comfortable position , then rolled the cloak into a bundle that he jammed under the rifle holster 's strap . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | He raised his right arm , pirouetted , and landed , like a ballet dancer , some yards ahead of himself , on his toes . |
| 18 | He raised his right hand to silence her and continued to stare at the tabletop before him , head cocked to one side . |
| 19 | He raised his right hand to trace the line of her cheekbone , running the back of his thumb across her soft parted lips . |
| 20 | He raised his right hand and threw a quivering index finger in Robert 's direction . |
| 21 | He cut his right thumb , had five stitches put in a nasty gash beneath his right knee and badly bruised his right ankle . |
| 22 | He placed his right hand against the rounded stone of the upright , leaning over her , staring down fiercely at her as he spoke , more passionate than she had ever seen him . |
| 23 | He must have been a remarkable man , because when his aircraft was shot down he lost his right hand but before many months had passed he was back on his squadron with a hook on his right arm , and although I am not one hundred percent sure of my facts here , I believe he went back on operations as a navigator or air gunner . |
| 24 | He lost his right eye fighting against Chaos warbands in the Drakwald forest . |
| 25 | In 1912 he lost his right eye in a car accident . |
| 26 | Since it was obviously expected of him , he took his right hand off the wheel and put his arm around her shoulders . |
| 27 | Sharpe tried to draw his own sword , but the moment he took his right hand off the reins he almost fell and the mare immediately tried to check . |
| 28 | When he reached his right thigh , the pendulum became quite agitated . |
| 29 | He offered his right leg to the woodchuck . |
| 30 | The midfield star trained alone — sprinting , jogging , twisting and turning to answer claims that the tackle which put him out of the game would mean another lengthy lay-off , almost 17 months after he wrecked his right knee in the FA Cup final . |