Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] his [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh , no ? ’ he drawled mockingly as he slowly lowered his dark head towards her . |
| 2 | Damian Flint slowly lowered his dark head . |
| 3 | Taff carried on eating his large piece of lamb . |
| 4 | In 1987 , Tyacke vigorously restated his original position in his book Anti-Calvinists : The rise of English Arminianism c. 1590 1640 , only to be turned on once more by his critics . |
| 5 | He eventually realised his only chance of survival was to make his own way down the peak . |
| 6 | They stayed there for a quarter of an hour , the only movement being the driver slowly inching his little finger up so that he could lock the door . |
| 7 | George Michael would find it easiest to grow older gracefully , eventually launching his 1987 album Faith on to a perfectly-targeted audience of millions . |
| 8 | He cut his right thumb , had five stitches put in a nasty gash beneath his right knee and badly bruised his right ankle . |
| 9 | He picked up a bunch of bananas and threw them at his son-in-law , hitting him so hard in the chest that Changez toppled off his stool and badly bruised his good arm . |
| 10 | For several minutes they drove in silence , then Tom began to speak his thoughts aloud , glancing briefly at Belinda every now and then but mostly keeping his narrowed eyes firmly fixed on the road . |
| 11 | Cook eventually created his own fleet of floating palaces to carry the ‘ Cookii ’ down the Nile . |
| 12 | Later developments in the understanding of kinship and lineage relationships owed much to his discussions of this topic , but many of his academic successors — notably ( Sir ) E. E. Evans-Pritchard [ q.v. ] and ( Sir ) E. R. Leach — effectively dismissed his doctrinaire methodology . |
| 13 | By thinking carefully about every detail , Geoff successfully created his own look . |
| 14 | Less than an hour later , at Bath , the strain of running the campaign as party chairman only to lose his own seat is painful to see in the face of Chris Patten , who bites his lip . |
| 15 | Helen , too , was frequently informed of his over-readiness to fall in love with an attractive outward appearance , even as he constantly restated his heavy dependence upon his engrossed love for her : |
| 16 | He stood there , his face awash with blood , his swollen mouth hanging open , but still conscious , still awake enough to see his younger brother 's eyes as they fixed his own and lined him up for the coup de grace . |
| 17 | His legs were encased in tight black trousers that outlined his figure tantalisingly ; the light was not quite bright enough to see his full silhouette . |
| 18 | When inflation began to rise in 1963 , the General intervened personally to instruct his prime minister and minister of finance to prepare a " stabilization plan " . |
| 19 | Working closely with Ron Willey can only enhance his future coaching prospects . ’ |
| 20 | One boy had to ‘ solve ’ the problem straight away by suddenly producing his own gun , even though intellectually he recognised that the ‘ rule of the game ’ was that the passengers were unarmed . |
| 21 | Fed up constantly repairing his sole pair of shoes specially built 6 years ago , John despaired of finding someone to make him another pair . |
| 22 | Winter storms swiftly obliterated his expensive engineering structures . |
| 23 | is is one trainee manager important enough to affect his whole appraisal ? |
| 24 | John Lawton was master for this voyage , fresh from another ship but prudently bringing his own cook with him : it fell to Robert Titford to be first mate . |
| 25 | Still he said no more , merely eating his own rations then packing up ready to leave . |
| 26 | In fact , he increasingly leaves the stage after a prose-soliloquy , an unusually unresonant way to close a scene , especially given his sordid world-view ( V.i ; V.ii ; V.iv . |
| 27 | Then midfielder Gavin Johnson went close with a header before veteran striker Paul Goddard found the net only to see his spectacular volley disallowed for a foul on Ray Houghton . |
| 28 | Robbie swung around on her heel , prepared , despite her resolve , to give him a tongue-lashing , only to see his quizzical expression . |
| 29 | ‘ Ross … ’ she gasped as he lowered her dress , his fingers tracing the pale blue veins in her full breasts , quivering as she glanced down to see his tanned hands moving slowly over her pale , alabaster skin . |
| 30 | However , Mains regards himself more as a forward coach these days , and will obviously make his strongest impact there — especially if Brewer is there to help . |