Example sentences of "[adv] his [noun] [verb] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | His pants were halfway up his bum and he could feel the sweat dripping from his armpits and trickling down his arm to emerge in the crisp , fresh air . |
| 2 | Only his eyes burned in the flawless face . |
| 3 | The longer his employer stayed in ignorance of the scale of the stakes , the better . |
| 4 | I got home to find Kenneth hunched over his desk engrossed in a pile of newly purchased books on the subject of lymphoma and a medical dictionary to help him understand the terminology . |
| 5 | The Times reader walked off his eyes fixed in false concentration . |
| 6 | At once his assistant appeared in the doorway . |
| 7 | He set up his soap works in 1855 and produced his first bar of mottled soap in 1857 . |
| 8 | When Mr Evans stood up his face wobbled in front of her . |
| 9 | As certain as he thinks ‘ my rights ’ and puts out his hand to strike in defence of them , he knows they 're none of his . |
| 10 | Now his torso rested in a cup-shaped cart adorned with valour tassels and therapeutic seals . |
| 11 | The old man was upset , but he 'd soon change when he saw how well his son behaved in future . |
| 12 | Even his pawns get in the way . |
| 13 | His reaction was to allow a harsh laugh to escape him , until she struck him hard on the jaw ; then his laughter changed in a flash and he grabbed hold of first one fist , then two , holding them easily in one hand while be brought up his free hand and cupped her chin in it . |
| 14 | Then his words came in a mutter so unlike his usual jaunty tones as he announced , ‘ They wo n't have me . ’ |
| 15 | His face registered disbelief , then his lips parted in a smile . |
| 16 | Marc let his glance laze from one to the other , then his lips quirked in a humourless smile . |
| 17 | Then his face crumpled in anguish . |
| 18 | Then his face contorted in pain , and she knew instinctively with infinite relief that it was the face of a man reluctantly denying himself the sexual release he patently craved by wielding a superhuman control . |
| 19 | Then his face appeared in the opening and he came down , circling round the pillar , stepping carefully because of the water on the worn stones . |
| 20 | Penry looked as though he was about to burst into speech for a moment , then his face set in the familiar harsh lines , and without another word he turned on his heel and made for his sanctum , slamming the door behind him . |
| 21 | Laser-printers can instantly show him how his efforts appear in print . |
| 22 | I have no idea how his mind operates in those matters . |
| 23 | Abruptly his face set in bitter , angry lines . |
| 24 | A DRIVER 'S legs were torn off at the knees yesterday when his car split in two in a horrific crash . |
| 25 | A DRIVER 'S legs were torn off at the knees yesterday when his car split in two in a horrific crash . |
| 26 | Their most useful contribution has been a fresh appraisal of his later work created at Moret-sur-Loing where his art culminated in the marvellous series of depictions of the south-west facade of the town 's church ( 1893–1894 ) . |
| 27 | Certain conduct may , rather than effect a variation of the agreement generally , have the effect of creating an estoppel in a particular case , not infrequently in connection with the possible expulsion of a partner on the ground of his breach of provisions in the agreement where his behaviour has in fact been tolerated over a considerable time . |
| 28 | He did not quite begin in rags ; he was the great-grandson of an Irish immigrant to New York , where his father worked in the cleaning department of the borough of Queens . |
| 29 | As she gazed down at where his car waited in pole position , Celeste 's giggles had changed into a pout . |
| 30 | His interest in physics developed at high school in Washington State where his family moved in 1953 . |