Example sentences of "[adv] his [noun] [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly his foot turned on a sharp stone and he almost fell . |
| 2 | Suddenly his voice came over the headphones . |
| 3 | Suddenly his anger turned to pleading . |
| 4 | Suddenly his eye fell on one stubble-shaved neck and back of head . |
| 5 | Kaunda invited him ; and Sir Roy has been telling his friends how much his reception meant to him , from the man who was his bitter political foe . |
| 6 | As Mr Grovey searched the room for a suitable candidate to partner Brian this week , unhappily his eye fell on me ( not literally of course , it 's just a way of saying ‘ he looked at me ’ ! ) . |
| 7 | On the cold air as he made his way down his breath blew like smoke . |
| 8 | Well , the procedure that followed in this case was that the er captain obviously made clear from er H M S erm Battleaxe that was originally involved , that the embargo would be enforced , er and obviously his message got across , and then it was arranged for marines to go aboard , er which they did to take charge of , of the vessel while the search took place . |
| 9 | ‘ You can not be so innocent , ’ he said tightly , but even so his teeth nibbled at the lobe of her ear as his breath quickened . |
| 10 | And he was , he had an unfortunate death , because he he he his body was buried in the little churchyard near to the village where he had been brought up , and he 'd no sooner been buried , than they decided to run a road through , or , erm , something , so his body had to be unearthed and moved somewhere else , and it was n't until nineteen sixteen , that the body erm , was taken out and was taken to Paris , and restored in the er , where so many other famous people erm , do have their tombs and their remembrances . |
| 11 | Only his secretary knew of this place . |
| 12 | Only his shoes seemed to be a little too pointed — not quite what men one knew would wear . |
| 13 | Only his tears spoke of brotherly love . |
| 14 | TONY Cottee was a British record transfer to Everton — but soon his career crashed at Goodison . |
| 15 | The longer his employer stayed in ignorance of the scale of the stakes , the better . |
| 16 | Momentarily his fingers stilled against hers . |
| 17 | Unconsciously his hand reached for the pocket of the greatcoat he was not wearing , where he kept his silver flask . |
| 18 | Constance could not decide whether or not his diffidence sprang from fear or indifference , and she found it puzzling that someone as confident as Nicky in every other area of his life should be so timid when it came to love . |
| 19 | Already his stomach heaved at the prospect of swallowing and digesting the hateful thing . |
| 20 | A tear slowly rolled down his grandfather 's face , but still his eyes gazed at a point miles and miles away . |
| 21 | But yesterday his dream came to an end in the Lake District where he was involved in a crash off the rally course and then suffered mechanical problems . |
| 22 | That night , Seb had so much to drink that when he tried to rise from the ground beside the camp-fire to return home his legs felt like rubber and he sat down again unexpectedly . |
| 23 | At once his assistant appeared in the doorway . |
| 24 | Just over a week later his forces marched on Aachen ( Aix-la-Chapelle ) which fell on 12 July and there the archbishop of Cologne , Adolf , anointed and crowned Otto . |
| 25 | A second later his body lay across the dead doctor . |
| 26 | In his spare time he painted with Cleveland Art Society and took his paints with him whenever his family went on holiday . |
| 27 | Hoomey , in the next desk , was yawning , having sat up late to watch the horror film , and had a comic open on his desk which he was reading whenever his eyes happened to be open . |
| 28 | When Mr Evans stood up his face wobbled in front of her . |
| 29 | Ironically his death came within days of the Rebel organisation planning the purchase of an additional training yacht , which will also be based at Walton . |
| 30 | She had been just past Luke when he had caught at her , and now his arms came round her from behind , drawing her back against him , and the response she dreaded was already weakening her as the warmth of him transmitted itself to her . |