Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] his [noun] the " in BNC.
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1 | It was probably a combination of the moonlight and the girl but what-ever it was , the man who went on to become world-famous singing star Frankie Vaughan says she stole his heart the instant he saw her . |
2 | When Jesus began his public ministry he made his manifesto the prophecy of Isaiah 61:1–2 which he selected and read in the synagogue at Nazareth ( Luke 4:18 , 19 ) : |
3 | Philip Burton was also in it ( no doubt he got his ward the part ) and so was Dylan Thomas . |
4 | he thinks his shooting the oil can , and he keeps diving behind these oil cans and takes cover and that , he said oh no not an oil can and fucking little bullets , bullet |
5 | I 've seen him like this before , before you were born , when he cracked his ankle the week before the final trial . |
6 | While he has his backers the nature of Mr Birt 's shake-up at the corporation , introducing distinctly Thatcherite market-forces into an organisation at least as set in its ways as the civil service , but many times more internally political , means there are many ready to use the episode to raise other questions against him . |
7 | She gazed into his face raptly as he described his clinic the day before at St Mary 's and passed on good wishes from Sister Concepta . |
8 | He was an open supporter of the Covenant and when he visited his friend the blacksmith , he was on his way to join a band of Covenanters about to confront a party of Dragoons . |
9 | That evening he showed his wife the little bronze relief . |
10 | As soon as he opened his eyes the child remembered , and his heart soared . |
11 | Moving his head a fraction , he opened his eyes the merest slit and scowled at her from under thick dark lashes . |
12 | From the moment he opened his mouth the pub was in uproar . |
13 | There are small twigs digging into her back , she is angry , pushes against him , but he pays no attention , carries on , his hands exploring , he is smiling down at her and when he lowers his head the water from his hair seeps into her mouth so that she tastes the lake , the fish smell of deep water , sees the sun brilliant through the branches behind his head , blinding her eyes , sun specks floating , she closes them as he moves against her . |
14 | She did not speak when he raised his eyebrows the second time , so in went onions , mustard and ketchup . |
15 | He calls his wife the memsahib , so I guessed he served in India . |
16 | His van was painted up with pictures of Gene Autry and Hopalong Cassidy , and he called his firm the Boot Hill and Laredo Double Glazing Company . |
17 | The man was George Orwell and he called his journey The Road to Wigan Pier . |
18 | Jack first hit the headlines last July when he took his boat the Helga Maria to the Arctic Circle even though the Department of Transport had not declared the vessel seaworthy . |
19 | The moment came , and in walked Robin and Henrietta Tavistock ; his expression was one of sheer amazement , and when he saw his father the Duke of Bedford , whom he thought was at his chalet in Méribel , I saw tears of emotion flood his eyes for a moment . |
20 | He denies his readers the pleasure of feeling superior , too : they must come to terms with Sylvia and her kind , who are not so rare as is commonly supposed , and a novel is a good place in which to begin the process . |
21 | An example would be where someone else takes charge of the vehicle to such a degree that he will not resume control of the vehicle , such as where he gives his friend the ignition key and a taxi is ordered to take him home . |
22 | and he had his beefburger the same as everybody else . |
23 | Erm well he split his tail the end of it . |
24 | He does his readers the service of conveying to them the life and living of a family they might never encounter , or have had occasion to consider . |
25 | Jam-packed with a complete run of Plebs and sets of the TUC and Labour Party conference reports , it was here that he wrote his book The Labour College Movement . |
26 | Jam-packed with a complete run of Plebs and sets of the TUC and Labour Party conference reports , it was here that he wrote his book The Labour College Movement . |
27 | He ran his hand the length of her spine , making her aware that he wanted her as badly as she wanted him , and for a wild moment she could see no reason why they should n't make love . |
28 | While he sharpens his knife the priest arrives . |