Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] his [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she joined him , rather shyly accepting his glance of approval at her slim body in its white bikini , the wind stirred his hair , blowing it out of its rigidly swept-back style . |
| 2 | However , he had slowly modified his lack of jealousy into trust . |
| 3 | John Dismore of Seale is the reigning Southern Centre pre-1965 machine trials champion , but a lapse of form and a retirement from the recent opening round of the 1992 series greatly lessened his chance of regaining the title . |
| 4 | Thus had Carnelian swiftly explained his shooting of the old woman … |
| 5 | Freddie did not manage to keep us in the Cup against the powerful Rangers outfit but , usually playing at centre-forward , he steadily repaid that fee several times over during the first five post-war seasons , for not only has his tally of 48 League goals only been exceeded by six players here at The Palace since then , but his goals were scored in struggling Palace teams , which only once finished in the upper half of the League table . |
| 6 | He had been remarkably restrained until then , but when she felt him ease her jeans down over her hips she suddenly caught his sense of urgency as , with a low groan , he roughly pulled her even closer , burying his head against the soft skin of her thighs . |
| 7 | In his correspondence with Theo he suddenly dropped his role of wise counsellor and turned into a beggar . |
| 8 | It was Bully , who had followed the crowd into Morley Park and suddenly and delightedly recognised his friend of next door , Angela . |
| 9 | This time , however , his dozen men engulfed by thousands of Highlanders , Molloy was forced to surrender , on favourable terms , the victorious Jacobites eagerly seizing his stock of food and then using its own gunpowder to demolish the barracks ; the resulting ruins remain to this day . |
| 10 | He would not only keep his side of the bargain , but enable Israel to keep hers , by putting his Spirit within her people . |
| 11 | She did not much like his way of kissing , for it was hot and suffocating , and she was glad when he stopped , and released her , and reverted to his grip upon her knee . |
| 12 | He discovers he has a talent for predicting the future , but ironically this privilege only increases his sense of the present . |
| 13 | Is he aware that the warmth of his reception was genuine , as the farmers very much appreciate his understanding of their difficulties with the planners and with marketing ? |
| 14 | Since Michael had opened a hostess club in the West End , he had literally had his pick of women to spend the night with . |
| 15 | He may feel that his doctor has prematurely terminated his assessment of his problems , thereby increasing his sense of helplessness and discouraging further discussion with the doctor . |
| 16 | 1991 , 27 , 701 ) , is really only displaying his ignorance of the commonly accepted textbooks of inorganic chemistry . |
| 17 | The only problem was that every time he let the dog off the lead it tried to provide itself with a sheep supper , so consequently he had to keep it on the lead and feed it on tins of beans , sausages , bacon and egg , which had so exhausted his stock of food that now he was living on porridge and giving the dog the rest of his sausages . |
| 18 | They did not work directly on the draw : rather on so lessening his degree of fade that it would be that much easier for him to move the ball the other way when circumstances dictated . |
| 19 | The President had also apparently abandoned his aim of holding the first round of legislative elections on Oct. 25 [ see p. 39086 ] , and agreed to reschedule them for late November ( with a number of opposition parties still calling for a further postponement ) . |
| 20 | Without advising Shaughnessy of this proposal , much less inviting his opinion of it , the court had agreed to the government 's suggestion and , as Shaughnessy put it later , ‘ was briefed on undisclosed matters on unspecified dates by unidentified agents of the government … |
| 21 | She glanced at Luke apprehensively , knowing that he was mature enough to control his dislike of Florian — but probably only as long as Florian refrained from being provocative ; if he did n't , and one never knew with Florian , Luke might say or do anything . |
| 22 | He would gently put his point of view and add " go tell your master " . |
| 23 | His Lordship only resigned his membership of Lurgan about 20 years ago to make room , he said , for a younger golfer . |
| 24 | He assumed the Boniek role with authority , a fact which perhaps explains his lack of concern at having eventually to replace Johnston . |
| 25 | They had all been inhibited from plain speaking by the lavish hospitality , the fresh scampi with avocado had been too ‘ mucked about ’ for her taste , while that dreadful black man had insisted on telling her all about his times in and out of the ring with ‘ Big Frank ’ ( ‘ a lovely suit of clothes ’ ) , interrupting himself only to raise his glass of pink wine to Sir Ralph who had , in his opinion , ‘ done us proud ’ . |
| 26 | It was large enough to house his family of six , and three resident maids . |
| 27 | In the gaslight her blue eyes flashed , and her anger only increased his need of her . |
| 28 | Until 1 January 1977 , if for any reason — including accident , redundancy or retirement — the farm worker 's employment ceased , so did his security of tenure . |
| 29 | So does his understanding of himself . |
| 30 | So does his use of omens and prophecies — a feature of The Lord of the Rings which may furthermore seem to deny the idea of free will being left intact by the forces of providence . |