Example sentences of "[v-ing] it [adv] his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the second half he did an extremly dainty control of the ball by sort of twisting it off his middle with his arms up in the air , towards some nearby Leeds player . |
| 2 | She ran her frail fingers through his nondescript hair , brushing it off his forehead . |
| 3 | When he 's finished someone takes him some water and he drinks it , spilling it over his face and down his chest and bare legs and feet . |
| 4 | Steve lifted his champagne glass to his lips and took a gulp , swishing it around his mouth like mouthwash before swallowing it . |
| 5 | In three seconds he was tilting it down his throat , ignoring the cups . |
| 6 | And how , come to think of it , was Henry going to get him to absorb the stuff , short of creeping up on him while he was asleep and forcing it down his throat or up his arse ? |
| 7 | When his entire body was covered apart from his head , Herve picked up a folding entrenching tool which he swung into Vadgama 's face , splitting his nose and smearing it over his face . |
| 8 | Jess felt like ramming it down his throat . |
| 9 | ‘ The first time your children tell you they 've heard the story , remember , I warned you , ’ He drained his mug , dropping it over his shoulder into the water slushing around in the galley : ‘ Nothing like a hurricane for washing dishes . ’ |
| 10 | Stephen Dutton , 21 , tied a rope to a door handle and threaded it through a pulley into an adjoining kitchen before looping it around his neck . |
| 11 | The master took up one of them , twirling it round his finger , and the diamonds darted shafts of light . |
| 12 | This time Atkinson slid the ball through to Saunders , who waited for keeper Clive Baker to advance from his line before clipping it over his head and into the net . |
| 13 | His father , with a working man 's regard for hired finery , picked it up , smoothed it and stood draping it over his arm like an outfitter 's assistant . |
| 14 | ‘ Which one 's this ? ’ asks Howard , taking a strand of her hair and wrapping it round his finger . |
| 15 | Dauntless shambled over to the edge of the stream and threw himself face down on the grass , cupping handfuls of water and throwing it over his head , gulping it greedily . |
| 16 | When her breasts were free she teased him with the top half of her peach-coloured bikini , waving it over his head and snatching it out of reach as he stretched up for it . |
| 17 | Should your foot drop to the outside of the opponent 's leading leg , you could try hooking it around his ankle and dragging his foot the way it is pointing . |