Example sentences of "[vb past] his [noun pl] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It brought to his notice the heap of auburn hair and , taking his time , he let his eyes stroll down a pinched but puckish face , breasts which looked firm though on the small side and the rest , as he would guess , in regular working order . |
| 2 | As Blanche and Russell chatted on about some Woody Allen film , Dexter let his eyes glaze over . |
| 3 | He let his eyes roam round his surroundings . |
| 4 | ’ He let his words trail off . |
| 5 | He let his hands travel up beneath the chemise to her breasts , which he had so often coveted , and handled them boldly . |
| 6 | A typical occasion was when Thornton used his contacts to set up a meeting between the paper and the trade-union-sponsored Unity Bank to borrow £10,000 to keep things going for now , and to test the water for the millions of pounds that would be needed in the future . |
| 7 | He recalled his days growing up in Glasgow in the midst of many friendships , that knew no restrictions of race or creed and that enriched the lives of young and old alike . |
| 8 | He never allowed his students to rub out . |
| 9 | He allowed his papers to drop on to the cabin floor , and his eyes lit up with interest . |
| 10 | A man who allowed his dogs to walk around without collar and lead says he 'll appeal after being ordered to pay almost nine hundred pounds . |
| 11 | He signed his troops to move out . |
| 12 | When he heard of his army 's defeat he proclaimed a huge mushroom feast and ordered his shamans to brew up a fresh batch of Mad Cap fungus liquor for the Fanatics . |
| 13 | The colonel ordered his men to line up and commence ‘ rapid fire ’ , but the twentieth century weaponry failed to combat the creatures . |
| 14 | His parents Kang and Bi explained how little Sheng spent his days looking out the window at the other children playing , knowing he could n't take part . |
| 15 | She heard his words floating out to her , pale clouds in the darkness : ‘ So now we can get time alone to plan . ’ |
| 16 | Todor ( 1980 ) predicted that this would hold true for other tasks mediated by the language hemisphere and he therefore required his subjects to carry out a sequential motor task . |
| 17 | Then she leant forward and kissed him on the mouth , brushed his lips , stroked them with hers , watched his eyes looking back at her . |
| 18 | Away from the others , he thought his attempts to fit in had been rather embarrassing . |
| 19 | She saw his fingers close around the butt of a .45 . |
| 20 | But , as curiosity overcame her , ‘ Er — what is it ? ’ she had to ask , and saw his eyes light up with laughter . |
| 21 | She saw his eyes grow round , bewilderment and disbelief on his face . |
| 22 | Defiance made her turn her back , but the sound of a dark laugh sent a chill through her and , jerking her head round , she saw his lips drawn back to reveal a dazzle of predatory teeth . |
| 23 | Again he knew momentary panic as the freezing water mounted around him , until he felt his feet settle on to hard rock beneath the mud . |
| 24 | She felt his lips close over her anus , and suck avidly at that secret place . |
| 25 | Unfortunately , there was a distracting painting which had something of Vanessa 's style about it and sent his thoughts scurrying back to her . |
| 26 | He killed the and heard that Jesus was born and he would be made king so he sent his men to go out and find every baby that was under two or three years old and kill them . |
| 27 | He found that a reader 's familiarity with the language enabled his subjects to fill in missing letters . |
| 28 | As it was she stored his words to mull over in her room . |
| 29 | Our driver got the mail bags stowed away , and made his horses strike out in good style . |
| 30 | In 1479 Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere , later to become Pope Julius II , asked his scribes to copy out by hand a printed text of Appian 's ‘ Civil Wars ’ . |