Example sentences of "[vb past] his [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the clifftop he watched the small figure of Detective Furness in his red anorak on the saddle below , twisting from one side to another as he strained his eyes against the bright sunlight to search for his charge . |
| 2 | But , although Robert strained his eyes against the glass , he could see nothing but impenetrable blackness beyond the hectic yellows and reds cast by the candles . |
| 3 | Brutus Leitdorf , the Count of Averland , ordered the retreat over the great bridge and rallied his troops in the western half of the city . |
| 4 | Dexter thrummed his fingers on the steering-wheel as one clot of traffic thickened into another . |
| 5 | This volume described his experiences with the similia principle and expressed his ideas about disease and its treatment . |
| 6 | He described his proposals for the coming year as neutral because he did not want to hamper recovery . |
| 7 | He described how L. had been physically abused by her mother and step-father and he also described his concerns regarding the mother as a parent . |
| 8 | With the relaxed detachment of a man who has an implicit trust in his technology , Vologsky cast his eyes over the bewildering array of instruments which made up the control panel , taking note of the few facts he actually needed to know . |
| 9 | Yet nothing , it seemed , could halt the flow of adrenalin that surged upwards or the flush of awareness that overwhelmed her as he cast his eyes over the carefully laid table , the food and , lastly , herself . |
| 10 | Nasser maintained his memories of the peasants all his life and often referred to their plight before even he came to power . |
| 11 | When he was Prime Minister he made little personal impact on television , bared his teeth at the cameras like an old dog , and was generally aloof and buffer-like . |
| 12 | Fleming reported his experiments in the Journal of Horticulture , and published Spring and Winter Flower Gardening in 1864 ( 2nd edn. , 1870 ) . |
| 13 | The same year he reported his findings into the Ministry of Commerce after his two year probe into company law as chairman of the Company Law Committee . |
| 14 | A spokesman for Durham County Council said the allegations would be thoroughly investigated provided Mr Grainger reported his concerns to the authority in the form of a letter . |
| 15 | To fight off a deep depression , he concentrated his thoughts on the larger picture , telling his wife at the end of September that " the " " Battle of Britain " " is now won … |
| 16 | Instead , George concentrated his efforts on the few remaining furry areas on an otherwise bare bear . |
| 17 | When he concentrated his abilities on the grand and beautiful aspects of the Cumbrian landscape , William Green was a marvellous romantic painter . |
| 18 | The lawyer moved his papers on the table . |
| 19 | With his accountant 's help he eventually moved his accounts to the Midland , which gave him the overdraft on reasonable terms , but he is critical of the way banks look at small businesses , believing that many only look at the business sector rather than at the person running a particular business . |
| 20 | He moved his lips against the sensitive lobe of her ear , then trailed a row of devouring kisses across the high jut of her breasts to the erect peaks of her nipples . |
| 21 | She swung his legs over his head , and fastened his ankles to the bedrail beside his wrists . |
| 22 | He stroked his hands over the dark fabric and shifted his shoulders against the silky lining . |
| 23 | Dragging the last remnants of his determination together , he fixed his eyes on the dark , looming rock and thought , I will . |
| 24 | Putting his hands in his pockets , and trying to look as though he did this every day , he fixed his eyes on the target . |
| 25 | Dalgliesh fixed his eyes on the pulpit . |
| 26 | He fixed his eyes on the prophecy with fresh deliberation , denying himself the comfort of blinking to be certain he missed nothing . |
| 27 | He fixed his eyes on the cloaked figure and waited . |
| 28 | He did not budge as Mr Gubb raised the cane above his shoulder and fixed his eyes on the boy 's fingers with the concentration of a golfer addressing his ball . |
| 29 | He caught his jitters from the financial markets . |
| 30 | When Cristofori built his pianos of the 1720s , the harpsichord and the clavichord were the usual stringed keyboard instruments . |