Example sentences of "[subord] his [noun pl] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After overreacting , Somerset returned to Britain in March 1826 , where his critics kept up pressure on him . |
| 2 | until his tears fall down , |
| 3 | Jack 's fists clenched slowly until his knuckles stood out white against the tan . |
| 4 | But a source close to the star , reveals : ‘ If his employers found out , he 'd have some serious explaining to do . |
| 5 | If his guests picked up some pleasant female company at her party then that was fine … as long as they did n't enjoy that same female company on the premises . |
| 6 | If his fortunes improve over the next six years you are still entitled to collect on your judgement debt . |
| 7 | Even Lotho ‘ Pimple ’ , Frodo 's relative , has a place in the argument because he is such an obvious Gradgrind — greedy and bossy to begin with , but staying within the law till his manipulators take over , to jail his mother , kill him and eat him too ( if we can believe the hints about Gríma Wormtongue ) . |
| 8 | Guitarist Kendall Jones plays the straight man , articulating Fishbone 's mix-and-match musical philosophy in earnest , common-sense terms while his colleagues lark about with frantic abandon — particularly livewire vocalist Angelo Moore . |
| 9 | The driver was bent over the wheel , while his passengers leant out of their windows waving and shouting to attract the attention of the taxi driver . |
| 10 | While his men flushed out pockets of Muslim resistance in the eastern town of Visegrad , Colonel Milun Jovanovic declared that , as far as he was concerned , he was still on Yugoslavian soil . |
| 11 | Arms wound around his neck , she shivered while his hands moved over her slim body , tracing her curves through the flimsy material of her dress , leaving a singing excitement in their wake . |
| 12 | Hanif , meanwhile , has been chained to his desk since his mid-teens hammering out novel after novel , all of which are rejected by publishers . |
| 13 | Although Adrian 's vision is back to normal , it 'll be months before his eyelashes grow back . |
| 14 | Although Adrian 's vision is back to normal , it 'll be months before his eyelashes grow back . |
| 15 | I know one boy who was on drugs for a year before his parents found out . ’ |
| 16 | ANC President Nelson Mandela has called for the removal of the Ciskei homeland leader after his troops shot down 28 demonstrators . |
| 17 | After Mr Bush had told her of the US military action by telephone at 7am , an hour after his troops moved in , Mrs Thatcher told reporters : ‘ I believe he was right to do so . |
| 18 | At the age of fifteen Ken ran away to California from his Texas home when his parents locked up his surfboard . |
| 19 | Tony talked about his ex-girlfriend and then remembered how upset he had become when his parents split up when he was 14 . |
| 20 | Coleridge , still lame , chafed at his own confinement , especially when his friends set off one evening towards the hills , leaving him useless and lonely in Tom Poole 's garden arbour . |
| 21 | She groaned aloud in pleasure when his kisses continued down to the swell of her bosom . |
| 22 | She smiled sweetly , opening the car door to get out , then stopped abruptly when his fingers closed around her arm . |
| 23 | When his lips came back to hers , Jenna was soft and pliant , no resistance in her at all , and he rolled on to his back , pulling her over him fiercely and cupped her hot face in strong fingers . |
| 24 | The trio is completed by Dick Vance , the computer ‘ driver ’ , though his activities extend over the whole breadth of keeping the flight data read-out units in working order and developing the programs and electronics generally . |
| 25 | But brightness was in short supply as his players trooped off to a crescendo of boos . |
| 26 | I can still see the blood starting from the man 's nose , the way his arms reached out as his feet rocked back on to nothing , and still hear the dreadful high-pitched rabbit cry as his body disappeared over the edge . |
| 27 | As his creditors closed in , a desperate Bond sold ‘ Irises ’ to the Getty Museum in April 1990 . |
| 28 | As his footsteps receded down the passage , Polly 's hand rose slowly to her mouth . |
| 29 | He beamed innocently and as his eyebrows went up I noticed his hairline . |
| 30 | I 'm the woman you still think is involved with your sister 's husband , remember ? ’ she said hastily as his fingers closed round her wrist . |