Example sentences of "[vb -s] his [noun] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gloucestershire 's Richard Mainwaring is so good he walks on water … the British Barefoot Water ski-ing champion defends his title at the Cirencester Club in the Cotswold Water Park this weekend … he 's looking for his ninth win and that will be a world record … |
| 2 | Then Graham switched on his intercom and snapped , ‘ Tell Sam Sir Daniel 's on his way down , wants his car at the front , ’ before sitting down heavily and sweeping the two newspapers on his blotter into the wastepaper basket beside his desk . |
| 3 | The fighter usually places his body at a 45-degree angle and distributes his weight equally on both feet , with the knees slightly bent . |
| 4 | Devos might have added that Charpentier frequently reinforces his wishes at the ends of sections with verbal indications such as ‘ Passez sans interruption a la suite ’ ( ‘ Continue without interruption to the next movement ’ ) , or ‘ Suivez au Choeur sans interruption ’ ( ‘ Continue with the chorus without interruption ’ ) . |
| 5 | And so they depart — on board ship — ( The two SPIES position themselves on either side of the PLAYER , and the three of them sway gently in unison , the motion of a boat ; and then the PLAYER detaches himself. ) — and they arrive — ( One SPY shades his eyes at the horizon. ) — and disembark — and present themselves before the English king- ( He wheels round . ) |
| 6 | Coleman shakes his head at the memory of it . |
| 7 | At a time of radical change in Hungary , Nick Dallman relives his experiences at the hands of the secret and often brutal state now being dismantled State of fear . |
| 8 | There are pressures to Be Someone , and Q , the DJ ( Epps ) , sees his break at a mixing contest overseen by a decidedly sassy Queen Latifah . |
| 9 | JIM BAXTER INSPECTS HIS KIT AT THE BLACK WATCH BARRACKS IN PERTH |
| 10 | When Farmer Giles of Ham fires his blunderbuss at the giant he hits him ‘ by luck ’ , indeed ‘ by chance and no choice of the farmer 's ’ : thoughts of the Valar enter no one 's mind . |
| 11 | As they move forward , Tepilit , without warning , hurls his spear at the district officer from a few feet away . |
| 12 | In the same note he claims that , in some sense , he was ‘ more modern ’ than good Pope John ( he mentions his appearances at the Milan Fair as evidence ) ; and says ‘ perhaps our life is marked by love of our own time , of our world more clearly than by anything else ’ ( ibid . ) |
| 13 | Parsons remembers his time at the paper as ‘ Three very intense years of a lot of music , a lot of drugs , a lot of girls and a lot of fights . |
| 14 | ‘ Harry Martin … the word 's out that you 're interested in how he conducts his business at the moment , and of course that must cause untold problems , or would do if you were n't able to separate your professional and personal life . ’ |
| 15 | The young innocent buckles his lip at the rain exposing little lime green tablets of teeth . |
| 16 | Mr Davies , annoyed at comparisons with Sir John , will bring a different style and approach to the job and feels his period at the Foreign Office and Treasury as an adviser to Nigel Lawson , former Chancellor , will be useful for the CBI and might help avoid ‘ lobbing bombs over the wall ’ . |
| 17 | SO IT 'S hail and farewell to Charlie Nowozielski , the artistic director of Belfast 's Lyric Theatre , who quits his post at the end of this month . |
| 18 | For example , a good sailor gybing a short board changes his feet at the end of the turn ; the novice attempting this would find it very difficult since at this stage you should change the feet before changing the rig . |
| 19 | Then he swishes his tail ; points his nose at the offending brush ; flattens his ears ; thrusts his head ; raises a warning back foot ; and finally , if nothing brings satisfaction , drives the person away in exasperation . |
| 20 | In one scene a gunman points his weapon at the cameraman . |
| 21 | When a startled horse pricks his ears at the source of his alarm , other horses look in the same direction . |
| 22 | That he didso , even after appeals for clemency from abroad , including Britain and France , apparently indicates his concern at the threat posed by the abortive coup , and may presage further measures to demonstrate a firm hand . |
| 23 | This month , RICHARD SMITH tries his hand at the new Acrylix brushes from Pro Arte . |
| 24 | Tchaikovsky in his tuttis ( which may be recommended for close study , being models of clearness and sonority ) frequently doubles his trumpets at the unison with the oboes . |
| 25 | BARRY Lane could secure his place in the Ryder Cup team today if he maintains his form at the Lancia Martini Italian Open . |
| 26 | A gratified chairman of the England Committee registers his pleasure at the result and for the facts that good sportsmanship prevailed and England fielded some young players successfully . |
| 27 | In the afternoon we 're on the Palmer charge and believe it or not he hits his tee-shot at the 17th to exactly the same spot again , and turns to me and says , ‘ Before you say anything , Tip , do n't tell me it 's a 6-iron . ’ |
| 28 | Gareth Abrahams , signed on a free transfer from Cardiff , makes his debut at the back and Leroy May plays upfront . |
| 29 | He begins his account at the point where he is considering handing in his resignation and has invited his friends , the generals von Roon and von Moltke , to dine with him in order to discuss the situation . |