Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] his [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was very small but even then to my mind his slight body and lack of height emphasized his distinction drawing attention to the sensitive and finely moulded face . |
| 2 | To my mind his strong points are his single note two-hand tapping ( which is often done with the side of the pick rather than with a right-hand finger — see Satch Boogie ) , his chordal tapping ( as in Midnight , The Forgotten Part 1 and Headless ) and his tremolo and legato work ( as in nearly everything ! ) . |
| 3 | Not long after we met , I remember telling him that in my opinion his only fault was that he was too predictable , that , although no doubt perverse , I enjoyed being kept guessing a bit more often . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's my guess his old mother 's dying , ’ said Garvey in an undertone . |
| 5 | But after ramming their words back down their throats his enormous smile shows how delighted he is to be a golden oldie ! |
| 6 | This poem shows how Eliot 's increasing interest in ruralism had at its heart his earlier interest in the savage . |
| 7 | For much of their engagement his royal duties had taken him away from her side . |
| 8 | Bukharin , one of the leaders of the Left opposition to Lenin on the national question , embraced the idea and brought to its exposition his formidable talents . |
| 9 | For answer he pushed her in the shoulder , and when she almost tipped over the bird cage at her feet his other hand came out and , steadying her , he laughed down into her face as he said , ‘ Sarky little bitch , are n't you ? |
| 10 | And if he knew of the wanton pictures chasing one another through her head his insulting opinion of her would no doubt be confirmed . |
| 11 | He produced from his briefcase his own alternative , Thirkell-designed sample pages , beautifully printed on glistening white bromide paper . |
| 12 | As he raised her hand towards his mouth his grey eyes widened , then gleamed with laughter as he saw the state it was in . |
| 13 | To his disappointment his old guv'nor took no notice at all , but , when the war was over , he was seen and overheard to draw Addison aside in the saleroom , saying : ‘ By the way , Addison , when you are in the army and you see an officer approaching on his horse , the correct thing is to stand to attention and salute , not jump about shouting ‘ aye , aye , sir ! ’ |
| 14 | mm , who was telling me that somebody 's four year old son has got a video and television in his bedroom his own video |
| 15 | So he went back to Emminster to tell his parents his new plan . |
| 16 | they were , they were doing a play or something and it , it mentioned about er , erm , what did it mention ? , it was a bit rude any way this play and it oh it was on about an erection or something and Geoffrey said his trousers his new trousers were sticking out a bit peculiar |
| 17 | Contact with the man Wagner now kindled an interest in Wagner the theorist and within a few weeks Nietzsche was writing again to Rohde to impress on his friend his high opinion of Wagner 's Opera and Drama , a treatise written nearly twenty years before , but apparently now providing Nietzsche 's first direct acquaintance with any of Wagner 's theoretical works . |
| 18 | Chin set in a parody of male stubbornness , Bill was attempting to convey to his wife his urgent need to get away from this madness aid return to the house where they were staying . |
| 19 | As he shook his head his long hair parted and Rachel saw the gleam of an earring . |
| 20 | He was almost in tears when he took her to the station , and when he said his farewells his reedy voice was quite unsteady . |
| 21 | At the height of his career his whole estate , including his patrimony , was probably worth rather more than £1,300 a year . |
| 22 | well I 'm trying to think what he was called in it but his father his own father is in fact Doug Willis in the series who 's the father of the that girl Cody |
| 23 | ‘ He 's proved that he is capable of scoring goals and although he can improve on the defensive side of his game his passing skills are a tremendous asset . ’ |
| 24 | He then travelled on an expedition to the Holy Land , and in his absence his various enemies , including the Emperor himself , began to encroach upon his territories . |
| 25 | He wonders whether anyone now has sympathy for the Shah or whether his vanity , his vainglory , his hectoring , his insensitivity his military obsessions , have not lost him all goodwill , at home and abroad . |
| 26 | Instead , he told him he must live his life his own way , and advised John , when he spoke of having fallen in love with a ‘ straight ’ boy at school , to try to save his love for someone who could return it . |
| 27 | He did not make any attempt to eliminate from his voice his complete disbelief in what he was saying . |
| 28 | Taniguchi was adopted at eight and although his conscious mind has no memory of his past his unconscious mind keeps regurgitating unfortunate images of cruelty . |
| 29 | It was said that nature had endowed him with a penis some thirteen inches long and an insatiable sexual appetite — so much so that even in his teens his physical attributes were the delight of many local girls . |
| 30 | When he carne back from what was to be his last visit to the city of his youth his high temperature had worsened and he was advised to rest by the club doctor . |