Example sentences of "his [noun] [conj] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When at last he dared to creep from his hiding-place and move on tip-toe up the dark stairs , he had counted to 372 and managed to convince himself that any fate was preferable to having an accident down there amongst the coats . |
| 2 | There are some 80 examples on show by nearly as many artists which reflect the development of the medium from the early Twenties to the zenith of Pop Art in the Sixties ; from the rather mundane Swans of Leopold Krumel to Roy Lichtenstein 's Sweet Dreams , Baby , which characterises his creativity and remains to this day an image in his art that bridges the gap between the commercial and the fine . |
| 3 | Yet they work somehow , because her is a man who had the courage to state it as it is , with such conviction and such power and optimism that somehow you get caught up in his enthusiasm and believe with him , if only for those three chords . |
| 4 | He recommended Richard Coppin [ q.v. ] as his successor and emigrated to Barbados in about 1655 , where he may later have been investigated for organizing conventicles . |
| 5 | With several leading opposition figures clamouring for his resignation and calling for a national conference , President Mobutu Sese Seko on March 15 named a new Prime Minister , Mulumba Lukeji , replacing Lunda Bululu who had resigned the day before . |
| 6 | A Study of his Printing and Etching by Donald Wilkinson |
| 7 | Ptah 's creation of the world was conceived by the thought of his heart and uttered into reality by his tongue , through the power of his word . |
| 8 | In this most strange place and in this short moment Nicholas lost his heart and knew for certain that at last , at very last , without doubt or question , he had fallen in love . |
| 9 | He hardened his heart and turned on his computer , smiling acidly at the screen . |
| 10 | He sighed with relief , wiped his beard and looked round more clearly . |
| 11 | A thin splinter of moonlight caught the blond stubble of his beard and sliced like a glistening needle across the snout of a .45 revolver . |
| 12 | The Rabbi brushed some crumbs from his beard and turned to his grandson . |
| 13 | When he found himself in charge of a famous school he seized his opportunity and set to work to instil in the offspring of the ruling classes the personally desirable and politically vital sense of sin . |
| 14 | ‘ No , ’ he answered , and he picked at one of the nails on his fingers and stared at the floorboards wishing he could disappear into them . |
| 15 | The stones struck his fingers and knuckles with stinging force , but the pain made sweeter the success that now followed , as the speed and motion of the multifarious shapes and colours began to describe images in the air above the Bowl . |
| 16 | ‘ Go on , Hector ! ’ ordered Mr Beckenham , clicking his fingers and pointing to the door . |
| 17 | He tried to reach across with his left hand and snatch the blade away , but his hands were held apart , and he was pinned down struggling and sobbing until the dagger slid slowly out of his fingers and clattered on the flags . |
| 18 | Perhaps because after an almost fatal spasm , Coleridge thought his marriage was now bearable — although on this eight-day storming and often precipitous walk around the mountains and lakes he was to write a passionate letter to the woman he desired as his mistress while perched on the highest mountain in England . |
| 19 | He stripped off his shirt and capered from outstretched dagger to outstretched dagger , displaying himself like the leper healed by Jesus showing himself to the High Priests . |
| 20 | If I may return to my earlier metaphor — you will excuse my putting it so coarsely — they are like a man who will , at the slightest provocation , tear off his suit and his shirt and run about screaming . |
| 21 | And after being taken off in County 's 2-1 defeat by Watford on Tuesday , Agana ripped off his shirt and headed for the players ' tunnel . |
| 22 | He caught up the skirts of his robe and scurried after them . |
| 23 | For wandering on stage , Black Francis picks up his guitar and screams into ‘ Tame ’ . |
| 24 | For wandering on stage , Black Francis picks up his guitar and screams into ‘ Tame ’ . |
| 25 | On no account should the patient be allowed or encouraged to get himself around by dragging his foot and leaning on the furniture . |
| 26 | He hooked one of the bentwood chairs into position with his foot and sat on it astride , arms resting on the back . |
| 27 | ( He leaps up again , stamps his foot and shouts into the wing . ) |
| 28 | Drained by his ranting and lulled by the way he could float in the starsuit , just touching the padded interior , he drifted into and out of sleep like a man wandering through the rooms of an empty house . |
| 29 | He shut the door of his apartment and turned to her at once , putting her shoulders against the wall , knocking her legs apart with his knee . |
| 30 | Nothing goes right for Walter ; his father dies early , soon followed by his mother , a rigid , religious woman , who treats the boy harshly but teaches him good conduct , to write and to hold down a job in a sweet factory where he is patronised by his superiors and ridiculed by his fellow workers . |