Example sentences of "his [noun] [coord] [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why I do n't know , but his sister and him never spoke anything else but the Gaelic . |
| 2 | ‘ I ignored his calls and they finally stopped . ’ |
| 3 | I let go of his foot and he just kept going . |
| 4 | Every now and then , a man like this one needed a reminder that he could not control everything in this world , despite all his money and his terribly blue blood . |
| 5 | He opens his mouth and it almost spills out , the bitter refusal : no . |
| 6 | Wrath entered his eyes and he hastily shut the door . |
| 7 | The silver halo dazzled his eyes and he almost lost his grip . |
| 8 | Even the Bishop of Durham , I 've just recently bought one of his books and I rather wish I had n't , I 'm not liking it much erm he 's still much too orthodox really . |
| 9 | When he 'd finished , he pushed his hands into his pockets and she suddenly flushed guiltily , realising he was amused by her fascination . |
| 10 | Then Davey moved quite a long way away for his work and she hardly saw him . |
| 11 | ‘ He talked about his work and it immediately struck me that , as a professional doctor , he had an almost unhealthy interest in the more sordid side of sex , ’ she says . |
| 12 | I suppose he must have had more orthodox items in his wardrobe but I never saw them . |
| 13 | Oddly for so fluent a man he wrote his sermons and he also prayed with his eyes open , which added to the impact of his public prayer . |
| 14 | With the brimming in-tray on his desk and his faintly harassed short-sleeved appearance Tom always gave the impression of having snatched organisation from the brink of chaos . |
| 15 | He made annual visits to Spain and Portugal in connection with his business and he normally lived several months a year in London . |
| 16 | He had a vicious side to his nature and it apparently meant nothing to him that an old man was going to be roughed up during the raid . |
| 17 | Although Batty is my favourite player probably I would say his form is the least ‘ inspirational ’ , and yet I think his role is to be solid and dependable … so I reckon he is still doing his job and I also do nt see anyone doing it better . |
| 18 | He came back to school after Christmas with 4 of them stuffed in the back of his mini and it just went from there . |
| 19 | dewdrops formed on his nose and they instantly froze |
| 20 | I am not surprised that he ventured into the fray this evening , because he has already won an outstanding victory for his constituents and I well understand his desire to enjoy another . |
| 21 | I 'm quite happy to see if we can what we can do , I ca n't guarantee that my Right Honourable Friend will take a different view , but I 'm content to see what we can do and report if your Lordships think that that is suitable , but if we were to do that My Lord , I think it would mean erm er it would mean that all these amendments which are grouped together should not in fact be , be put t to the vote , I mean that means ever er er all your Lordships because I do n't think it would be very fair if I were to say that I would move mine and the Noble Lord , Lord MacIntosh were c to come along and move his amendment and mine meanwhile has gone down the drainpipe and I do n't think that that would be particularly funny , but the Noble Lord , Lord MacIntosh I 'm sure would n't do such a dastardly thing like that ! |
| 22 | He played a vital part in the whole development both with his ideas and his supremely practical outlook : no setback discouraged him ; a man of great integrity , discerning in his judgments and withal a sardonic sense of humour . |
| 23 | I asked him his name but he modestly said ‘ that does n't matter . ’ |
| 24 | This was his chance but he still was n't sure . |
| 25 | There was a cut-glass ashtray near his elbow and he savagely ground out the cigarette in it . |
| 26 | The publicity may not exactly have gone to his head but it certainly set fire to his ambition . |
| 27 | She assumed it was only a temporary lapse in character while he nursed his head but she still determined to keep the conversation going for as long as possible . |
| 28 | Well , Wayne is very gullible when he 's had a few and when you , Leslie , told him he was going to be a football star , it went to his head and he happily paid you the £10 signing-on fee . |
| 29 | It would n't be what you might think of as being on metre , and so you really had to listen and be real careful , because John Lee was gon na play his stuff and you better fit into it because he was n't gon na fit in with you ! |
| 30 | ‘ The bottom line ’ , says one western ambassador , ‘ is that he is one of the few leaders on this continent who appears to care about his people and we therefore trust him to do the right thing . ’ |