Example sentences of "his [adj] [noun] [adv] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He too jumped and raised his right elbow so that it projected outwards . |
| 2 | He felt them tauten against his palms and suddenly she slid her body over his right knee so that she was lying against him , between his legs . |
| 3 | Instantly , it seemed , he could n't breathe and as his hands flew to his throat , Duvall swung up his right arm so that the point of his elbow hit Jimmy squarely in the face . |
| 4 | She helps the patient transfer his weight onto his hemiplegic leg , and then release his normal leg so that it can move freely sideways . |
| 5 | Ken smiled at Molly , retracting his top lip so that his teeth seemed to be aimed directly at her . |
| 6 | She watched him nervously and then he casually stretched up and removed his damp shirt so that it took all her powers , her resolutions , to appear composed in sight of his taut , powerful torso . |
| 7 | Bloom must accept a particular life so that Joyce need not , and Stephen must be shown in his byronic self-deception so that Joyce need not . |
| 8 | He then goes on to say that he would like the plebeians to believe him because he is an honourable man , they respect him and to remember his honourable reputation so that they are more ready to believe him . |
| 9 | The Bloodthirster lashed out and struck him a terrible blow , breaking the bones of his left arm so that his shield hung useless at his side . |
| 10 | The husband not only forked food into his mouth with an almost non-stop movement of his right hand , but he also held a corn bun in his left hand so that food could be put into his mouth to fill the split second it took to reload the fork . |
| 11 | The soldier walked ahead of me , holding his sword in his left hand so that it did n't clatter against the stairs . |
| 12 | And it was surely not merely over-confidence of his good usage here that gave his eyes that insolent green blaze , and his voice the sharp , clear edge of defiance . |
| 13 | At one extreme , the consumer could spend nothing in the present period and save all of his present income so that in the future period he can spend as much as Y t + 1 ; + ( 1 + i ) Y t ; that is , his future income plus his saved present income plus interest . |
| 14 | If you were to come yourself Lily or the child 's Father I could not stand in your way whatever my feelings which are strong , but to hand over my Precious little one to a Young and Foreign girl who spoke his only language poorly that I could not do and send him with her on a dangerous voyage most frightening to him . |
| 15 | ‘ Minpins of the forest ! ’ he cried , raising his small voice so that it could be heard all over the tree . |
| 16 | A person who is displaying an offensive banner in his front window so that it is visible to all the world clearly ‘ displays ’ within section 18 even if not under section 4 . |
| 17 | I should have flung the damned thing out of his open door so that it would bounce down the mountainside up which the road was climbing . |
| 18 | When he had seated her in his rocking chair and put a glass of dark liquid in her hand , he moved her lamp and his single candle so that her face was illumined . |
| 19 | Leo was sitting at the kitchen table , his large frame almost dwarfing the little wooden chair , arms folded across his massive chest so that it pulled the material of his shirt impossibly tight . |
| 20 | ‘ So I 'm arrested , then ? ’ asked Jimmy at last , shaking his handcuffed wrist so that the policeman 's hand also jerked upwards . |