Example sentences of "his [noun pl] [verb] into the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ludens , steadying Marcus 's head with one hand , his fingers plunged into the short hair , and slowly and firmly moving the very sharp instrument , felt like an acolyte performing a dangerous task , perhaps intended as a test . |
| 2 | I sat in front of him watching as he ate , my eyes following his hand from the moment his fingers plunged into the bowl until it rose into the air , and carried the food into his mouth . |
| 3 | She watched his fingers gouging into the smooth , stinking mud , the bottom . |
| 4 | She felt his fingers digging into the side of her breast . |
| 5 | I expect his notes went into the university archives , and the rest of his belongings would have been sold off . |
| 6 | A LOYALIST politician has admitted talking to Sinn Fein about his plans to travel into the heart of republican areas of Belfast . |
| 7 | Did 1973 respond to his plans to leapfrog into the elite who would be actually paid to drive ? |
| 8 | It took all his willpower to keep his teeth biting into the rubber . |
| 9 | He landed on his feet , hitting the narrow pavement outside the yard with such jarring impact that his teeth bit into the edge of his tongue . |
| 10 | He scanned the newsprint greedily while his teeth sank into the bacon sandwich , the melted margarine dribbling over his fingers . |
| 11 | A royal smashed past a few feet to my left , then another took a dive down by sheltering bank , his hooves carving into the ground just a yard from my toes and spraying my legs with black peat . |
| 12 | His words fell into the silence like stones . |
| 13 | He opened the rear door and folded Goldman on to the seat ; his legs trailed into the road and Elliott tucked them up on the seat . |
| 14 | One of his brothers went into the Navy and became very successful and very high up in maritime administration , another went into the Army , and became a General . |
| 15 | His eyes stared into the room . |
| 16 | He strained his eyes peering into the gloom . |
| 17 | Alain flung himself into a chair , his lips twisted into the old sardonic smile . |
| 18 | Scott clenched his fists until his nails dug into the palms of his hands . |
| 19 | One of his technicians burst into the rest room where the television was . |
| 20 | He clutched a supple-bodied girl against him to soak her fragility into his ageing frame , and licked her neck , palmed her short bright dress , his fingertips easing into the fold between buttock and thigh . |
| 21 | His wheels ran into the wet turf and the whole machine crumpled and fell to its knees like an animal shot in the chest . |
| 22 | Then the whistle again , harder than before , as his pursuers stepped into the house . |
| 23 | Chuck reloaded and fired off both barrels with great care , and again he had the satisfaction of hearing his bullets slam into the stationary animal . |
| 24 | In fact it worked out well for Fouroux , since most of his players ran into the sort of form which , if reproduced tonight , will make the Home Union 's players wish they were just that — at home . |
| 25 | Scathach came close to Tallis and they curled up together , her face buried in the fur collar of his clothing , his arms reaching into the warmth below her cloak . |
| 26 | Swing , he screamed at himself as his arms crashed into the pine , not holding , but the weight of his body already carrying him on in the next arc of his trajectory . |
| 27 | A hairdresser believes he sees the ghost of a fellow-soldier ; spends some years in a mental hospital ; on his release is rejected by his wife who he believes is ‘ denying him his existence ’ ; begins to think that everyone else is denying him his existence , perhaps because he was once shot at by a German and they all think he is dead ; spends his Sundays looking into the river for the bullet which missed him ; after his death , his wife discovers she is pregnant ; she lets it be known that the hairdresser has spoken to her by night and told her ‘ he was very happy that she had recognized the child as his , because that way she had stopped denying him his existence ’ ; when eventually she moves away from Piacenza , the hairdresser stops speaking to her by night . |
| 28 | Luke came into the hall , his hands pushed into the pockets of his trousers , his bow tie hanging loose around his neck , seemingly relaxed , but she could sense the leashed tension in him and forced a shaky smile , wanting to avoid a confrontation just yet . |
| 29 | Behind him , Briant sat calmly , legs outstretched , his hands thrust into the pockets of his near-white coat , his eyes fixed on the toes of his highly polished shoes as he rocked his crossed ankles in a slow rhythm . |
| 30 | Turning to face Luce , his hands thrust into the pockets of his beige trousers , he went on , ‘ Last year I decided it was high time I had a wife and family . |