Example sentences of "his [noun pl] [conj] [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then suddenly he clicked his fingers and spat the word out . |
| 2 | He looked down at his fingers and noted the chalk dust on their tips . |
| 3 | Absently he squeezed more insulating oil on to his fingers and passed the tube to Jezrael . |
| 4 | He paused beneath the gas jet on the second landing , licked his fingers and tucked the ends of his fine dark hair behind his ears . |
| 5 | He threw the thing away , brushed his fingers and left the blackened ruin . |
| 6 | Spike grabbed both ants with his fingers and squeezed the heads until the bodies fell away . |
| 7 | His plan for a metropolitan see at London had been stillborn but he had rid himself of the problem of Lichfield ( a process completed by 803 ) , successfully confounded his enemies and consolidated the position Offa had established at the height of his power . |
| 8 | He had , however , sold all his possessions and left the county . |
| 9 | He gritted his teeth and tested the handle . |
| 10 | He made tut-tutting sounds of disapproval through his teeth and fingered the fraying cuffs of his jacket . |
| 11 | As an industrialist and landowner he was a forward-looking innovator who , like his English contemporaries , the improving landlords of the eighteenth-century agricultural revolution , introduced new farming techniques on his estates and exploited the mineral resources which he found under his lands . |
| 12 | They 've taken his dabs and examined the mallet , but we left it at that when we knew the Yard had been called in and you were on your way . |
| 13 | Since many of the evangelicals shared Billy Graham 's opinions and valued his methods and saw the good which he did , his article stirred wrath among them and fear about the Bishop of Durham becoming the Archbishop of York . |
| 14 | She heard his words and felt the surge of long-awaited satisfaction . |
| 15 | He repeated his words and touched the body . |
| 16 | Garland took off his spectacles and cleaned the lenses with his handkerchief . |
| 17 | With a wild yell of triumph the Annamese dropped to his knees and plunged the knife to the hilt in the dying Corsican 's chest . |
| 18 | Taczek put his hands on his knees and studied the grain of the plastic floor tiles . |
| 19 | Instead of using a jack to take the weight , Jos turned his back on the front bumper , bent his knees and lifted the two leading tyres clear of the ground . |
| 20 | The man became calmer , sank to his knees and allowed the executioner to bend him so his neck fitted over the block . |
| 21 | They heard his screams and doused the flames before calling emergency services . |
| 22 | Used to moving fast on jobs , Fitzgerald took to his heels and outran the bees over a couple of hundred yards . |
| 23 | Lowell sat back on his heels and watched the flames . |
| 24 | The Father hesitated , looked for a moment as if he was going to come after him , then shrugged his shoulders and rejoined the knot . |
| 25 | And then she gazed up at him , her hands gripping his shoulders and absorbed the incredible feeling of having him inside her . |
| 26 | He stopped , shrugged his shoulders and left the rest to their imagination . |
| 27 | When Loc , with another worried glance in Jacques Devraux 's direction , insisted it was time for them to go to bed , Paul galloped across the clearing with little Hoc on his shoulders and dumped the boy squealing with laughter on his sleeping mat . |
| 28 | She laid her hands on the top of his shoulders and kneaded the base of his neck with her thumbs . |
| 29 | Woolley eased the broad straps around his shoulders and opened the bellows with a wheeze . |
| 30 | Charles stretched his legs and savoured the view . |