Example sentences of "his [noun pl] [adv] [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither he nor his associates really took alarm when Scottish forces began to assemble on Abbey Craig , a hill beside the Forth near Stirling . |
| 2 | Using the tides to his advantage , he had beaten to windward across St Austell Bay as far as Deadman Point , and to his crew of six who manned the sheets and tended the lines , it had seemed that he had some magic way with him : every time they lost the fish , he would put about and find the shoal again , so that his lads hardly had time to swallow a hunk of bread or a gill of ale from one end of the day to the other . |
| 3 | He looked worried , almost weary , and his eyes instantly found Maggie . |
| 4 | All the while his eyes never left Ronni 's face . |
| 5 | His eyes never left Lamarr Dean , but his right hand closed on the Spencer and it was down at his side as he walked over the few steps to the bar . |
| 6 | Like many players of that era , Jack 's footballing career was badly restricted by the war , but he was available to help us to our regional championship of the 3rd Division South in the first half of 1945–46 while , upon the resumption of League Football in 1946–47 , he shone as a half-back of real quality in a none too great Palace team and his performances quickly drew attention from several 1st Division sides . |
| 7 | His parents already doubted Angel 's religious belief , so they were almost relieved to hear this of his future wife . |
| 8 | His parents subsequently became master and matron of Poplar union workhouse . |
| 9 | In making his decisions about gifts or patronage , a king had to bear in mind that his nobles too had clients , and obligations of their own . |
| 10 | His poems so impressed Thomas Gee , the owner and editor of the influential weekly Baner ac Amserau Cymru ( Banner and Times of Wales ) that he invited him to join his staff as a trainee journalist . |
| 11 | ‘ Really … ? ’ he drawled , raising a dark eyebrow as his fingertips idly drew patterns on her soft , yielding flesh . |
| 12 | Jenkins waited until Laidlaw had untied his hands then approached Graham who introduced him to Sabrina . |
| 13 | Just to show how busy things get , Juan and his colleagues recently took part in a 24-hour intensive workshop on looking at a strategy to increase business in Japan . |
| 14 | Approaching from Shurton and Stogursey , Henry Poole and his companions probably entered Stowey from the north . |
| 15 | My right hon. Friend the Chancellor and his counterparts ably negotiated amendments in the documents on economic and monetary union . |