Example sentences of "and his [noun pl] [vb past] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Firstly , the situation was very serious but ‘ not out of control ’ and his officers hunted down terrorists of both persuasions . |
| 2 | Cohen 's eyes flashed with a sudden steely glint , and his eyebrows shot up . |
| 3 | They widened even more and his eyebrows went up and down , with an odd little flicker , as though with the effort of forcing his message silently across the air to Jinny . |
| 4 | Immediately after the Last Supper , Jesus and his disciples went out to the Mount of Olives . |
| 5 | John Goldthorpe and his associates followed up these arguments in 1962 with a study of affluent workers in the car industry : how far had they become middle class in their behaviours and attitudes , with increased spending power ? |
| 6 | Shultz and his associates carried out a series of studies to investigate children 's understanding of intentions . |
| 7 | She felt her skirt slide over her hips on its way to the floor , and his fingers closed over her breasts as her bra and briefs joined the rest of her clothes . |
| 8 | He dug his hand through the aromatic blanket and his fingers closed round an unmistakeable shape . |
| 9 | In the end Purvis and his records opened up a new world for me , starting on that very first dinner when we played Beethoven 's Archduke Trio , the one in B flat major , ‘ Opus 97 , ’ he added casually . |
| 10 | He 'd lost weight , his eyes were staring and red as if they 'd been rolled in grit , and his clothes hung on him like a scarecrow 's ; it was almost as if , in the course of the past few weeks , he 'd been drained of the zest and the energy and the sense of confidence that she 'd steadily been picking up . |
| 11 | James Sands and his friends processed in to salve their consciences by buying bookmarks , needlecases , embroidered handkerchiefs and even some of the exquisitely embroidered baby clothes on offer . |
| 12 | Philip and his friends looked on in silence and apprehension , until they saw Alexander turn back towards them at the end of the gallop , and return joyful and triumphant with his success . |
| 13 | Bohr and his friends hammered out an approach to the understanding of quantum theory which hardened into a rigid orthodoxy prescribed for the faithful . |
| 14 | He was droopy and small for his age and his joints stuck out at knees and wrists and elbows as if he was waiting to grow into them , like clothes . |
| 15 | His own farming seems not to have been profitable , however , perhaps because of his other activities ; he and his heirs sold off over 500 acres in the later seventeenth century . |
| 16 | Richard and his Brabançons carried out this task with an efficiency which must have shattered many observers accustomed to a more leisurely way of doing things . |
| 17 | The doctor looked down on to the younger children 's heads and his teeth clamped down even harder on his cigar . |
| 18 | He was speaking at a lunch organised by the Industrial Development Board for leading businessmen in the Province , and his words went down well . |
| 19 | Nathaniel Sherman jabbed a thumb against his own chest and his words came out in a fierce undertone . |
| 20 | His throat had been badly scarred by praxis gas during a bankruptcy action three years ago , and his words came out sounding like fingernails scratching glass . |
| 21 | To there in spirit can you fly , Slorne , a place where … ’ and his words drifted on as the evening drew into darkness ; and she found comfort in them . |
| 22 | His sweat-shirt carried the slogan : ‘ No ! to Trident ! ’ , and his jeans seemed about to fall apart . |
| 23 | His eyes searched hers with fierce intensity , and his lips hovered over her own . |
| 24 | Bigwig 's eyes were closed and his lips pulled back from the long front teeth in a fixed snarl . |
| 25 | He touched his torn face and his lips drew back in a snarl . |
| 26 | General Alexander and his troops carried out a magnificent fighting retreat and held up the Japanese advance until the rains broke , thus saving four months ' valuable time in which preparations could be made to repel the Japs if they attempted to invade India . |
| 27 | The man reared back in pain and his hands went up to his face . |
| 28 | He smiled at her , and his hands came down on her shoulders to draw her towards him . |
| 29 | Now , as his mouth covered hers and his hands slid down to cup her breasts and tease the nipples into eager life , she felt again the power and the passion that made everything right . |
| 30 | His lips came down again and his hands slid down her back , urging her up against him . |