Example sentences of "the same [noun sg] [verb] his " in BNC.

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1 In a few minutes the same policeman forced his way through the mob to the gallery .
2 Near the close , Holding began to lay about him and was dropped off a skyer ; next morning he continued in the same vein to ensure his team a first innings lead , and ensure , too , that Bob Willis 's Test career would end on an unhappy note as it was he who took most of the stick .
3 The same faculty considered his options .
4 In the same year appeared his next book , Unum Necessarium or The Doctrine and Practice of Repentance .
5 Time for the same man to complete his work in Finland , then catch a plane to London and hire a car to take him to Suffolk .
6 WHILE the Communist Party 's Moscow chief was being sacked on Tuesday , the same fate befell his counterpart in the Soviet Union 's second city , Leningrad , — apparently for similar reasons .
7 WHILE the Communist Party 's Moscow chief was being sacked on Tuesday , the same fate befell his counterpart in the Soviet Union 's second city , Leningrad , — apparently for similar reasons .
8 Such was his disillusionment that he gave up the practice of medicine for a while and supported himself and his growing family by undertaking translation work , at the same time pursuing his chemical and botanical studies .
9 The Collector , trying to prise the Padre 's fingers from his throat and at the same time turn his head , was just able to see a pink young face with a blond moustache surmounting a brilliant scarlet tunic .
10 To Henry it may well have seemed a sensible way of killing two birds with one stone — chastising rebels and at the same time providing his warlike second son with useful experience .
11 Guido smiled suddenly , once more taking Ronni by surprise — and at the same time displaying his perfect white teeth .
12 In a campaign characterized by televised smears and counter-smears but which appeared not to excite the expected level of public interest , Labour managers stressed the readiness of party leader Itzhak Rabin to move ahead decisively with the Middle East peace process , while at the same time emphasising his hardline credentials .
13 The Commander did not cease to deny the accusations of Timothy Gedge , while at the same time seeking his wife 's forgiveness in a general way .
14 Paul wanted to retch , and at the same time felt his member thrusting against his clothes ; there was no denying that he had wanted this , when all was said , for a long time .
15 Harris married in 1820 and about the same time began his long association with the British Museum , where , in addition to supplying facsimiles , he served as an attendant in the reading rooms .
16 Barman Mike Wheeler slipped whilst attempting to catch the picture , badly slashing his wrist on the broken glass and at the same time dropping his lighted cigarette into a box of Buxtons Tripe and Strawberry Flavoured Crisps .
17 He laid emphasis on the ‘ Mrs ’ , at the same time bowing his head in a servile manner .
18 Our first object must be to antagonize the poison and at the same time uphold his powers .
19 When the defender sees the attack coming , he steps back smartly and at the same time raises his hand to execute an inside block .
20 Reacting instantly , Curtis jerked the wheel hard over and sideswiped the other car , at the same time jerking his foot from the gas pedal .
21 Denis Thatcher , who was knocking golf balls into cups , was at the same time rehearsing his speech , to be delivered at lunch that Thursday to the Hove Rotary Club .
22 They argue that Mrs Aquino can heal old wounds by allowing the former dictator to come home , at the same time disarming his supporters who scream that he is being done an injustice .
23 Edward Blishen , the presenter , has an enviable gift for sketching in background and perspective , drawing up different strands of what was happening at the same time to make his argument , all with ease .
24 Graeme 's other option is to move his back foot back and across towards the off stump , but at the same time keeping his head forward over the perpendicular with the front knee .
25 He waited with eyes properly closed until he felt her breath on his cheek , her hand touch his forehead , then clapped his own over it , at the same time opening his eyes wide , smiling as she jumped .
26 Seeing her as innately beautiful , especially after she gave birth to the child she was bearing , was to applaud her regeneration and at the same time redeem his own unattractiveness .
27 From the beginning , Frohnmayer seemed to be trying to please the avant-garde artistic community while at the same time proclaiming his own high moral stance he actually is the possessor of a degree in Christian ethics from the University of Chicago .
28 How could she detest him , despise him , distrust him , and at the same time crave his friendship ?
29 Did the girl from Aberdeen really say , " Och , no , not on the table ! " as my father flattened a bluebottle with his hand , and did he really put down a newspaper on the same table to eat his breakfast ?
30 He was awarded his first degree by the college where he was now a fellow , spent a year in the United States , and came back to the same college to complete his PhD .
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