Example sentences of "i [vb past] his [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think I met his persian cat once , during a persian cat fair in Paris . |
| 2 | You should have brought it , but I erm , a friend of mine — he 's a publisher in San Jose , California , and erm I designed his latest newspaper over the telephone . |
| 3 | ‘ I never thought I 'd be able to pick out Matthew , but I found his individual scent unmistakable , without really being conscious of it , ’ said Adele . |
| 4 | I found his professional knowledge and experience for the management of patients severely disabled consequent upon head injury , to be extremely valuable . |
| 5 | Needless to say , I found his political philosophy disagreeable and unacceptable , but as my mission was to reach agreement I avoided becoming involved in basic considerations or in any way assessing the value of white rule as against black . |
| 6 | I caught his strange perfume and gazed into those clear , glass-like eyes . |
| 7 | But as he left I caught his hang-dog stare |
| 8 | I snatched his sliding door open and went back into the arctic cold where I punched the button to summon the lift . |
| 9 | I was so affected by his discovery that I pursued his future career with the Museum Service and later visited him in his cardboard box . |
| 10 | I used his own tie as a tourniquet . |
| 11 | I mimicked his slow accent , and the mimicry made him turn and stare at me , and the look on his face instantly made me regret my mimicry . |
| 12 | I hated his drunken ways , his many mistresses , his hard , scarred body . |
| 13 | She seemed most impressed , and said that I should meet her boyfriend who was looking for a bass player , and so I joined his jazz-rock band back in 1973 and we did some touring in Britain . |
| 14 | ‘ I knocked his front teeth out . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ You 're too proud , ’ I scolded him as I brushed his black hair . |
| 16 | Though he did not make me as starry-eyed as Daisy Yates , he was the best-looking man of any age I had ever seen , and I adored his old-fashioned manners . |
| 17 | I was laughing , but I sensed his sudden excitement . |
| 18 | He ducked into one of the caves and I followed his bent back and the torchlight in the chill and damp . |
| 19 | I followed his pointed finger and saw the plane , not very high above the horizon . |
| 20 | I followed his chosen route through army and university but my heart was n't in it . |
| 21 | I named his prep school . |
| 22 | I named his public school . |
| 23 | Busby added : ‘ Peter Reid offered me a chance to be involved in the game , and I appreciated his helping hand . |
| 24 | He had a point , though I ca n't say I appreciated his little joke at the time . |
| 25 | I watched his profiled face . |
| 26 | I watched his shaking shoulders go out of the gate and disappear round the corner . |
| 27 | One day when he was extremely unrealistic and euphoric , I really became upset ; it was like going in to see a stranger — he was receiving a high dosage of morphine at that time — and I called his pulmonary doctor and requested that something be done or an explanation be given . |
| 28 | In many ways , I knew his uncompromising attitude was the right one , but I also knew that if Frontenac owned the rights to the novel as librettist , Jean-Claude 's version would be stillborn . |
| 29 | I saw his fancy woman by chance one day . |
| 30 | When I saw his blue eyes open wide in surprise , I felt very sorry I had lied , and that evening , as soon as I found Joe alone for a moment , I confessed to him that I had lied about my visit to Miss Havisham . |