Example sentences of "with his [noun] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such times , sometimes , Rubberneck would run with his fists clenched tight and his mouth snarled to bare his teeth ; yellow fangs , side incisors , and it was lucky for the teachers that they did not catch him . |
| 2 | Often I would see Clary , with his guitar strumming familiar tunes , accompanied by his hoarse , amiable voice , enticing an audience as they laughed along with him . |
| 3 | Shaikh Khalifa continued during 1990 with his plans to introduce new blood into the country 's leading positions ; in January Abdulla Khalid al-Attiya , an experienced commercial banker , was appointed head of the Qatar Monetary Agency [ see p. 37432 ] . |
| 4 | She had never seen him with his hair cut short , and the absence of the red-blond locks made him for a moment unrecognisable . |
| 5 | To feel him touching her , to see him looking at her with his heart washed clean of all the old hatred . |
| 6 | There 's this poor devil , this corpse , you see , lying on the table with his guts laid open and all these students … ’ |
| 7 | Old Donald touched the peats with his fingers to bring more of the dry brown fibres above the flames . |
| 8 | I seemed to think that I 'd seen scores of other holy pictures just like it ; God with his fingers held funny and always with one pointing upwards . |
| 9 | ‘ Maybe in 10 years time the public wo n't mind a man who does n't live with his wife having such an important religious role . |
| 10 | And it was in Paris that the Liszt-Thalberg rivalry began ( though it was not a thing of their own making , and there does not seem to have been any genuine animosity between them ) ; when they played in a contest in an aristocratic household Thalberg was declared the first pianist in the world and Liszt was thus deemed to have won on points , and it was said that Thalberg departed with his head hung low . |
| 11 | He left with his head held high , but what did he have on his head ? |
| 12 | Sometimes I picture him walking out with his head held high and his step straight . |
| 13 | Mr Fujimori 's manoeuvrings with his ministers remain enigmatic . |
| 14 | Within a few months of his execution a comment in the Notable British Trials volume which dealt with his case put this misgiving into perspective . |
| 15 | Walton worked an 18-hour day , but to begin with his enterprise looked unpromising . |
| 16 | With his party winning 20 seats — two fewer than in the previous parliament — Mr Ashdown conceded that the high hopes generated by his widely praised campaign had not been fulfilled . |
| 17 | With his party winning 20 seats — two fewer than in the previous parliament — Mr Ashdown conceded that the high hopes generated by his widely praised campaign had not been fulfilled . |
| 18 | a private from 1 Para , 5 airborne Brigade , with his face camouflaged ready for Exercise Roaring Lion |
| 19 | He rode with his legs spread wide , boots skimming the riverbed . |
| 20 | And then , that if he could walk with his eyes shut all the way back to the town , it might magick him back . |
| 21 | Evan spends much of the time with his eyes clamped shut , rocking gently and scraping notes out of his sore , croaking throat . |
| 22 | And here he was with his eyes burning bright . |
| 23 | Does lazy , for example , mean the person arrives late every day , or takes an excessive lunch break , or never volunteers for anything , or lies about with his eyes closed half the time ? |
| 24 | There were momentary pauses at the end of each prescribed period when one god with his burden succeeded another . |
| 25 | I do n't think the David Gedge that sat at home with his girlfriend exists any more . |
| 26 | I 'm about three inches taller , and unless he gets close with his hands held high , I know I can take him out . |
| 27 | Trentham rose slowly from the top of the pulpit and began to descend the stone steps with his hands held high above his head . |
| 28 | He began to chafe her with his hands to get some warmth into her , and suddenly , and to his complete astonishment , they were making love . |
| 29 | Now he stood near the door with his hands clasping each other behind his back and his scalp itching furiously in the heat . |
| 30 | He even patted Nick on the head and called him ‘ Young Nicodemus ’ , which amazed Nick so much he sat with his mouth hanging open and barely touched the roast meat on his plate . |