Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [verb] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Are you jealous ? ’ he whispered thickly , his heart beating hard as he crushed her to his chest . |
| 2 | Charlie could feel his heart pumping away as the colour-sergeant knocked quietly on the door . |
| 3 | The problem was that the premises of his own theory required the answer to this question to remain always in abeyance , while his text enacts rather than resolves the equivocality of the choice which it sets up . |
| 4 | Rune 's eyes swept across her open face and she saw his jaw tighten momentarily as he clearly read her distress . |
| 5 | His jaw dropped slightly as he took them in : one Picasso , from his Cubist period ; two superb Braques ; an early Kandinsky ; a Mondrian ; one of Rothko 's red series ; a vast and tormented Jackson Pollock . |
| 6 | He is bushy-tailed and defiantly optimistic for the new decade — which in his case starts early when the still battered England cricket team leave for the West Indies in less than three weeks . |
| 7 | In the match of the tournament , Drake took the first set 6–3 only to see his advantage melt away as Alger powered his way back into the reckoning with a blistering 6–1 win in the second . |
| 8 | but his responsibility runs downwards as well to the managers of his team . ’ |
| 9 | His chest burned savagely as the ropes bit into his skin . |
| 10 | He looked to belong to a different generation from that of Dysart and Ockleton , his face flushed and lined beneath a mane of grey hair , his chest heaving desperately as he lowered himself into the wheelchair . |
| 11 | … screaming as he lurched from his bed , his hands groping for his throat , his chest heaving convulsively as he fought for air . |
| 12 | Fran blushed crimson as she realised that he was staring at her , one corner of his mouth lifted mockingly as though he could read her thoughts . |
| 13 | The man 's gaze raked her clear complexion and pale gold hair , then his mouth twisted slightly as he drawled in a sardonic tone , ‘ What 's the matter , Cornflower ? |
| 14 | His mouth twisted slightly as he found the ignition and they set off , leaving behind a trail of smoke . |
| 15 | Fen was breathing hoarsely now , his mouth moving downward until his face was buried between her breasts . |
| 16 | All of them want the Chancellor , Norman Lamont , to explain his forward thinking clearly when he gets to his feet in the Commons on 16 March . |
| 17 | All of them want the Chancellor , Norman Lamont , to explain his forward thinking clearly when he gets to his feet in the Commons on 16 March . |
| 18 | Gradually his playing became better than his singing . |
| 19 | Leaning forward , his body stiffened suddenly as the bright orange float took a dive and disappeared from view . |
| 20 | Although Turner made inroads into the white vote , it appeared that his failure to attract more than 37 per cent of the Hispanic vote resulted in his defeat . |
| 21 | He held a chair in physics from 1937 until his retirement publishing more than 150 papers on atomic and nuclear physics . |
| 22 | Steward had announced he was retiring at the end of that season but his retirement happened earlier than anticipated . |
| 23 | His brow creased ominously as he pulled his lean length upright . |
| 24 | Ray Highsmith has two children , and his wife works there as well . |
| 25 | Alan was concentrating too , his shoulders hunched , his head moving slightly as he read . |
| 26 | His head slumped forward as he gave up the ghost . |
| 27 | His head bent quickly as his other arm drew her against him . |
| 28 | But his distaste went deeper than irritation at an unwelcome complication to his inquiry , at the bizarre intrusion of irrationality into a job so firmly rooted in the search for evidence which would stand up in court , documented , demonstrable , real . |
| 29 | His father left home when he was three , and his mother took on additional jobs , enabling the children to attend the village school . |
| 30 | His father says more than once that he has seen men his own age outside the Century 2000 club in Lothian Road , punching and kicking wives or girlfriends . |