Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [adv] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bardsley put his teacup down and said in a melancholy voice , ‘ I was thinking of taking him into partnership , but business has n't been that good lately . |
| 2 | Nora eased his shirt off and began on her own dress and stays . |
| 3 | Just pull his shirt out and mess up his hair a little , and his friends would be happy . |
| 4 | Anyway , Benguiat made up to him and gave him a big kiss and then the next day things got bad again because Parkinson was going to in room number two above this floor to sort out his slides and Benguiat had been in there and evidently he had just decided to tuck his shirt in and loosen his trousers and while he was tucking his shirt in Parkinson came in and says aha , caught you with your pants down , and Benguiat storms out of the room . |
| 5 | And they spat on him , and took the reed and began to beat him on the head , and after they had mocked him they took his robe off and put his garments on them and led him away to be , to crucify him . |
| 6 | He took his foot away and pushed the crate into place where it acted as a stop to prevent the door from sliding back open again . |
| 7 | Without any warning whatsoever , the man holding her swung his foot back and kicked her legs out from under her with a careless , emotionless violence that wrenched a panic-stricken scream from her throat . |
| 8 | He put his foot down and roared away . |
| 9 | If he actually put his foot down and said , ‘ No , I think that 's ridiculous ’ , everyone shut up and listened , and I feel that this was the first time that he realised that he did have the powers of leadership , not only on stage but also off stage . ’ |
| 10 | Doyle put his foot down and drove straight at the men . |
| 11 | Muttering very unscientific speculations in a number of alien languages about the car 's origins and usefulness , the Doctor kept his foot down and did his best to avoid the holes in the road . |
| 12 | Even though Stevens still needed Dean for a couple more shots , the young punk put his foot down and tore along Highway 66 at 85 miles an hour , heading for a sports car race at Salinas . |
| 13 | ANC president Nelson Mandela was informed by Bush of his decision personally and tried to dissuade him . |
| 14 | A fourth accused , Paul Brazier , 21 , of Burmola Street , Hamiltonhill , Glasgow , changed his plea yesterday and pled guilty to stealing the car and a breach of the Bail Act . |
| 15 | He also surfed all of Australia 's major breaks and , on the way home , spent 4 months in Asia , including surfing one of the world 's top ten waves in Sumatra , in addition to having his appendix out and catching malaria . |
| 16 | As Clinton Rossiter maintained , for some presidents the chief executive 's most difficult task ‘ is not to persuade Congress to support a policy dear to his political heart , but to persuade the pertinent bureau or agency or mission , even when headed by men of his own choosing , to follow his direction faithfully and transform the shadow of the policy into the substance of a program ’ . |
| 17 | Anyway , we got to the first tee and one of these immaculate guys got his driver out and hit the ball about 15 yards — and took a divot out you could put a pot plant into . |
| 18 | The boy was making straight for the stone , holding his stick up and making little darting glances all round him . |
| 19 | Arthur changed his plea half-way through his trial earlier and admitted the offence . |
| 20 | Then , seemingly not in any hurry to state his business and be away , he put his briefcase down and queried , ‘ But you are expecting someone tonight ? ’ |
| 21 | He scrambled to his feet , throwing his cloak aside and hissing at the stiff pain of his collarbone . |
| 22 | Plummer looked at his watch again and sighed . |
| 23 | He looked at his watch again and wondered if it was time to intervene . |
| 24 | Channon rates his winner highly and said : ‘ She is the best two-year-old I 've had by far . |
| 25 | He vaulted cleanly through the open window , brushed his hair back and sauntered around Stefan 's room , picking up his record book , his razor , his hat . |
| 26 | Robert patted his hair down and tried to formulate a few opening remarks . |
| 27 | Athelstan hardly recognised him : his face was a mass of sores , his hair long and matted with filth and vermin . |
| 28 | She dug her fingers in his hair convulsively and said the words which floated on top of her mind , thoughtlessly ; if she had thought about them , she would never have said them . |
| 29 | We were in a shabby little hole in Paddington , and when we came back from the pub that night he went walking up and down that hotel room , sticking his chest out and saying , ‘ I 'm the sex queen of Bloomsbury . |
| 30 | The fellow opened his mouth soundlessly and pointed back down the track . |