Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tallboy was n't sure how to judge his superior 's tone but he needed a fillip to his esteem right now so he looked on the bright side . |
| 2 | It 's just a pity we do n't live in the era when a man could set his mistress up somewhere and know she 'd be there waiting for him whenever he felt the urge to see her , but was never , ever seen with her in public . ’ |
| 3 | He brought back his foot as far as it would go and channelled all its hydraulic power into a forceful throw . |
| 4 | ‘ Trouble with this door , ’ Deuce explained to Nicholas , who stood a few paces away sipping his champagne too quickly and ignoring the come-on of one of the dancing youths . |
| 5 | ‘ He has played out of his skin twice now but he will admit that one-day internationals are a different game to Tests . |
| 6 | We had to get him telling his story as soon as possible . |
| 7 | He still has sufficient force , passion and reputation to get his way if he puts his case forcefully enough and yesterday he spent some time in conclave with Carrick , Neil Hartley and coach Doug Padgett . |
| 8 | He said this in his firm business voice , not his usually listless home voice , and she accepted his direction as readily as one of his mechanics would have done . |
| 9 | By using body weight through the mastfoot a good sailor will waterstart and sail his board more efficiently than a bad one . |
| 10 | The unthinking Christian may believe his faith as unthinkingly as the unthinking pagan . |
| 11 | It was not like Karr to use his privilege so crudely and for a moment he had been concerned by his friend 's behaviour . |
| 12 | Isabel needed his protection as far as Winchester , and if he did n't have those answers before they arrived he would keep her under restraint until he unlocked every secret she possessed . |
| 13 | He was taken off his drip again overnight and has had his first proper feed . |
| 14 | Indeed , he took his responsibility so seriously that he had to be dissuaded from resignation . |
| 15 | Drink had made George sentimental and he turned his mouth down lugubriously as he remembered his steady and the down payment on the furniture . |
| 16 | She told him she did n't want to be his agent any longer if he did n't need her advice , though it would be pleasant if he ever wanted her friendship . |
| 17 | He wrote in his Testament not long before he died : " While I was living in sin , it seemed a very bitter thing to look at lepers ; but the Lord Himself led me among them , and I had compassion on them . |
| 18 | Rachel stiffened , wondering what was coming next , thinking that Belinda might ask why Jennifer was n't his girlfriend any longer and wondering how he would answer , but she had n't bargained for Belinda 's line of reasoning . |
| 19 | The knight had to swerve at the last moment to avoid a head-on collision with his opponent , but at the same time he had to couch his lance to his side as tightly as possible with his hand and under his arm so that the lance blow was struck with all the weight and momentum of his horse behind it , for if in swerving aside he moved his hand or used his arm to thrust at his opponent then a blow delivered in this manner would have no effect whatever . |
| 20 | But Nocker , the part he played in Camel was no Bilko , even though he threw his weight around just as though he were head of the transport squad at Fort Baxter . |
| 21 | You have to make sure every time that the patient takes his weight as evenly as possible on both legs , with his trunk and arms in the right position . |
| 22 | For seventeen , he was big and heavily built , but the man who carried him was so tall and held his weight so easily that there was no doubt who he was . |
| 23 | ‘ It seems that he reversed his car rather quickly and in doing so he inadvertently used too much gas , ’ said Mr Tweddle . |
| 24 | Offer to clean his car both inside and out . |
| 25 | The gaoler was appointed , made his living as best as he could from bribes , favours , anxious relatives and profits from the already meagre food allocation — and was allowed to get on with it . |
| 26 | The voice always seemed to come from the shadows or from somewhere just aside from where he was looking ; and usually the words did n't make any sense , and they passed through his mind so quickly that they 'd gone before he could reach for them . |
| 27 | I would make the most accom-plished tart , as well as Hero 's Muse , I thought , as I relieved his tension as expertly as a doctor lancing a boil . |
| 28 | He got up from his seat as quickly as his thick furs and old muscles would allow , kicked some slates and books out of his way across the glass floor and started inspecting a pillar a few metres away . |
| 29 | But when you 're a £2.5m striker who 's living up to his price-tag as spectacularly as he has done , there are always going to be people out to bring you down a peg or two . |
| 30 | First , the producer sells his work not directly but to a distributive intermediary , who then becomes , in a majority of cases , his factual if often occasional employer . |