Example sentences of "his [noun pl] [verb] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marco stood behind Tabitha , his fingers hooked in the web above her head . |
| 2 | She flinched as Stephen laid his hands on her naked shoulders and planted a hungry kiss on the side of her neck his fingers fumbling in the thick folds of the towel , seeking her breasts . |
| 3 | His fingers tangled in the smooth swath of her hair . |
| 4 | His flames whipped in the wind like a tattered kite . |
| 5 | He showed some nepotistic , or rather patrimonial skill in getting his sons placed in the public service ; his failure to have amassed even a modest competence of wealth may be taken to argue either extreme probity or reckless extravagance , but more likely arose from having over-extended his credit in trying to send supplies to Ireland back in 1642 . |
| 6 | Tolkien himself fought in ‘ the war to end all wars ’ , but saw his sons fighting in the one after that . |
| 7 | Patrick dressed quickly , his teeth chattering in the chill air , and then hurried down to the kitchen . |
| 8 | and does n't smile like other people — his teeth pose in the nude |
| 9 | He had begun by characterizing the struggle for an energy policy as the ‘ moral equivalent of war ’ , but then , for long periods , his enthusiasm for this cause appeared to wane while his proposals floundered in the legislative maze . |
| 10 | His words hung in the air between them , in that cypress-scented garden . |
| 11 | His words rang in the clear air and she could feel her head swimming from the enormity of what he had just said . |
| 12 | Tate was staring at her , the lenses of his spectacles glittering in the reflected light . |
| 13 | Unfortunately , Dr Rydell ca n't yet test this idea as he does n't know where his bats roost in the spring and autumn , but his case is supported by the behaviour of another insectivorous bat , the parti-coloured bat , in Denmark . |
| 14 | Warm scents rose from a honeysuckle hedge at Monboddo , the much-changed home of a man who , according to Sir Walter Scott , went out at night with a candle to inspect his turnips growing in the fields ; who , hating to sit behind a horse 's backside , would not travel in a carriage and therefore — he was in his eighties — rode to London on horseback ; who took a cold bath every day and damaged his children 's health by insisting they did the same ; and who , when in residence at Edinburgh , gave dinner parties at which his wine-flagons were wreathed in garlands of roses . |
| 15 | Subject to the contrary agreement of the partners : ( 5 ) Every partner may take part in the management of the partnership business ( 7 ) No partner may be introduced as a partner without the consent of all existing partners ( 8 ) Any difference arising as to ordinary matters connected with the partnership business may be decided by a majority of the partners , but no change may be made in the nature of the partnership business without the consent of all existing partners It is obvious enough that if a partner is to be held responsible for the acts of his co-partners committed in the name of the firm he should in principle have : ( 1 ) unrestricted access to information about those acts ; ( 2 ) every right , indeed a duty , to assume personal responsibility ( equally with his co-partners ) for the conduct of the firm 's affairs ; and ( 3 ) the right ( by exercise of a veto ) to prevent any act for which he is unwilling to accept liability . |
| 16 | Barry had been sitting , hunched up on his stool , his heels caught in the crossbar , now he became agitated . |
| 17 | As he hit the water , his legs flailed in the mid-air running motion like a character in a Tom and Jerry cartoon and he quickly struck out for a convenient ladder as I hastily brought Venturous to a standstill some feet off the pier . |
| 18 | His damp back plucked at his shirt , and his legs prickled in the heavy trousers . |
| 19 | Francois Dupeyron , first-time writer-director , is a natural talent ; his images linger in the mind long after you have left the cinema . |
| 20 | His dark brows rose , his eyes gleaming in the reflected light . |
| 21 | ‘ And you , ’ his eyes took in the other four , ‘ to your tasks , if you please . ’ |
| 22 | Delaney nodded , his eyes taking in the rest of the diagram . |
| 23 | Delaney stepped into the wheelhouse , his eyes taking in the smashed console , then dropping down to the grisly , earthly remains of Grant . |
| 24 | He smiled and began to climb the slope again , slowly , looking about him all the while , his eyes taking in the ruins , the distant , cloud-wreathed mountains , the two horses grazing just below them . |
| 25 | Tsu Ma looked about him , suddenly angry , his eyes taking in the waste of it all . |
| 26 | ‘ About time , ’ he said , his eyes taking in the picture she made . |
| 27 | I could only see his eyes shining in the light of the fire . |
| 28 | An unfinished coffin on black tressels , which stood in the middle of the shop , looked so gloomy and death-like that a cold tremble came over him , every time his eyes wandered in the direction of the dismal object : from which he almost expected to see some frightful form slowly rear its head , to drive him mad with terror . |
| 29 | Only his eyes burned in the flawless face . |
| 30 | His shirt-tails flapping in the breeze , he faced the green at an angle of forty-five degrees and sliced every shot . |