Example sentences of "his [noun pl] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Campbell was little concerned with the lives of ordinary seamen ; nor did he reflect the alarm which many of his contemporaries felt about the sea and the behaviour of those who sailed on it . |
| 2 | In addition to its constitutional implications , the dispute also raised the possibility that charges against Noriega would have to be dismissed because the taping of his calls went beyond the routine monitoring applied to other federal inmates and , therefore , represented a violation of his rights . |
| 3 | He was not an intellectual ; he made constant use of anecdotal evidence and some of his views bordered on the banal , but one of his great strengths has always been his resolute attachment to a few simple conservative themes . |
| 4 | His increasing literary output must also have been making him and his views known to the public . |
| 5 | With Osbern of Eu and a group of his own leaders and their following , Thorfinn had visited the Lothians and made his views known to the offending bands with frightening precision . |
| 6 | Waking in his room at the week-ends , Sandra was there beside him , her head against his shoulder , the sun-bleached hair half-covering her ears ; the warm curve of her body shuddered a little when he stroked it , his fingers traced round the freckles on her shoulder , islands on an ocean of tanned skin . |
| 7 | Then , as if the cotton of her nightdress was a hindrance to him , she felt his fingers busy at the ribbon ties at the shoulders . |
| 8 | Ludens , steadying Marcus 's head with one hand , his fingers plunged into the short hair , and slowly and firmly moving the very sharp instrument , felt like an acolyte performing a dangerous task , perhaps intended as a test . |
| 9 | I sat in front of him watching as he ate , my eyes following his hand from the moment his fingers plunged into the bowl until it rose into the air , and carried the food into his mouth . |
| 10 | She could feel his fingers moving over the slenderness of her neck like gentle questions , gauging her reaction , lingering against the racing pulse , assessing her feelings . |
| 11 | Jake sat back in his chair , his fingers toying with the glass paperweight , yet looking totally composed again , back to his old self . |
| 12 | His fingers clawed at the air , his eyes bulged , spittle sprayed from his lips . |
| 13 | Dong , sensing his brother 's fear , reached quietly behind him in the darkness with his free hand until his fingers brushed against the face of the malaria victim ; the clammy flesh , already growing cold , was slippery with rain and the sweat of the fatal climatic fever , and in the moment that his hand recoiled from the contact Dong knew that they would not be able to avoid the horror of a burial this time . |
| 14 | She watched his fingers gouging into the smooth , stinking mud , the bottom . |
| 15 | His hand went out , reached for the submachine gun , his fingers tightening on the stock . |
| 16 | Sheldukher whispered in the Doctor 's ear His fingers tightened around the trigger of his laser pistol . |
| 17 | His fingers tightened around the steering-wheel , their knuckles draining white . |
| 18 | He let his fingers drift across the paper like a dowser ; as if , somehow , among the fractured patterns on the page , he might suddenly feel the heat of Ross 's madness . |
| 19 | Marco stood behind Tabitha , his fingers hooked in the web above her head . |
| 20 | Her breath caught as his fingers moved against the rise of her breasts . |
| 21 | He held her close , one hand at her waist , the other supporting her back , his fingers stroking at the base of her neck , sending delightful shivers , signals of desire , up and down her spine . |
| 22 | His lips were hard , fierce , they explored and probed as he held her head with both his hands , his fingers stroking through the curls distractedly , almost wildly . |
| 23 | She noticed his fingers drumming on the table as his fiancée — ex-fiancée — chatted on and on . |
| 24 | Cameron spent a lot of time sitting at his piano with the lid down , his fingers resting on the wood , whistling unconsciously . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | She felt his fingers digging into the side of her breast . |
| 27 | Robyn watched as his hands moulded and caressed each silken mound , heard the gasp of delight escape from her own lips as his fingers played with the darkened peaks . |
| 28 | ‘ I thought you were going to undress me very slowly ? ’ she murmured , as his fingers went to the satin-covered buttons on her blouse . |
| 29 | His fingers dispensed with the buttons on the front of her dress and his hands , warm and firm and so , so clever , slipped inside and teased at the lace of her bra . |
| 30 | His fingers curled around the butt of the gun , taking up a gentle purchase on the trigger . |