Example sentences of "his [noun pl] [coord] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ No , ’ he answered , and he picked at one of the nails on his fingers and stared at the floorboards wishing he could disappear into them . |
| 2 | The stones struck his fingers and knuckles with stinging force , but the pain made sweeter the success that now followed , as the speed and motion of the multifarious shapes and colours began to describe images in the air above the Bowl . |
| 3 | ‘ Go on , Hector ! ’ ordered Mr Beckenham , clicking his fingers and pointing to the door . |
| 4 | He tried to reach across with his left hand and snatch the blade away , but his hands were held apart , and he was pinned down struggling and sobbing until the dagger slid slowly out of his fingers and clattered on the flags . |
| 5 | Nothing goes right for Walter ; his father dies early , soon followed by his mother , a rigid , religious woman , who treats the boy harshly but teaches him good conduct , to write and to hold down a job in a sweet factory where he is patronised by his superiors and ridiculed by his fellow workers . |
| 6 | He said the company had an overdraft , but it was doing well and Roger Tucker just needed some security to show his superiors and to hold for three weeks . |
| 7 | His cord trousers are still rolled down round his ankles and get in the way and we have to stop and turn him over and pull the trousers back up , fastening them by one button . |
| 8 | He is there again in the frontispiece , like a figure in the Tarot cards , breaking his chains and dancing towards the spheres . |
| 9 | Undressing quickly , he cleaned his teeth and flopped into bed . |
| 10 | Paul grits his teeth and says to Keith , ‘ I love him . ’ |
| 11 | He took the cheroot from between his teeth and looked at me gravely . |
| 12 | Zacchaeus gritted his teeth and waited for a great long telling off from Jesus . |
| 13 | JACQUES DELORS swallowed hard , gritted his teeth and sent off the telegram : ‘ Dear John , congratulations on your election victory . |
| 14 | By the close of the first day , though , they had lost Broad , and Pat Pocock , going in as nightwatchman , had told the England physiotherapist Bernard Thomas that he had cleaned his teeth and gargled in case Thomas had to give him the kiss of life . |
| 15 | Athelstan ground his teeth and glared at the coroner but Sir John smiled sweetly back as if innocent of any devious stratagem . |
| 16 | Graham Sheward , a 54-year-old from Colchester , is no stranger to gritting his teeth and mixing with the best in various stamina events , feeding off an Army career which included a back-breaking spell in the Parachute Regiment . |
| 17 | She lay there , stripped and vulnerable , while the senior registrar stabbed a finger , clenched his teeth and shook with unspent rage at her questions . |
| 18 | This practically ruined him but rather than take the easy way out and declare himself bankrupt , he called a meeting of his creditors and asked for time to pay . |
| 19 | Nowhere was the call for a new attitude more clear than in the inquiry conducted at Manchester University by Michael Sadler and his associates and published in 1907 . |
| 20 | And mixed farming instead of taking up his hedges and going for wheat or sugar beet like the rest of them . ’ |
| 21 | Even with his skills and influence at the Prime Minister 's disposal , however , by the end of January Miyazawa 's future tenure as Prime Minister appeared to be distinctly uncertain . |
| 22 | " Fools attract elil by being easy prey , " said Bigwig , cleaning the mud out of his whiskers and blowing through his long front teeth . |
| 23 | The picture was as flat and uncommunicative as all his pictures and seemed to be an asexual kind of pin-up . |
| 24 | At some later date he abandoned all his offices and journeyed to the Hijaz ( which journey both Mecdi and el-Kefevi have taken to be for the purpose of going on the pilgrimage ) ; alter his return he did not again hold any office . |
| 25 | He went and got his overcoat and put it on over his pyjamas and sat at the table smoking a cigarette . |
| 26 | She was so pleased to hear him laugh that she ignored his words and sat on the floor at his feet . |
| 27 | James dropped his pen , adjusted his spectacles and fumbled through the back of the score-book . |
| 28 | " Are you hiding something interesting under your jacket , Kim ? " asked the American , dropping playfully to his knees and pointing to the moving lump . |
| 29 | Well , never let it be said I disappointed a lady ! ’ he growled , coming to his knees and reaching for her . |
| 30 | He slipped a hot crumbling piece of fish into his mouth , placed the warm bag of chips on his knees and turned to page 11 . |