Example sentences of "his [noun pl] and [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As his experiences clearly influence his policies and following his recent interview in The Sun , can the Prime Minister now tell the House exactly when he was unemployed ? |
| 2 | An unemployed engineer in Coventry , who joined the Labour Party after being made redundant , walks to all his meetings and reckons he wears out his shoes three times faster than when he was working . |
| 3 | Like Tanya , he has no bad feelings towards his employers and says his redundancy was handled well . |
| 4 | He was a strict disciplinarian whose word was law and , while players could argue with his views and put their own ideas to him freely , he would tolerate no arguing with umpires ; when Sobers once disputed an lbw decision he was reprimanded in front of the team . |
| 5 | Outside in the street , where she could raise her voice again , she almost shouted at him , telling him he was to stop behaving as if he had been right and she wrong — as if he believed she now shared his views and endorsed his ridiculous maunderings . |
| 6 | Another member of staff recognised the defendant from his schooldays and told him to give himself up . |
| 7 | He put his elbows on the table , interlacing his fingers and resting his chin on them , gazing at her seriously , and Merrill fought against the glow his words had lit inside her . |
| 8 | Whitlock peeled off several notes from the roll and the man snatched them from his fingers and stuffed them into his pocket . |
| 9 | He swivelled and in one swift movement gripped her jaw between his fingers and lifted her mouth to his , raking his pirating lips over it again and again , a groan of deep desire wrenched from the depths of his being . |
| 10 | She would bite off all his fingers and eat them , the way Smallfry said she would if ever he was caught stealing . |
| 11 | Kirov stooped over his crumpled form , retrieving the photograph from between his fingers and tucking it safely into his inside pocket . |
| 12 | He shrugged , then linked his fingers and made his knuckles crack . |
| 13 | He wiped the scattered crumbs on his tray to a neat heap and then pinched them between his fingers and gobbled them . |
| 14 | She did n't like the way he just snapped his fingers and expected her to follow . |
| 15 | Siegfried carefully lifted the thing , shook the milk from his fingers and studied it with interest . |
| 16 | He felt the glass being tweaked from his fingers and opened his eyes to see her disappearing into the kitchen . |
| 17 | He was warned that he risked not being able to read Braille if he worked with the soil because it would cut his fingers and reduce their sensitivity . |
| 18 | After 22 months , does he not yet understand that sitting there crossing his fingers and closing his eyes will not bring recovery ? |
| 19 | Alec , still tearful , examined his fingers and shook his head slowly . |
| 20 | Holly took the bread and tugged it between his fingers and wolfed it to his mouth . |
| 21 | When he read from Mr Thackeray 's Book of Snobs , choosing the ‘ Great City Snob ’ as his text , imitating the while Sir Thomas 's mannerism of impatiently snapping his fingers and clasping his lapel , followed by his grave walk , hands behind back , no one had had the least doubt as to whom was meant . |
| 22 | She grasped both his hands and sank to her knees , pressing her lips to his fingers and whispering her thanks — though whether to himself or to God , he could not be sure , and was n't much interested . |
| 23 | With a lifetime of practice behind him he rolled a passable cigarette in his fingers and lit it . |
| 24 | Rioters attacked one man with pool cues , breaking his fingers and smashing his cheekbone . |
| 25 | He smoothed the paper with his fingers and gave it to her . |
| 26 | His deeds had made his name synonymous with victory ; the Almoravids feared and hated him ; he had overcome all his enemies and won his way back to the position of Alfonso 's vassal — although , in fact , he overshadowed the King in such a way that Alfonso virtually faded from the scene in the next few years . |
| 27 | Realizing they were both going through the roof with nerves , Luke put down his notes and tipped his battered Panama over his snub nose . |
| 28 | He can appear in so doing to have his opinions and to eat them too . |
| 29 | She made him take tap classes to loosen his ankles and gave him daily exercises to do under her assistant 's instruction . |
| 30 | Brutus was the only person in the play who was n't working for himself and although he was idealistic , he stuck to his plans and carried them through . |