Example sentences of "his [noun] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was his sister who found the bodies . |
| 2 | The doctor was so pleased with his progress he said the patient could go home if Eva was going to be there to look after him . |
| 3 | When satisfied with his progress he gave the products away to any whom the doctors thought would benefit from them . |
| 4 | Most of the work on the land was done by the villa slaves under the eagle eye of the owner , and it was the way he organised his labourers which produced the better results . |
| 5 | Although his life was packed with drama , exciting travel adventures , wealth and personal idealism , yet in his heart he felt the emptiness of it all . |
| 6 | His fate , as shown by both poet and librettist , is almost foredoomed , and on his struggle they hang the themes of the harsh life of the fishing community , and the power of an indifferent Nature , moulding all men , conformists and rebels alike , to rituals of accommodation . |
| 7 | Just when it looked like the proverbial music centre was to disappear out the front door and into the sheriff 's van , Rough managed to contact his solicitors who paid the £250 Rough owed to an Edinburgh Sports Company . |
| 8 | Before he lost his money he had the good sense to commission John Soane to design the Campden Hill Square house . |
| 9 | The Ray-Bans obscured his eyes , but from the subtle hardening of his jaw she had the feeling she 'd angered him . |
| 10 | But to his horror he saw the boy cup his hands round his mouth and make a crude and earsplittingly loud imitation of a pheasant 's call . |
| 11 | What makes us greet the man is not an albeit swift chain of inference , it is his presence which commands the acknowledgement while the presence of the tree does no such thing . |
| 12 | Of Gleizes ' work he said : ‘ Standing in front of his canvases I had the very definite impression of a sobering up after an Impressionist debauch . ’ |
| 13 | With her hot face crushed blindly against the warm scent of his chest she felt the lean hand explore the silken plane of her stomach , slip with masculine sureness to separate her thighs . |
| 14 | Until , under the mirror , after many a circle and feint , after many a playful retreat and renewed approach , Ivan at last cornered her , and even before he opened his mouth she felt the smell of fear from herself : her pores broke open , she stood there panting slightly , her hair rising on the back of her neck in terror , her heated skin covered in icy sweat : ‘ And when , ’ asked Ivan pleasantly , ‘ are you two going to make the announcement ? |
| 15 | On this day boatshaped pies were made bearing the impression of the fatal spear , in memory of the Englishman in his boat who slew the Norseman defending the bridge . |
| 16 | At this point in Uncle Albert 's path around his study he reached the fireplace and caught sight of the clock on the mantlepiece . |
| 17 | Some might worry that he is allowing the Californians to influence him too much , but I ca n't help feeling that so long as he manages to stay on his horse he remains the best sort of Englishman aborad . |
| 18 | Mr Fallon said he had talked to the longest serving officials in his department who said the expansion rule had been in place as long as they had been there . |
| 19 | However , it is not only the extreme temporariness of his engagement which distinguishes the casual worker from other temporary workers , but also his or her employment status . |
| 20 | He found it hard to integrate the required skills of Matthew Le Tissier into his side which annoyed the fans . |
| 21 | He had picked up the pieces after the war and it must have come as a total shock to someone with his background to find players in his side who rocked the boat . |
| 22 | Soper was displeasing to the Free Presbyterians for a number of reasons — his commitment to ecumenism , his left-wing politics — but more than anything it was his rationalism which provoked the ire of conservatives . |
| 23 | My interest was aroused when he reasoned that it was his blackness which constituted the major drawback in his life at one level , but at another , proved an indispensable asset to his eventual success . |
| 24 | Opening his eyes he saw the blood flowing from his arm , from his own bite , blossoming against the snow . |
| 25 | In the back of his mind he knew the air in the Base was getting staler as the crisis progressed , but he could n't afford to worry about that now . |
| 26 | With one part of his mind he logged the fact that Mum had understood the worst immediately and must in some way have been expecting it . |
| 27 | Smacking his lips he placed the empty glass down on the bar . |
| 28 | When her voice came to his ears it denied the ordinariness of her clothes and the simplicity suggested by her powderless face and loose lying hair , for her tone was crisp , each word clear . |
| 29 | Tepilit throws his spear which strikes the lion just behind its shoulder . |
| 30 | This is a collection of some of his articles which takes the reader through the year . |