Example sentences of "his [noun] [vb base] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wolfgang and his sister Nannerl remained on close terms throughout his life : his early letters to her and to a Salzburg cousin , Anna Maria Thekla ( ‘ the Bäsle ’ , as he called her ) are full of juvenile high spirits , spiced with an earthy , often indelicate sense of humour , while his later letters to his sister show a touching solicitude for the state of her health and spirits . |
| 2 | His epithets include The One Who Dispels Darkness , a reference to his appearance as the light which preceded the sun as it rose . |
| 3 | Slim informed him that ‘ he and his amy have no legal status ’ . |
| 4 | We therefore warmly invite all fellow members and students who are able to reach the venue to hear Anthony McDermott , the editor of the World Trade page of the Financial Times , give us his views form the ‘ pink ’ world of the most famous and possibly reputable financial publication in the world . |
| 5 | The poses come as pauses at the end of each sequence , the dancer then changing position before beginning a new phrase , as if the guitarist were resting his fingers fur a moment . |
| 6 | The touch of his fingers set every nerve-ending on fire . |
| 7 | Of course seeing Lampi playing the Stick is akin to watching someone play a strapped-on portable piano ; his fingers tap the strings almost like Stanley Jordan . |
| 8 | The appeal of St James , and his influence , became for a space immense ; his cockle shell a great mark of prestige and spiritual hope worn by successful pilgrims , or those who wished to be thought so , for centuries to come . |
| 9 | Whereas the satiric intentions of Divorce Italian Style were pointed and comic , Alfredo Alfredo gets unduly preachy as Dustin and his mistress join the four-year fight to change the Italian law on divorce . |
| 10 | His notes blanket the sheet of paper . |
| 11 | Twice the Devil has been decisively defeated by God , but his strategies remain the same . |
| 12 | Mr Hancock preferred to let his money do the talking . |
| 13 | Marlowe 's will to move from unprofound drama is perfectly personified in his play Tamburlaine the Great . |
| 14 | Historians who bring as much enjoyment and illumination to their readers as Trevor-Roper can still conjure up in his essays deserve the historical profession 's thanks as well as its envy . |
| 15 | According to Ananov , his plans include the foundation of a major jewellery house in Russia matching Fabergé in scope . |
| 16 | While Pratchett sits atop the humorous fantasy pile , two more pretenders to his throne get an outing this month . |
| 17 | When they got back , Lucier was sitting in a chair outside the door of the house , watching Alan and his sons batten the church weather-vane to the corner of the little pageant . |
| 18 | Lorenzo with his Jessica await the return of Portia , remaining out in the still night rather than returning to the house . |
| 19 | Suddenly there 's a crash at our upstairs door because the Alsatian has hit it , and his claws scratch the paint with a sound like he 's skinning a rabbit . |
| 20 | My next concern in this strange new land was how did Dr. Bach , when wandering the lanes near his cottage know the vibes that each flower , plant or tree emitted . |
| 21 | His Mum shut the door and there was darkness again . |
| 22 | His Mum shut the door , pulling the curtain across . |
| 23 | It pleases him to have his camp display the signs of Mars rather than those of Venus . |
| 24 | His orcs use a kind of gunpowder at Helm 's Deep ( II , 142 ) ; thirty pages later the Ents meet at Isengard , or ‘ Irontown ’ , a kind of napalm — perhaps one should say with closer reference to Tolkien 's own experience , a Flammenwerfer . |
| 25 | The missiles can be fired only if the operator types into his computer control a six-digit code , called a ‘ permissive action link ’ . |
| 26 | Some of his methods recall the past . |
| 27 | His pictures represent a new departure in post-Conquest English manuscript art , hitherto largely confined to decorative initials . |
| 28 | His words end the scene , and taint all that has passed : |
| 29 | His words constitute a fervent expression of faith in a new creed , a new political and social system , a new kind of literature which together have a rejuvenating and energising capacity that stands in marked contrast to the corruption and dissolution of a decaying , moribund capitalist society . |
| 30 | His words cast a pool of silence . |