Example sentences of "his [noun pl] [vb base] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With devastating confidence , he thrust his finger deep into her molten heat , then raked his fingers back up across her stomach to her breasts with a convulsive , possessive , shuddering movement which triggered a huge surge of longing inside her , so strong she felt dizzy . |
| 2 | In 1351 Edward III granted John the woodward of Raskelf a pension of 3d. a day ‘ for good service and especially because his eyes were torn out and his tongue and his fingers cut off by malefactors in the Forest of Galtres in the time when he was one of the King 's foresters there ’ . |
| 3 | She saw his fingers close around the butt of a .45 . |
| 4 | to the dung-hill harem where his claws sink in … |
| 5 | The trio is completed by Dick Vance , the computer ‘ driver ’ , though his activities extend over the whole breadth of keeping the flight data read-out units in working order and developing the programs and electronics generally . |
| 6 | Well , I mean , really what he does is , apart from being a puppy and chewing things , you ca n't tell him off for doing it , because if you do then that 's when he shows , you know , his teeth come back and really he makes you frightened . |
| 7 | His teeth come out , his hair comes off , sex by numbers . |
| 8 | His words set up a buzz in Sylvie 's mind . |
| 9 | To her horror , his words set off a ripple of excitement within her , and she felt a betraying warmth flood her cheeks . |
| 10 | Mikey Smith was stoned to death but his words live on de same |
| 11 | Lew Grade and his successors put up with them , because the regulators did not prevent the companies making a profit . |
| 12 | A beggar , his face covered in sores , his legs cut off just beneath the knees , scampered about on wooden crutches . |
| 13 | His shops rake in more money per square foot than most other British retailers . |
| 14 | The glitter in his eyes set off a jangling alarm in her mind . |
| 15 | He was deadly serious , and the expression in his eyes set off her early warning system . |
| 16 | Every time Sharon 's father Steve walks past the spot where she was killed , he stops and stares and his eyes fill up with tears . |
| 17 | He felt his nose crease and his eyes screw up with pleasure . |
| 18 | His eyes glaze over as he focuses on the photograph of him with his beloved — Illona Staller , better known as Cicciolina , the Italian porn star turned politician who recently made headlines by offering to let Saddam Hussein ‘ rape ’ her if he freed the hostages being held in the Middle East . |
| 19 | She saw his eyes grow round , bewilderment and disbelief on his face . |
| 20 | His eyes light up at the recollection of some of the challenges he has tackled that would have daunted the more faint-hearted . |
| 21 | As Britain 's biggest book printer , his eyes light up at the mention of Labour 's proposals for an extra £10 per primary school child for books . |
| 22 | Nowadays when his eyes light up for love of me , they are somehow clearer and brighter than they used to be ; the lighting up is the more flattering . |
| 23 | his eyes light up |
| 24 | Mr King said : ‘ While Mr Kinnock and his front-benchers make out that Labour is a party which believes in nuclear defence , behind them the back benches are packed with those who believe exactly the opposite . |
| 25 | His ears go down his head then ? |
| 26 | Michael looked up from where he knelt on the floor in front of the old armchair , his books spread out on the chair . |
| 27 | Oddly , he finds that about 70 per cent of his clients end up buying very different homes than they originally intended . |
| 28 | His parents come over in — I do n't know — early twenties , I suppose . |
| 29 | Tony talked about his ex-girlfriend and then remembered how upset he had become when his parents split up when he was 14 . |
| 30 | After moving to Beverly Hills his parents split up when Kiefer was only four years old . |