Example sentences of "he [adv] [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | He rather hoped his wife would wake and catch him like this , unshaven , hair greasy and uncombed , and as he stood beside the bed he farted quite loudly , as if to remind her that she deserved someone as awful as him . |
| 2 | The family had finished their supper when she got home , but her temper was soothed by her reception : Herr Nordern coming from the bedroom to greet her , Omi fussing , Erika getting her meal , even Paul helping her off with her coat , although he rather spoiled his effect by then chucking it over the back of a chair instead of hanging it up . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , no ? ’ he drawled mockingly as he slowly lowered his dark head towards her . |
| 4 | And that was exactly what the radiologist was doing as he slowly ran his sensor over my stomach . |
| 5 | Talking softly the whole time , he slowly ran his hands over her , caressing , gentling and scratching up and down her mane where once her mother would have lovingly nibbled her , then progressing to her back and flanks . |
| 6 | Afterwards , they lay silently together and as he thought of the recent conversation with Giancarlo he slowly ran his finger along her hip-bone and down towards her inner thigh . |
| 7 | When the van came to a halt and the loading doors were opened he slowly raised his head and blinked at the light , like some slow-moving reptile whose rock had been taken away . |
| 8 | He slowly made his way along the train of fish vans . |
| 9 | ‘ Right-ho ! ’ and he slowly squelched his way through the gate and out of sight . |
| 10 | Handing her one of the mugs , his eyes on her apprehensive face , he slowly sipped his own coffee . |
| 11 | A natural leader of men , well liked , respected , and , as though aware of her watching , he slowly turned his head . |
| 12 | To a slow hand-clap , he slowly removed his mask and then hers , took her gently in his arms and kissed her tenderly . |
| 13 | Without saying anything , he held out a fist and then , as she watched , mesmerised , he slowly opened his fingers to reveal something lying in the palm . |
| 14 | He slowly shook his head . |
| 15 | A faint , derisive smile curved Dane 's lips as he slowly shook his head . |
| 16 | Determined to be utterly independent of Bart , he slowly worked his way up , starting as a groom and finally getting his own yard , buying ponies cheap off the race track , or from other players who could n't get a tune out of them , making them , and selling them on , which he detested because he got so fond of them . |
| 17 | Taking up the strands of the existing conversation , and wishing to demonstrate a point , he slowly poured his coffee over his piece of pulpy apple pie with the over-elaborate air of a novice waiter serving some especial and expensive delicacy . |
| 18 | He presumably spends his winters in a nice clean stable but most animals live in muddy fields . |
| 19 | Unfortunately , his favourite pastime was kidnapping innocent virgins , holding them prisoner in his cave while he presumably had his wicked way with them , and then lowering them sixty metres down to waiting boats to be sold into slavery … ’ |
| 20 | He presumably learned his trade in the ships of the latter port , being master of the Pilgrim between Weymouth and Bordeaux in 1572 . |
| 21 | He eventually realised his only chance of survival was to make his own way down the peak . |
| 22 | His voice , when he eventually addressed his son , was cutting . |
| 23 | He eventually left his boat and was able to grab one breath of air before being forced down . |
| 24 | I actually knew someone who suffered from the ‘ dart syndrome ’ you mention , and he eventually overcame his disability , I believe with the help of a psychologist . |
| 25 | With his accountant 's help he eventually moved his accounts to the Midland , which gave him the overdraft on reasonable terms , but he is critical of the way banks look at small businesses , believing that many only look at the business sector rather than at the person running a particular business . |
| 26 | McMurdo and Waugh paid their share but Johnstone prevaricated until 1989 when Sheriff Officers acting for the brewery issued arrestment orders ‘ freezing ’ Johnstone 's wages from his work in broadcasting and sports journalism , where he eventually found his niche as a witty and streetwise commentator . |
| 27 | He successfully combined his career with worldwide travel and scientific study , often applying the resulting experience to benefit his native city . |
| 28 | He successfully accomplished his design by the simple expedient of walking out of the gaol disguised as a workman while his doctor pretended that he was ill and confined to bed . |
| 29 | However , he successfully adopted his style in more than adequately coping with the West Indian fast bowling of the 1960's . |
| 30 | In Australia a bus driver developed a type of lung cancer which has been closely associated with smoking , and he successfully sued his employers . |