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Example sentences of "his [noun] [vb pp] [adv] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	With or without the help of the CIA and the participation of the Shah , some of his commanders left behind in Iran were still attempting to organize a coup .
2	trendy to have his beard done now .
3	But you — ’ his fingers reached across to take her face between his hands , and there was deep compassion in his gaze ‘ — you , dear ghost , do n't understand .
4	His coat and waistcoat swiftly followed it and his fingers ripped away the neckcloth about his throat , heedless of the ruin they effected .
5	He sat , his head bent , his fingers clasped together , each one-twitching ; and then she was standing in front of him , apologetic , saying , ‘ I 've gone past meself , Joe , I 'm sorry , but I 'm concerned for her .
6	Then Waqar worked Smith over again , forcing him to duck two which scraped past his broad back , poor Moin getting his fingers stung again .
7	Even that very first night , at that party at the Estwicks ’ place , you were wishing we lived in the days when a man could keep his mistress hidden away . ’
8	With his hair slicked wetly back and his shirt cast casually over one tanned shoulder , leaving his impressively muscular torso bare , he was a vision that turned her mouth into a desert .
9	He was fully dressed , his shirt creased enough to imply he had not been to bed at all .
10	He has his money stashed away — ‘ stashed ’ is the word ? — all over the world , it seems .
11	Old Redface had his blanket pilfered again by Little Grey Wolf .
12	In terms of legal status the clerk had first of all the right to have his case tried only before a church court — the " privilege of the forum " .
13	By March Wolfgang had resumed his duties at Salzburg with a heavy heart : never had his birthplace seemed so provincial , limited and dull .
14	He had a large head with his hair cut right into the wood , piggy eyes and a broad flat nose that looked like it had been well punched in its day .
15	The Mason had long since spotted his apprentice perched high up in Heaven .
16	He took this in suddenly one morning as he was charging a girl the duty on a camera , hitting the thought like an air pocket and ludicrously yawning at the same time with his mouth shut so that the girl noticed his face lengthening like a mule 's .
17	Ebert stood there , his mouth fallen open again .
18	Over the years his hair had thinned , his figure grown more corpulent , his face redder and shinier .
19	‘ You did n't … ? ’ she gasped , her cheeks growing pale as his words struck home .
20	Whoever he was , his words floated away unheeded .
21	His words fitted so exactly her own approximation of her state .
22	Little by little his shoulders bent forward , and his face showed deep sadness .
23	I looked at Taff sitting opposite me in the gloom , his hands wrapped around his hot mug of tea , his shoulders hunched forward .
24	Hammond was looking down , his shoulders hunched forward , as if he knew already what was in the second file .
25	All eyes were on the old T'ang , noting his sudden frailty , the way his shoulders hunched forward at this latest calamity .
26	He wore the soft , white , flowing robes of a monk , but in a peculiar fashion , with his shoulders hunched forward , as though it were a prison garment .
27	In the normal scene for this Labour , Hercules is shown kneeling on the back of the animal gripping the antlers , but the British example on a large vessel from Lincoln is a much more vigorous view of the capture with the hero springing onto its back with his club raised aloft ( fig. 14.34a ) .
28	He seemed as tall as a mountain , and every one of his steps measured about ten metres .
29	Thirty-three years on , his fans gathered there to mark the occasion , and Aileen Taylor was with them .
30	He seemed to make no use of this position for the purposes of observation , keeping his eyes trained instead on the pages of the paperback be had bought at Reading .