Example sentences of "was [v-ing] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lineker became incensed when Taylor went public , not only questioning whether Lineker should remain as captain , but whether his form justified a place in the side — even though he was maintaining his phenomenal strike rate . |
| 2 | Consecrated in Winchester by the legate Henry of Blois [ q.v. ] on 20 June , Bishop William excused himself from the consecration of Fitzherbert in late September because of difficulties in his bishopric , where Cumin was maintaining his position by force and guile . |
| 3 | It was seeing his picture of ‘ Mountain Silence ’ made me long to see the darksome mountain-girt lake in its weird lonesomeness with an intense longing . |
| 4 | It was seeing his glasses that tore me apart . |
| 5 | While a court was being urged to hold Mr Tindell , 28 , in custody in May , detective Mr Weatherill was seeing his ex-wife . |
| 6 | I was seeing his pock-marked face through a red film of chlorine irritation . |
| 7 | His trip here was a homecoming , and there were times when I could see in his eyes that he was reliving his first memories . |
| 8 | Jenna did n't know if he meant that they had finally arrived after a long journey or if he was reliving his youth here , claiming his past again . |
| 9 | Patiently , steadily , he was easing his way back into her life , seeing her regularly , but not too regularly , and taking pains to get to know Dickie and myself , which was sensible since we were both important to Margaret . |
| 10 | The Italian was demanding his money back . |
| 11 | The claim that with his coming God was inaugurating his rule on earth laid him open to a charge of blasphemy , which was without difficulty transformed into a plea to the prefect Pontius Pilate that Jesus was instigating sedition . |
| 12 | The shock news came as Roker manager Malcolm Crosby was completing his preparations for tonight 's visit of Second Dvision leaders Ipswich Town the first of four crucial games in seven days . |
| 13 | He was resting his huge hand on June 's angled knee as casually as if it were the arm of a chair . |
| 14 | Out of the corner of one eye Charlie could n't help noticing that one of them was resting his only hand against his only leg . |
| 15 | Henry Ford 's family had been born just outside Cork city and had emigrated to America , he himself had become a multi-millionaire and now , as a national benefactor , was perpetuating his name in his ancestral home town . |
| 16 | The King could reasonably take the view that he was doing no more than exercising the right to encourage , one of Bagehot 's famous trinity of rights , and that he was encouraging his Prime Minister in achieving his aims , rather than pressing MacDonald to adopt a course which was unwelcome to him . |
| 17 | While Balcon was encouraging his writers to come up with original stories , and steadily reducing the company 's reliance on the theatre , BIP remained largely stagebound . |
| 18 | A passage from Notes Towards the Definition of Culture , relying on ideas from 1913 , hints how the poet was using his anthropological reading when discussing in an anthropological context the difference between imaginative understanding and lived experience . |
| 19 | If it is stretching the imagination to describe any West Indian fast bowler as a gentle giant he is nevertheless mild-mannered and easy-going , and it is significant that while the likes of Croft and Marshall were doing unpleasant things to batsmen 's heads , the damage that Garner inflicted was mostly confined to arms and hands ; obviously any broken bone is bad and obviously he sent down his share of bouncers , but there was never the suggestion that he was using his physical advantages maliciously ; six feet eight inches 12 metres ) tall and weighing seventeen stones ( 108 kilograms ) , the prospect of the carnage he might have caused had he been of an aggressive nature hardly bears thinking about . |
| 20 | He was using his ‘ goon 's ’ voice , the one he put on when he wanted to make himself sound like a harmless imbecile . |
| 21 | He was using his observation and his understanding rather than learning his role ‘ parrot fashion ’ . ) |
| 22 | Yanto was using his fingers to gather the fine silky material . |
| 23 | It was only because he was using his elbows all the time . |
| 24 | Suddenly spotting the rear view of the vehicle , he had leaned out of the window , and was using his R/T to contact his base . |
| 25 | Daak was using his chainsword to slice safety straps from their moorings . |
| 26 | As Ace manoeuvred down the flank of the shuttle , letting her gauntlets scrape against the weld-seams and pock-marks in order to slow her drift towards the base of the craft , she saw that the Dalek Killer was using his weapon to cut through the metallic material of the surface on which he 'd parked . |
| 27 | Jackson was using his chummy tone . |
| 28 | So he yawned , asked if Marcus was using his time in any particular way , looked at his watch . |
| 29 | Ellwood had ordered lamb cutlets , French beans and button mushrooms ; he was using his fingers to eat . |
| 30 | Burun was using his short sword to cut thick slices from the meat on the platter in front of him . |