Example sentences of "[verb] his [noun sg] [v-ing] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought I could feel his disgust penetrating the thin wall . |
| 2 | Breavman , the main character of his autobiographical novel The Favourite Came recollected his father singing the old soldiers ' song ‘ K-K-K-Katy … ’ ! |
| 3 | All the pine fittings , the Habitat china , the split-level cooker ( catch his mother leaving the slightest speck of human-looking grease on it ! ) the vast expanse of lawn stretching away there outside the window for yard after smooth yard : it all made him feel sick . |
| 4 | He had overheard his uncle warning the two maid-servants not to go up there because it was too dangerous . |
| 5 | The nine-year-old , owned by Sheikh Mohammed and trained by James Fanshawe , had been well placed to deliver his challenge approaching the final flight , but faded to finish just over six lengths behind the winner Novello Allegro . |
| 6 | But promising newcomer Victor Ubogu has taken his shirt leaving the older hand desperate to push his case for the Barbarians against the world champions , Australia . |