Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [be] [v-ing] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | A ridden horse which is concentrating on his work will often turn his ears back towards the rider , indicating his willingness to obey the rider 's next aids . |
| 2 | He and Tony McCarthy had plied their unwitting accomplice with drinks that night in the pub and they had gleaned that Clark 's Wharf was guarded by a conscientious old-timer who was living with his frail and ailing sister . |
| 3 | Jezrael was n't sure what emotion he was hiding under his alleged repartee , only that she was going to miss it when it was n't around . |
| 4 | Edward would come and live on Grace , which would save the rent he was paying on his rooms at present ; the girls , once they were not being prayed for at the grotto , would agree to go back to the nuns ; and with Tilda at school she could go out herself and look for a job . |
| 5 | There is some fella he 's working in his back yard and he 's hammering all day , I I wish he 'd give it up . |
| 6 | The central character , Fonda 's part , is a writer of television commercials who can not stand the pressure of the effect it is having on his wife Sally ( played by Susan Strasberg ) and their marriage . |
| 7 | The older boy was finishing a letter to his father in which the news of his downfall was carefully translated into a voluntary withdrawal from activities which were interfering with his studies . |
| 8 | Lancaster had even told Jane he was searching for his wife . |
| 9 | Working from these , and with microorganisms he is culturing in his laboratory to metabolise related compounds from the chlorodioxin group , Chakrabarty is seeking a single culture that can degrade 2,4,5-T to the point where heavily contaminated soil can be returned in a matter of days to healthy soil that can support plant life . |
| 10 | Li Yuan glanced at the slender folder he was carrying beneath his arm . |
| 11 | I well remember during one hot dry summer talking to one grower who was complaining about his poor crop of parsnips . |
| 12 | Well he , he , they were on their way to Norwich but they stopped off at Ipswich for a lunch , you see , and er I had , I looked after them , so , so that it should n't interrupt the other girls behind the counter or , or the waiter who was looking after his regular customers in the dining room , you see , er and so I used to erm and once I had I remember there was six black doctors came in and er and I was glad because it was nice to move about and instead of sticking in the office typing and then going out all alone , you see , while the Manager was on the district , you see , I liked it and er anyway that was a long time ago . |
| 13 | I replaced him at the table opposite Werewolf who was staring into his tomato juice . |
| 14 | All of a sudden you 're infringing upon his his stamping ground , his authority and he wo n't take it too kindly . |
| 15 | They 've got to see you sign the will or at least acknowledge it and in practice see you sign they do n't need to know what 's in the will they just want to see you sign but they 've got to be there it 's no good up the road as one witness did for not for me to her husband who was working in his shop witnessed the signature afterwards . |
| 16 | I spoke to a farmer from Catfoss near Hornsea who was looking after his baby grandson while his daughter rode in the race . |
| 17 | He urged the Western governments which withdrew their diplomats from Kabul on the eve of the Soviet military withdrawal in January to send them back and stop the psychological war they were waging against his government . |
| 18 | Edwards , who ran despite a knee ligament injury during his successful record attempt , admits he does not like to dwell on the punishment he is inflicting on his body . |
| 19 | One day I was sitting in his room in Downing Street having a general discussion , when he suddenly said to me , ‘ Can you think of any good name for the next Honours List ? ’ |
| 20 | Duck next minute I 'm riding in his cab . |
| 21 | He opened his diary which was lying on his desk and checked by name against his written entry . |
| 22 | Ellis was the first person to enforce them with determination , but in the end he failed because there were no corresponding regulations in the districts bordering Kurunagala , and because the rules could not be enforced without the very energetic supervision which was lacking after his departure . |
| 23 | She glared at Bruce Bogtrotter who was sitting on his chair like some huge overstuffed grub , replete , comatose , unable to move or to speak . |
| 24 | As are considerations that go a step beyond them , such as a policeman 's attitude to his wife and family ( he is stopped from going off duty at the time his wife expects : what will be her reaction ? ) or an unmarried policeman 's love life , or for that matter the love life of a policeman who is cheating on his wife . |
| 25 | Nevertheless there was no differentiation in the shop between the fire and other goods he was selling in his secondary line of business . |
| 26 | The other he was tapping on his right thigh , slapping out a rhythm , perhaps the accompaniment to the tuneless refrain he was humming . |
| 27 | One night he was talking to his father in the dining room . |
| 28 | At 30 , he asked a rabbi to teach him Hebrew , and ever since he has daily read a passage of Torah or the prophets — a habit which is telling of his aesthetic and moral constitution . |
| 29 | Just before the whistle blew Vernon thought she had seen him ; at any rate she was looking in his direction . |
| 30 | He opened his mouth to disagree , but the thought lost its way between his brain and his tongue , distracted by the small circular motions she was making on his forehead . |