Example sentences of "[prep] his [noun sg] [v-ing] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A DETECTIVE spent the last moments of his life watching the Grand National in a pub with friends . |
| 2 | The following day Charlie 's section of ten began to wish that he had n't spent the previous fourteen years of his life visiting the early morning market . |
| 3 | As Adam fell , Mike heard the sound of his head hitting the elaborate steel fender . |
| 4 | Yet the sight of his daughter going the same way seriously displeased him . |
| 5 | ‘ Several times more than once , ’ the Doctor said , the tone of his voice reflecting the numerous occasions on which Bernice had dragged him into the flea-pit cinema she 'd found in the TARDIS and insisted that he pay attention to the noir motifs and the semiotics of Double Indemnity . |
| 6 | Despite President Suharto 's discouragement of such speculation [ see p. 36933 ] , the possibility of his retirement and the identity of his successor following the 1993 presidential elections remained a major topic of discussion in the latter part of 1989 and in early 1990 . |
| 7 | He feels so close to the nature of the place that he is photographed on the jacket of his book wearing a curious hat and holding the tusk of a wild pig . |
| 8 | At this edict , the leviathan disappeared to the depths of the oceans , while the behemoth lay down to sleep , the mighty folds of his body becoming the Himalayan mountains . |
| 9 | She accepted his gesture of courtesy , the touch of his hand sending an unexpected thrill shooting through her system . |
| 10 | Nevertheless she was her usual polite society self with Mr Sands — she had learned in her papa 's home and at the embassy how to put people at their ease — and all in all the sight of his skivvy doing the gracious afforded Dr Neil another bout of inward sardonic mirth , however it delighted young Mr Sands , who thought what a splendid creature she was , and a great pity she was only a servant — she had so much presence . |
| 11 | Overjoyed at having a recognised part to play , he taught the Scriptures , but spent most of his time assisting the poor and the ailing . |
| 12 | One person who spends much of his time doing the same thing is Master of Wine Tim Hanni from the Beringer Vineyards School for American Chefs . |
| 13 | He was leaning comfortably into the corner of his seat reading the unmistakable pages of the London Financial Times . |
| 14 | Jack , who had been standing near his friend holding the torn halves of the sketch in either hand , went to the far end of the room and sat on the desk . |
| 15 | But while Draper might protest against the idea — while he might fulminate against his partner risking the hard-earned profits of the record company , the fruits of years of work and tears on a hare-brained scheme to run an airline — he also knew that there was little he could actually do to stop it . |
| 16 | It was partially borne of English desperation , Will Carling 's pass flying behind his support allowing the Irish to swarm through and complete a memorable chapter in the resurgence of Irish rugby . |
| 17 | In his monograph Communicating The Good News in a Television Age Tom Houston has an important section on the Bible as Media . |
| 18 | The first is what Hallam[00] has termed the ‘ Revolution in the earth sciences ’ ( the word ‘ revolution ’ in his title implying a Kuhnian view of the transformation ) : the acceptance of plate tectonic evidence for the movements of continents , and the opening and closing of oceans . |
| 19 | The first is what Hallam has termed the ‘ revolution in the earth sciences ’ ( the word ‘ revolution ’ in his title implying a Kuhnian view of the transformation ) : the acceptance of plate tectonic evidence for the movements of continents , and the opening and closing of oceans . |
| 20 | " I think , " he said much later in his apartment overlooking the Mediterranean in France , " that this was another of the West 's attempt to undermine the Shah . |
| 21 | Battles are rare , and mostly involve a stallion in his prime making a determined effort to wrest the harem from an older stallion . |
| 22 | In his proclamation pardoning the six Bush asserted that " the common denominator of their motivation — whether their actions were right or wrong — was patriotism " . |
| 23 | ‘ What do n't I ? ’ he mocked , the husky caress in his voice shooting a hectic surge of emotion right through her body . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm afraid that brutal and senseless attacks are all too common nowadays , ’ said Clarke , the resignation in his voice making an odd contrast to his air of perpetual astonishment . |
| 25 | The expression " New Deal " was first used by Roosevelt in his speech accepting the Democratic Party nomination as its presidential candidate in July 1932 , when he said " I pledge you , I pledge myself to a new deal for the American people . " |
| 26 | In East Berlin in October , in his speech marking the German Democratic Republic 's 40th anniversary , Mr Gorbachev reminded the world that the Soviet Union had advocated the preservation of German unity after the second world war . |
| 27 | ‘ Operating creatively ’ on a proposal which was in effect another version of reparation , although this time to the community as a whole , Maudling echoed the sentiments of the ACPS in his speech commending the Criminal Justice Bill to the House of Commons on Second Reading . |
| 28 | Daniele will be locked in his bedroom watching the latest batch of video nasties . |
| 29 | George , whom I looked for first , was in his office eating a fat ragged beef sandwich and drinking diet Coke . |
| 30 | Inside the luxurious villa on Avenue Franklin Roosevelt George Evans , chief of European Operations for World Security , greeted the two men in his office overlooking a trim lawn with a light covering of snow . |