Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were a number of walkers now , all taking their time and drinking in the view , but the chap at our heels had now resorted to breaking away from his party to try and close the gap so obviously gnawing at his soul . |
| 2 | The Sheikh was only just getting into his stride . |
| 3 | Late at night , when he had drunk quantities of red wine to relax , Modi would begin to hum and sing , badly out of tune , Italian and Hebrew melodies , obviously still hankering for his home . |
| 4 | A good working relationship also enhances an officer 's intelligence system , more effectively bringing to his attention knowledge of pollutions for which the discharger or his neighbours may be responsible . |
| 5 | Birkenhead , who had written after the victory of 1924 of ‘ the tragedy that so great an Army should have so uninspiring a Commander in Chief ’ and was usually more sparing with his admiration than with his criticism , allowed some balancing increase of his own regard for Baldwin to occur . |
| 6 | ‘ Unrelated , ’ the Doctor said , once more reaching for his hat . |
| 7 | With your dog once again lying on his back , gently trim the inside of each leg , then carefully around the tummy and penis areas . |
| 8 | The Chancellor — clearly just clinging to his job — told Ministers at a Cabinet meeting yesterday that they must slash millions off their budgets . |
| 9 | He was not to make another attempt , later tragically falling to his death from nearby Cousin 's Buttress . |
| 10 | He would ride the boy on his shoulders or shove him roughly aside according to his mood . |
| 11 | The humans were n't even looking in his direction . |
| 12 | One ex-sailor whom Minton met at the Mandrake was Joshua ( ‘ Mike ’ ) Avery , then just embarking on his discovery of Soho and sharing a room with Daniel Farson . |
| 13 | On several occasions he stood up with some serenity and went to the bathroom , and dived back in again gracelessly scrabbling at his belt . |
| 14 | And then he 's got he 's got a beard , except it 's not very long going behind his jawline like Captain Ahab . |