Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [noun] to his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the sergeant knew he was not , it was simply the effect of a quiet man suddenly giving vent to his anger . |
| 2 | So wrote Victor Hugo in 1867 in a guide book to Paris , thereby paying tribute to his enemy Napoleon III , for it was he who was in the process of transforming the city . |
| 3 | The race was restarted and Hunt took part after illegally receiving repairs to his car . |
| 4 | In 1936 Trinity gave him a scholarship and he planned to study the Elizabethans , but when the Spanish civil war broke out on 18 July 1936 , on a sudden impulse and without even saying goodbye to his family he left for Dieppe . |
| 5 | He was n't high and he was n't drunk and he was n't delivering chocolates to his lady-love . |
| 6 | He was on remand charged with criminal damage after allegedly setting fire to his girlfriend ; s house . |