Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When it actually came to writing rather than vaguely thinking about his address , Henry found it more difficult than he had expected . |
| 2 | The Life of Guthlac claims that Guthlac-reputedly appearing after his death in a vision to Aethelbald — prophesied that he would receive the kingdom from the hand of God , who had foreshortened Ceolred 's life for its wickedness , and triumph over his foes ( Vita Guthlaci , ch. 49 ) . |
| 3 | His grandsons remembered him as a very old man , fond of reading the Encyclopaedia Britannica and so failing in his memory that , when he dozed over one of the volumes , the boys would turn over several pages and he never noticed but read on from there when he woke up . |
| 4 | Good old Simon , pounding away and probably thinking about his golf handicap to keep himself going . |
| 5 | People were coming out from Palm Sunday Mass at the church of Ognissanti , pausing to chat to families going in to the last service and then passing under his window carrying sprays of olive leaves . |
| 6 | When not working , Reay 's main interest is snooker of which he is ‘ very , very keen ’ and then referring to his colleague , Keith Smith , he said , for the benefit of the Glenpatrick News that Keith ‘ loves cream cakes . ’ |
| 7 | That had seemed natural to Stephen , the way things should be : his father working and then emerging from his work , all three of them walking on the beach , or walking to Badstoneleigh to go to the Pavilion , or having tea on Stephen 's birthday in the Spinning Wheel , or going to see Somerset play . |
| 8 | Shaking a little at first but gradually warming to his theme , the sacked Chancellor dealt John Major a devastating blow . |
| 9 | That rapid demise merely underlined the value of Neil Fairbrother 's unbeaten 64 and last night the Lancashire captain was not only savouring thoughts of a trip to Lord 's on July 10 but also smiling about his entry into cricket history . |
| 10 | While still living with his family in London in 1871 he was amongst the first associate members of the newly formed Society of Telegraph Engineers ( later the Institution of Electrical Engineers ) . |
| 11 | In his third camp , Eichstatt , in spite of the crowded and stressful conditions , he managed with the help of the Red Cross and some accountant brother-officers to study for and sit his final accountancy examinations while actively preparing for his escape . |
| 12 | As Sean will testify I have been pretty anti Strachan in the past especially when he was still playing when obviously suffering from his back trouble . |
| 13 | You 'd get all the rubbish from a take-away as well blowing into his garden , I mean it would n't have been very pleasant . |