Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He imagined bone-wrenching exercises and an accelerated real-food diet , such as had been distinctly lacking since his father 's shaming . |
| 2 | 60 police officers are now searching for his killer . |
| 3 | 60 police officers are now searching for his killer . |
| 4 | Having come this great distance to intercede for her father , she now seemed instead to be constantly arguing with his shade . |
| 5 | He 's on yes , he 's only getting a little present cos I 'm still paying for his camcorder till next month . |
| 6 | Tralhaut comments that he seemed to be almost glorying in his failure to break down the barriers and ‘ storm the fortress ’ of his love 's frozen heart . |
| 7 | Just the way you once wished it could when you were regretting the good old days when a man could keep his unsuitable mistress hidden away , knowing she 'd be there waiting upon his pleasure , whenever he felt the urge and could spare the time to see her . |
| 8 | Not that she 'd be actually knocking on his door , of course — if indeed it was his door — but certainly that she was likely to meet him . |
| 9 | Somehow all these less exciting duties had had to take second place to the social events Aubrey and Madeleine were constantly arranging for his entertainment . |
| 10 | She did n't like it , but she could n't back away without making it very obvious that her nerve-ends were definitely reacting to his closeness . |
| 11 | The point is summed up in one of Aesop 's fables : ‘ The rabbit runs faster than the fox , because the rabbit is running for his life while the fox is only running for his dinner . ’ |
| 12 | One reason for this is summarized in the Aesopian moral : The rabbit runs faster than the fox , because the rabbit is running for his life , while the fox is only running for his dinner . |
| 13 | If the gritty Hugh is away opening for his country , then no doubt there is a stronger case for testing out the leadership qualities of Maynard , who has himself been the subject of some speculation concerning the furniture vans . |
| 14 | That beast is just waiting for his chance . |
| 15 | ‘ Maybe he 's just staying with his mother until he finds a place of his own . ’ |
| 16 | Everything focuses on the fact that he is always struggling with his desire for love and power as well as for an end to all his problems . |
| 17 | DUNCAN Bond , the 13-year-old son of Springfields site visits officer , Eric , is still competing with his father for possession of a coloured sticker representing the flight of the Atlantis space shuttle . |
| 18 | Electing to leave him to his own devices , I wave through the windscreen but he is still fumbling through his camera bag and does n't say goodbye . |
| 19 | So we 're one of the important environmental health departments , sure , so hopefully we will actually get somebody who is really very good , a food technician to assist in this erm field , and there have , I hope that through Food Forum we may well be able to help Matthew with his , well not just Matthew , but help , help that section with the nutrition advice that he feels is still lacking in his team under the circumstances . |
| 20 | Mr Joseph Bronson ( HMS Milne ) , of Helmington Terrace , Hunwick , is still waiting for his medal but is expected to receive it within the next few weeks . |
| 21 | He is still lying on his back . |
| 22 | I get pigeon-holed as the vulnerable bloke who 's crap at relationships and who 's always arguing with his dad . |
| 23 | To laughter , he joked : ‘ He is probably looking after his pond . ’ |
| 24 | Well at the present moment it 's about , where he is it 's about half past five , twenty to six , so he is probably waiting for his supper I should think his evening meal . |
| 25 | In His place there is a program that is ceaselessly running in his absence , without anyone 's being able to change anything whatever . |
| 26 | She is now living with his family in Grayswood , Surrey , until her future is sorted out . |
| 27 | Vodka-tippler Elliott , 70 , is now recovering at his holiday home on Ibiza with second wife Susan . |
| 28 | Jeff is now recovering from his injury , and is organising the local Great Yarmouth half marathon which will take place on 25 July . |
| 29 | On the merits of sending a US peace envoy to Northern Ireland , Mr Paisley said in the letter : ‘ The vicious plan of blackmail which Albert Reynolds is now employing with his threat of getting the USA to appoint an envoy will be resisted by the majority unionist community . |
| 30 | But since the entire British electorate is now sitting on his cushion , he has increased public spending and raised taxes simultaneously , allowing the PSBR to rise to £28 billion . |