Example sentences of "[v-ing] his [noun] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sung looked up , then quickly looked back down , keeping his forehead pressed to the floor . |
| 2 | He was concentrating on maintaining his grip and keeping his mind closed to the pressing images of his fate on the rocks below . |
| 3 | Manville poked a ten-dollar bill through the driver 's window as he alighted , keeping his palm extended for the full change . |
| 4 | Having spent a couple of hours checking his rabbit snares around the low Severn grounds , the two fat rabbits now secure in his waist bag would indicate that this could be his lucky night It was now one thirty a.m . |
| 5 | As Michael Ruse observes ( 1981 ) if selectionism is a tautology , neutralism is a contradiction , Darwin 's strategy in structuring his argumentation to conform to the vera causa ideal shows why it is not . |
| 6 | He leaned back in his seat , casually turning his head to take in the whole room . |
| 7 | Luckily for Chris his A Level assessor will come TO the school to look at his work , rather than expecting his project to arrive in the post . |
| 8 | It depicts in relief Hercules holding his club kneeling on the back of a lion ( fig. 14.41 ) . |
| 9 | He showed some nepotistic , or rather patrimonial skill in getting his sons placed in the public service ; his failure to have amassed even a modest competence of wealth may be taken to argue either extreme probity or reckless extravagance , but more likely arose from having over-extended his credit in trying to send supplies to Ireland back in 1642 . |
| 10 | One needs Ford Madox Ford 's emphasis on ‘ the Mediterranean basin , to understand that ‘ tovarisch ’ is being dignified by having his exploits measured against the myths of ancient Greece — for instance , that of Cadmus , founder of Thebes , who sowed dragon 's teeth from which sprang warriors which fought among themselves until only five remained . |
| 11 | He forced his wife to put up with having his mistress living in the house with them . |
| 12 | He was n't going to risk having his horse spooked into the ditch by a nervous sentry . |
| 13 | A marriage of Baptists believers , this : Charles , unlike his brother John , was never a full member of Badcox Lane Chapel , and he was even to play safe by having his children christened at the parish church ; but it was to the Baptists he turned whenever there was a death in the family , and eventually he and his wife would find a last resting place in the chapel burial ground on Catherine Hill . |
| 14 | Even when Samuel is facing death by having his throat cut in the Gents the exchange goes like this , ‘ Mother of Mary , that reminds me of my poor Joseph going . |
| 15 | Paddy Ashdown gives the impression of an officer exhorting his men to go over the top and kick a football towards the enemy lines and to die bravely against unbeatable odds . |
| 16 | Busi 's books seek to strip away layers of deceit , show the world as it is , which perhaps explains the author 's penchant for attending his book launches in the nude . |
| 17 | My friend is not simply explaining why , for good or bad reasons , he did decide to go to the Park ( as he might after the event , in which case it would be no objection to his explanation that when he got there the zoo turned out to be closed ) ; he is defending his decision to go to the Park rather than meet me at his house , and I can still try to change his mind . |
| 18 | Defending his decision to meet with the South African delegation he said the conversation had dwelt on the future and potential business investment in the country . |
| 19 | Wake , junior ABA champion and defending his schools title against the boy he beat last year , Roger Campbell , of Hampshire , found it hard going against a shorter but stockier opponent and had to survive being hurt in a tough second round before being given a majority decision . |
| 20 | How nonchalantly he posed , letting his menials deal with the remaining , no longer so elegant riff-raff . |
| 21 | Athelstan leaned back , letting his head rest against the coldness of the pillar whilst he stared into the darkness , trying to rearrange what he knew , to make the pattern complete and trap the murderer . |
| 22 | ‘ Now , ’ said Cameron , letting his voice peal round the yard , ‘ we wish you happiness and health , Alexander and Mary McLaggan . |
| 23 | It was a longish walk on a warm evening so he took it slowly , letting his mind roam over the case as he walked . |
| 24 | Dwight Kronweiser came to this room every day , spending his mornings going through the manuscript fiction , personal letters and other papers which had been stored in the attic for thirty years before his arrival . |
| 25 | Chuck reloaded and fired off both barrels with great care , and again he had the satisfaction of hearing his bullets slam into the stationary animal . |
| 26 | He turned away to give them time to pull themselves together ; and waited , allowing his eyes to rest on the trim cruiser in the distance . |
| 27 | He turned away to give them time to pull themselves together ; and walked , allowing his eyes to rest on the trim cruiser in the distance . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm ravenous after all that exercise , ’ he announced , allowing his glance to flicker over the hastily buttoned blouse . |
| 29 | He kept his bloated thumbs well away from his body , using his elbows to ease past the bushes . |
| 30 | Why am I using his work to set alongside the interview extracts ? |