Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [to-vb] [prep] his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Radio broadcaster Jimmy Young was also at the Palace collecting a CBE before rushing off to prepare for his Budget special programme on Radio 2 later . |
| 2 | He was too strong for her , but even now she made a last-ditch stand , her hands going out to thrust at his chest . |
| 3 | ‘ No one could possibly call you Miss Frostbite if they saw you now , ’ he drawled and , moving round to sit at his desk , he handed her back her spectacles . |
| 4 | ‘ Tim Mayhew 's coming down to look at his foot . |
| 5 | The thought came into her mind that , while she had been doing that , Alain had been here , going out on his splendid machine , coming home to talk to his mother and to her father . |
| 6 | ‘ Brrmm , ’ Thomas said , coming up to tug at his trouser leg . |
| 7 | He seemed unable to meet the coroner 's eyes , not daring even to look in his direction . |
| 8 | Hector spent the winter learning how to cope with his blindness . |
| 9 | The registrar was regarding me over the top of his spectacles and trying not to look at his watch . |
| 10 | ENGLAND cricket captain Graham Gooch has been planning secretly to split from his wife for months , friends claimed last night . |