Example sentences of "[subord] [v-ing] his [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The answer is to stand off and let him play in front of you , rather than wrestling his way round the back . ’ |
| 2 | My father was still forced from time to time to act as an interpreter , but from now on he spent much more time at home , rather than meeting his friends in the cafés for a game of cards . |
| 3 | Better than enduring his fumbling during the night in the vain hope of satisfaction when the need was strong in her . |
| 4 | He stared at her , almost as if seeing his daughter for the very first time , his eyes boring into her , and she suffered his scrutiny as best she could . |
| 5 | The following evening he was shot dead while walking his dog along the wharf here . |
| 6 | Comparisons with the 1914–18 career of Monty should be viewed with the knowledge that this outstanding man was gravely wounded while leading his platoon of the Royal Warwicks early in the conflict and this slowed his promotion considerably . |
| 7 | Antonio 's father , Pedro ( Biro ) Custodio , was informed of his son 's death while reporting his kidnapping to the military barracks the next morning . |
| 8 | He wants to visit them all , while minimising his time on the road . |
| 9 | While acknowledging his argument for the bolt placement , I advised that he had done the route ; if others thought a bolt should be placed , let someone else go ahead and place it . |
| 10 | In 1877 Schnadhorst was appointed part-time secretary of the newly formed National Liberal Federation , while retaining his post with the Birmingham Liberal Association . |
| 11 | Oliver Gregory , who set High Street trends as co-founder of the Habitat chain , might have slipped on wet grass while carrying his shotgun in the garden of his home at Collingbourne Ducis , Wilts . |
| 12 | He held this title until 1897 , while fighting his way through the heavyweight ranks with the ambition of challenging James J. ( ‘ Gentleman Jim ’ ) Corbett for the world heavyweight title . |
| 13 | Ferguson celebrated his 21st birthday while negotiating his months in the wilderness and watched Eoin Jess , who has a much sounder temperament , make a sizeable impact on the national coach at the same time . |
| 14 | The speech outlining government policy at the opening of the parliamentary session was delivered by King Hussein himself — a move which was interpreted as underlining his support for the new government of Ibn Shaker . |
| 15 | In foreign policy , while seldom innovative , he did try to carve out new relationships with Britain 's new European partners , especially through his close personal association with Helmut Schmidt , the West German chancellor and a fellow social democrat , as well as maintaining his contacts with the new US Democratic administration of Jimmy Carter . |
| 16 | Similarly , he celebrates the great house at Allington , which is early Stuart and built next to the road , with the comment : ‘ To be near the village , so as in some way to afford comfort , protection , and patronage , and perhaps also with a view to the pleasantness of neighbourhood for its own inmates , seemed to be the object of a gentleman when building his house in the old days . ’ |
| 17 | He saw one of his jobs as keeping his ear to the ground on Blanche 's behalf , trying to catch discontent while it was no more than a distant rumble and to spot which detectives needed encouragement and which a gentle kick up the backside . |
| 18 | Smiles quoted Benjamin Haydon as dating his decline from the day he first borrowed money . |
| 19 | The blood which flowed in his veins meant that , as well as expressing his emotions with the dramatic use of his hands , Vitor d'Arcos was a proud man — and she doubted he had ever begged anyone for anything in his entire life . |
| 20 | Asclepiodatus can , therefore , be seen as beginning his career in the service of Guntram , for whom he acted as referendary , transferring to Childebert in 593 , and then becoming patricius of Provence under Childebert 's sons . |
| 21 | The initial transition from amateur to professional golf so shocked second-year professional Darren Clarke , who won the 1990 Irish Amateur before turning pro , that he completely revamped his swing as well as changing his attitude to the game . |
| 22 | The TV presenter looked across at the sergeant , as though registering his presence for the first time . |