Example sentences of "doing his [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The magician is doing his famous trick — the Underwater Disappearing Trick . |
| 2 | When not doing his rare caddying stints , Tip can be found enjoying a beer and an occasional rum-chaser at the Dunvegan Hotel , overlooking those revered links that are a constant reminder of his glory years , and a spur to his memory when the young caddies ask him about the good old days . |
| 3 | He asked Sarah for the photo and he was doing his usual stuff , you know , hand on heart . |
| 4 | A year ago a man tried to abduct him while he was doing his early morning paper round . |
| 5 | And daddy 's doing his advanced French classes . |
| 6 | I 'll admit I felt just like you do when I first saw Townshend doing his smashing act ; I would have died for the SG he splintered at Woodstock ! |
| 7 | RIGHT UP to the finishing tape of this Parliament , Richmond MP William Hague is diligently doing his local bit . |
| 8 | Mr Wolfe had just been doing his customary job of explaining to the passengers why we were late : ‘ We have an emergency situation which is not a real alarm situation . ’ |
| 9 | Jeffrey was doing his customary book signing . |
| 10 | Millions and millions of peounds for a few evoc-ative shots of somebody 's home-and-carstle through vaseline and old Jeremy Irons doing his voice-over bit and looking suitably moronic ! |
| 11 | Korda , in between doing his national service , seemed to be building a tennis career that would merely reach the dizzying heights of an anthill at best . |
| 12 | During my time in Nicosia , I was surprised to receive a visit from an old friend in Bideford , David Heywood , also doing his National Service . |
| 13 | However he broke the rules when he insisted on doing his national service with the RAF , before being allowed to complete his apprenticeship with Armstrong Siddeley . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'll find you a book , ’ said Joe , who needed to keep his living-room to himself when he was doing his specialized work . |
| 15 | Here is this man , never previously seen doing his public duty , always seen merely roaring at the Labour Party or being interviewed like any tuppeny-ha'penny minister , now occupying the despatch-box which is the only site that gives credibility to his claim to be a prime-minister-in-waiting . |
| 16 | Since Andrew Storey was responsible for the expensive importation of Carl Krantz by the sponsors , there was obviously a good chance that he would be doing his public relations stuff in their tent . |
| 17 | Any agent worth his salt knew that promotion under Postelnicu depended upon satisfying the minister 's whims as much as doing his proper job well . |
| 18 | He was doing his winsome act , almost fluttering his eyelashes at her . |
| 19 | Dickson then managed to bounce off an umpire boat while doing his 270 ° penalty turn . |
| 20 | Equally funny is her son Laurence , doing his military service , whose deft seduction of a nursemaid would probably be as useful and practical a guide to intending seducers as the famous chapters in Le Rouge et le Noir . |
| 21 | Cyprus ( to use a favourite expression of Elizabeth 's ) was taking its toll of her too , for Renny , her son , was doing his military service there . |
| 22 | Later the same afternoon , seven of us were ordered over to the medical centre for a check up by the doctor , who turned out to be a medical student doing his military service . |
| 23 | And he did his own gardening , right up , when he was a hundred , he was fit as a fiddle when he was a hundred , doing his own gardening . |
| 24 | One of the Pressmen was doing his own bit of asset-stripping as his eyes roved intimately over her body . |
| 25 | Toby was doing his own brand of gaping by this time . |
| 26 | He loved teaching and talks enthusiastically about it , but felt it was time to enjoy doing his own work . |
| 27 | But then tomorrow he 's actually doing his own work . |
| 28 | Dr. Briant is doing the right thing — doing his own job to the best of his ability and leaving the rest of it to the people he 's doing it for — you . ’ |
| 29 | Mr Lamont should have concentrated on doing his own job well , instead of making a series of announcements on behalf of the Departments of Transport , Health , Social Security and Industry , all of which have articulate Ministers of their own . |
| 30 | He should have made a point of looking at the evening coverage before doing his own piece ; but he 'd seen the people they 'd sent to the press conference at the hospital , dismissed them as unlikely to do a decent job on it , and promptly forgotten them . |