Example sentences of "the [noun] he [be] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He kissed her lingeringly as if he had all the time in the world and she felt a shudder run through her at the response he was forcing from her with so little effort . |
| 2 | The board he 's sitting at in your picture has the pieces the wrong way round . |
| 3 | I wonder which part of the sentence he is referring to . |
| 4 | The summer conversations in Kissingen , the presence in St Petersburg of the Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich , the greater enthusiasm for reform of Lanskoi at the Ministry of Internal Affairs — all these undoubtedly altered the balance of opinion to which he was exposed and made him more susceptible to reformist sentiments ; but he may also have been naive enough to believe that the gentry at large would follow the example of the north-westerners and welcome the measure he was putting to them . |
| 5 | I challenged him with all the dishonesty he had shown and all the damage he was doing to the paper . |
| 6 | Some further criterion of selection is required , which in practice must mean the analyst 's own preconceptions , or his overall impression , as to what is important or interesting about the text he is dealing with . |
| 7 | ‘ The Commissioner 's giving a pep talk this afternoon about all the progress he 's making on this shooting . |
| 8 | To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement as to the progress he is making in implementation of the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 . |
| 9 | I did not even complain to the British Medical Association — as I was in law entitled so to do — about the gross impertinence of a certain toothy and incompetent doctor in this very borough who imagined in his stupidity that I was incapable of reading upside-down the notes he was making on the other side of a desk at which I was once unwise enough to sit . |
| 10 | In Edie 's company Minton had drinks with H. E. Bates in 1949 , at his home at Great Chart , in connection with the illustrations he was designing for Bates 's The Country Heart , a revised compilation of his two previous books , O More than Happy Countryman and The Heart of the Country . |
| 11 | She clapped her hand over the bit he was peering at . |
| 12 | With one hand he was gripping the knuckles of the other and the look he was bestowing on his wife was one of concentrated hatred . |
| 13 | By analysing the products he is selling in this way , a salesman will communicate in terms which are meaningful to buyers and therefore be more convincing . |
| 14 | I drew him that , I gave him one of those [ pointing to the jumper he is wearing in the picture ] . |
| 15 | Since Mr Hull made it plain that he was not qualified to give an opinion about the painting 's authorship , the plaintiff 's employee must have realised that in proceeding with the purchase he was relying on his own skill and judgment . |
| 16 | The fingers he was scratching under his arm with were crossed . |
| 17 | and I bought her but when I came out the loo he is playing with the bus going wheeee , he was having a great time with that , I looked at him and I said got to give that to Charlotte , no , no , I do n't like it I want the house , meaning the garage , so I 've gone out now and bought her a circus |
| 18 | Edward would come and live on Grace , which would save the rent he was paying on his rooms at present ; the girls , once they were not being prayed for at the grotto , would agree to go back to the nuns ; and with Tilda at school she could go out herself and look for a job . |
| 19 | On the mat down there look , with the wool he 's going to sleep . |
| 20 | As he turned to return down the steps he was thinking of Carrie once more and not taking care where he was stepping . |
| 21 | Even in the compartment he was explaining to the other half dozen men who had no option but to listen , how the New York Giants would have taken both of them on , one after another , and still have had time to take on the Chicago White Soxs as well . |
| 22 | The doctor gave her a puzzled look , withdrawing the light he was flashing into her eyes for a moment . |
| 23 | The condition he is suffering from , peptic ulceration , is associated with poor eating habits , particularly irregular meals . |
| 24 | Even the pods he was giving to the pigs , he would have liked to have eaten himself . |
| 25 | A guardian would be assessed on the stock he was holding on behalf of his wards , as was Francis Brown of Little Casterton , Rutland , in respect of his four brothers and sisters . |
| 26 | With reference to real , external time , by day 9 of the experiment he was acting like a night-worker , even though he always go up at what he called 0800 and then ate breakfast . |
| 27 | He guessed that these effects might be due to intoxication by one of the compounds he was working with , and confirmed his idea by deliberate experiment . |
| 28 | What 's the speed he 's travelling at ? |
| 29 | Well you might as well save him his and if he has got the car he 's gon na hammer it cos he do n't |
| 30 | As I got out of the car he was coming down the steps of Skeldale House and he put a hand on my arm . |