Example sentences of "[prep] be [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | SACKED Coleraine surgeon dramatically resigned today shortly after being given his job back by the Northern Health Board . |
| 2 | A KURDISH refugee who set fire to himself after being told his application for political asylum in Britain had failed has died , intensifying criticism of the Home Office 's handling of the Kurds ' plight , writes Mike Prestage . |
| 3 | He was dismissed from his post as director of post-ordination training by the Bishop of Chichester , Dr Eric Kemp , after being told his views were incompatible with his job . |
| 4 | But , as usual , what Mr Gummer was most interested in was sharing his recipe for spit-roasting members of the Opposition . |
| 5 | Bush , in front of a bank of TVs in Houston , Texas , was rumoured by aides to be writing his resignation speech . |
| 6 | As soon as he entered the first field to be cut his mates up-ended him and gave him the same treatment which stopped only when he shouted ‘ Beer ! ’ . |
| 7 | Perhaps he has forgotten that his lord ought to be murdering his lady just at this juncture ; or perhaps he thinks Emilia is as corrupt as himself ; or perhaps he does not understand love , The error is great , since Emilia is the only person who knows the truth about the handkerchief . |
| 8 | The second picture , clearly designed to demonstrate the rewards of illiteracy , showed a scabby-looking native dressed in a threadbare loincloth who crouched in the mud outside a grass hut and who seemed to be sharing his lunch bowl with a baboon . |
| 9 | He still seemed to be wearing his favourite shirt and jeans . |
| 10 | By putting ‘ boldness ’ before ‘ prudence ’ , Deng was seen to be wearing his reformist hat , a blow to the more cautious-minded in the party leadership . |
| 11 | It 's a mistake to be wearing his watch . |
| 12 | He had n't been gardening , but happened to be wearing his casual clothes . |
| 13 | Rohmer seemed to be reading his mind . |
| 14 | ( John draws deeply on his joint and seems to be gathering his strength for an onslaught . |
| 15 | The boy paused and seemed to be gathering his wits . |
| 16 | One of the men convicted of murdering the newspaperboy Carl Bridgewater is reported to be refusing his food in a prison hospital . |
| 17 | For now he seems to be biding his time on the sidelines , ready to step in , should the UN 's effort start to crumble . |
| 18 | Johnson recently appeared to be rediscovering his best form after two inauspicious seasons following his return to the track in January 1991 . |
| 19 | He paused and seemed to be considering his next words with especial care . |
| 20 | His white teeth bit into his lower lip , and he appeared to be considering his reply . |
| 21 | Paul follows John , who seems to be dragging his legs along the floor . |
| 22 | In La Route des Flandres , the fluctuations between first and third person mean that it is not possible to contend that the novel 's discourse is organized entirely around the consciousness of the central character Georges , who otherwise seems to be re-creating his experiences in the course of a night in bed with the widow of his commanding officer , some time after the wartime conflict . |
| 23 | Now he pretended to be waving his cape at the bull and executed a neat veronica , then she kicked her leg up backwards and touched her heel with her fingers while he looked scornfully on with one hand behind his back palm facing outwards . |
| 24 | It was not the thing for a high-ranking police officer with still rising ambition to be eating his supper in Jack 's Fish Bar . |
| 25 | Glastonbury appeared to be warning his friend to stay well away from the boiled onions that would accompany the mutton at dinner . |
| 26 | Shock flooded her as she stared at the tall , dark-haired , dark-eyed man , who seemed in those initial moments not to be believing his eyes either . |
| 27 | The rock-hard defender had expected to be kicking his heels at the start of next season after picking up a lengthy suspension a month ago . |
| 28 | David seemed to be controlling his anger . |
| 29 | Paul Manville had to be given his due — he could not have chosen a more apt record to convey his message . |
| 30 | Off stage , he 's not exactly full of the joys of life either , despite being the latest comic to be given his own Channel 4 series . |