Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | White Face was presumably trusting to his second compartment , ‘ the part that never hatched ’ , to see him along his course . |
| 2 | A good working relationship also enhances an officer 's intelligence system , more effectively bringing to his attention knowledge of pollutions for which the discharger or his neighbours may be responsible . |
| 3 | Instinctively drawing in his limbs and curling his long back , the Perk sailed out of her grasp and over the edge of the steps like a furry stone in a leather jerkin . |
| 4 | Bill , a widower , said he was secretly revelling in his new-found fame . |
| 5 | The tall , lanky merchant was nervous and ill at ease , his hand constantly fluttering to his mouth or patting his greasy hair . |
| 6 | They have been particularly hard on Leopold Mozart , who is portrayed as a stern , tyrannical disciplinarian , dragging the little boy and his gifted sister round Europe like a pair of performing monkeys , constantly nagging at his adolescent son , and finally growing old and bitter alone in Salzburg after Wolfgang had left for Vienna and married against his father 's wishes . |
| 7 | He stood straight like an elegant , modern building with his large , black hands gently hanging by his lower body . |
| 8 | he was merely pandering to his feelings did nothing for the children he left behind . |
| 9 | He was in a curiously elegiac mood , moving soft on silken feet in deference to the sadness in the place , now and then touching a tree or a still-surviving piece of stone in a placating greeting , apparently apologising for his presence . |
| 10 | It seemed so stupid for him to be literally drowning in his own box . |
| 11 | The patient was recommended to give up his present job and to seek an occuption that was less demanding on his legs and arms . |
| 12 | " Regarde , Joseph , " said the French boy suddenly reining in his pony beside him and pointing to the far edge of the plain that they were crossing . |
| 13 | Gavers , naturally checking on his fellow lensmen , added : ‘ The camera work was superb , especially the one running down the line on the rails . |
| 14 | Not common or garden holes , not those bodily orifices so absorbing to his contemporaries . |
| 15 | He was gloomily looking at his registration book on Tuesday morning . |
| 16 | To the end , he is merely listening to his subjects , respecting without judging them and keeping us , as readers , flush against them , indulging in their foibles and sharing their fantasies . |
| 17 | The altruistic model , where the solicitor acts only according to his instructions in the client 's best interests , is the source of the profession 's ‘ charismatic authority ’ . |
| 18 | Lightly he brushed her breasts with his lips , at the same time cupping them , gently caressing with his thumbs until her nipples ached with desire . |
| 19 | In the Star his two wives are purportedly writing on his sexual performance under the headline THE SEX LIFE OF THE FOX — By his two wives . |
| 20 | As a way of dealing with a crisis this seemed repugnant — a bit like a child only turning to his parents when he or she wants something . |
| 21 | It was run on a shoestring at the best of times and Kelly was merely adding to his problems . |
| 22 | And then he 's got he 's got a beard , except it 's not very long going behind his jawline like Captain Ahab . |
| 23 | Good job he 's only going on his own then in n it ? |
| 24 | Alexander Macdonald had clearly abandoned much of that hospitable tradition , perhaps owing to his embrace of southern education , or perhaps as a reaction to the affection in which his late brother had been held . |
| 25 | Bleary-eyed , I staggered back to Nevski Prospect , and there I spotted a dejected-looking husband sitting in his car outside a supermarket , obviously waiting for his wife to emerge with the shopping . |
| 26 | He had a closer association with Gilbert de Clare , ninth Earl of Gloucester [ q.v. ] , perhaps resulting from his marriage , before 30 June 1308 ( Cal . |
| 27 | ‘ He hesitated , a cunning look suddenly coming into his eyes . |
| 28 | The point is summed up in one of Aesop 's fables : ‘ The rabbit runs faster than the fox , because the rabbit is running for his life while the fox is only running for his dinner . ’ |
| 29 | One reason for this is summarized in the Aesopian moral : The rabbit runs faster than the fox , because the rabbit is running for his life , while the fox is only running for his dinner . |
| 30 | As Sean will testify I have been pretty anti Strachan in the past especially when he was still playing when obviously suffering from his back trouble . |