Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As one train starts to move , a passenger gazing through his carriage window , observes movement but is unsure whether it is his own train that is moving or the train on the opposite line . |
| 2 | Ambassador had a month off from competing for his stud duties , but otherwise his preparation was not much different from any other event horse , with hill work figuring largely in his fittening programme . |
| 3 | Was n't he enjoying this journey , with two women competing for his attention ? |
| 4 | Only she , of all the women , seemed not to be competing for his attention . |
| 5 | Electing to leave him to his own devices , I wave through the windscreen but he is still fumbling through his camera bag and does n't say goodbye . |
| 6 | I need your help , " he said slowly , putting the finishing touches to the snowman he was building for his sister . |
| 7 | ‘ I am a poorer man by some 200 £ than when I came to the Province ’ , he told Gould , apologising for his inability to pay his subscription to Birds of Australia , ‘ and my salary has been reduced to the lowest figure and is far below what I enjoyed as a private Gentleman . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ In reaching its verdict , the commission accepted Mr Jones has issued a press statement apologising for his participation in the video and that he had been misled and badly advised , but that his actions were irresponsible . |
| 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 | He 'd disarmed her earlier on by profusely apologising for his role in the near-collision with the Kestrel . |
| 11 | he 's fencing off his land |
| 12 | he 's fencing off his land |
| 13 | Though remarkably free from bitterness , the sergeant had withdrawn from the company of his friends to an alarming extent , even allowing for his love of literature . |
| 14 | The other boy , David , was also puzzling about his experience in the cutting and had resolved to go back and try to find out if he had been dreaming ; somehow he did not feel frightened but more determined to see the tramp and make friends with him . |
| 15 | Two titles for this talk had been suggested by the speaker , ‘ singing for his supper ’ and ‘ the gain and pain of being Director of the Daresbury Laboratories ’ . |
| 16 | I have been singing for his lordship of Leicester . |
| 17 | LITTLE of the sweaty-palmed tension and frantic chaos of the BBC television commentary box is relayed to the viewers , but Jack Bannister provides a revealing insight into the mechanics of the box , using as his vehicle last summer 's keenly contested Test series . |
| 18 | With several leading opposition figures clamouring for his resignation and calling for a national conference , President Mobutu Sese Seko on March 15 named a new Prime Minister , Mulumba Lukeji , replacing Lunda Bululu who had resigned the day before . |
| 19 | And Joanne 's seeing through his disguise made him a bit wary . |
| 20 | Mr Brownrigg , who enjoys cooking for his wife Patricia and admits to being a house-husband , paid tribute to the nurses and surgeons who looked after him . |
| 21 | Nahum was immediately contrite , apologizing for his hesitation and assuring her that her health was more important than anything else , especially if there was the longed-for reason for her tiredness . |
| 22 | At first she asked Gabriel to sit there , but just then Mr Boldwood arrived , apologizing for his lateness . |
| 23 | Roman was gazing after his secretary with a thoughtful air , then he turned back to Caroline . |
| 24 | A TOP salesman sacked for shirking after his boss had him tailed by a private eye won £11,000 compensation yesterday . |
| 25 | She would be now , as she had been all that day , out praying for his soul . |
| 26 | Christmas cards from hundreds of friends — and even more from complete strangers praying for his recovery — covered the walls . |
| 27 | right , see what she says and whether it 's gon na be , I 'll get it on tape if I can , for posterity Spoken to John , what 's happening about his biopsy ? |
| 28 | Dr. Tomlin has written a letter to Mr Gorbachev explaining about his hunger strike , and asking for support to help make him a Czech national again . |
| 29 | If the gritty Hugh is away opening for his country , then no doubt there is a stronger case for testing out the leadership qualities of Maynard , who has himself been the subject of some speculation concerning the furniture vans . |
| 30 | Woolton was an exponent of laisser faire , Leathers a rather unsuccessful interventionist , Alexander ineffectual all round , and Cherwell what he had always been , a highly intelligent courtier to his chief , though he did succeed in driving through his pet project of hiving off atomic energy from the Ministry of Supply into what became the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority . |