Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] his [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The libraries that Hoggart remembers as giving him his first education in English literature acquired serious books of every kind . |
| 2 | Skipton and its members rounded out his trans-Pennine duchy interests , as well as giving him his first territorial stake in the West Riding . |
| 3 | The trip was a great success , the subsequent Travels in the West exhibition proving very popular in Nanjing and giving him his first taste of newspaper and television attention . |
| 4 | Skipton and its members rounded out his trans-Pennine duchy interests , as well as giving him his first territorial stake in the West Riding . |
| 5 | He was taken under the paternal wing of MGM who launched him in 1942 in tiny roles in prestige films like Mrs Miniver and Random Harvest , finally allowing him his first major role in 1945 in Son of Lassie , and to blossom as a leading man opposite leading ladies such as Judy Garland ( Easter Parade ) , June Allyson ( Two Sisters from Boston ) , and Elizabeth Taylor ( Little Women ) . |
| 6 | I kept imagining him talking and laughing and thinking what his last thoughts would have been as he travelled along that road . ’ |