Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [verb] his [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could not help her by attacking Havvie and creating an even worse scandal ; that would be self-indulgent , merely seeking to exorcise his own guilt for not believing her . |
| 2 | But he was still going to miss his own bed ! |
| 3 | Seeing as the best thing about Levitation is the way they challenge his previous band 's liabilities , it 's a shame Tel 's still trying to master his own voice , but there 's still time before they release their debut single . |
| 4 | Sir Dick was also planning to write his own life story despite Government disapproval of such books . |
| 5 | Sid 's the kinda hombre who does n't climb down from his saddle just to pander to the latest flight of fancy that the LA music scene has retched up , far preferring to follow his own happy trail . |
| 6 | I know Chris was here doing doing his own calculations on books but after that I mean the I think on the Sunday I he came in and did some work . |
| 7 | He himself to proceed , with Leavis enticing unfortunate undergraduates into making wrong identifications , and then proceeding to demonstrate his own analytic brilliance in distinguishing fake from authenticity , Victorian alienation from the voice of true feeling . |
| 8 | On 29th May 1176 Frederick was defeated at the battle of Lagnano because Henry the Lion , continually striving to increase his own power , had deserted the imperial cause at the last minute . |