Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] his [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The office was , however , ideally suited for a gentleman of ancient lineage , who , for whatever reason , had determined to live upon his own estate , and was experiencing difficulty maintaining his social rank and providing for his family . |
| 2 | William is at present completing his third year at St Augustine 's . |
| 3 | Once again it was the Club Secretary Eddie who came to the fore maintaining his good form and romping home a clear winner . |
| 4 | He was having enough difficulty understanding his own feelings , without trying to fathom out Carrie 's . |
| 5 | He neatly propped a chair in front of the door and went back about his business , but awareness of him tingled all around Charity — awareness of the way he moved , with such effortless grace , of the way he looked with the wind ravaging his neat curls . |
| 6 | She was still digesting the resentment with which his concluding confession was coloured and the mockery lacing his final endearment as Luke reached for her . |
| 7 | A piece of verse he had heard long ago came drifting back to Carew ; the lament of some long dead , long forgotten Irish poet surveying his ravaged country . |
| 8 | This could be done by a local newsagent buying his nearest rival , or the local sole practitioner accountant merging with his only rival . |
| 9 | There is no point in a defendant blaming his defective brakes if he was going so fast that nothing could have stopped him , or in blaming a puncture if he was driving on a tyre that was worn down to the canvas . |
| 10 | The ringisho ( request for a decision ) goes back and forth and eventually a consensus is achieved among the interested parties , with the president giving his final approval . |
| 11 | ‘ Fell in the river ? ’ repeated Gus like an indignant echo , and stared at the smear of blood staining his muddy fingers . |
| 12 | He went out to his car carrying his jazzy jacket and tooted as he drove away . |
| 13 | A DISTRAUGHT father had to push-start an ambulance carrying his dying daughter . |
| 14 | Frankie Howerd is the subject of an Arena biography tracing his comic progress from gangly young man in the Fifties to his recent canonisation by the likes of Jonathan Ross . |
| 15 | With the team in place Clinton will be ready to swing into action putting his detailed budget proposals on the table by March . |
| 16 | So , in a week that found Hooker registering his fourth UK album success , it could hardly come as a complete surprise to find ol' John Lee celebrating 43 years of chart activity by appearing on Top Of The Pops . |
| 17 | He happens to be a minister and found himself amid considerable grief telling his young family that their dog had gone for a walk with Jesus . |
| 18 | ‘ the poet nearing his twenty-fifth year ’ |
| 19 | Early one morning , Miller noticed a car following his own Mercedes . |
| 20 | He had given up writing poetry and had been living the duplicitous life of a critic deciphering his own works , but when he fell in love with Howard 's wife Elizabeth his former self was reawakened and he ceased to believe in his own existence . |
| 21 | Was this the shade of a railwayman visiting his former workplace ? |
| 22 | Halkopous stormed to the head of the Champion market at 5-1 with Coral following his 10-length success from Granville Again , with Morley Street back in third . |
| 23 | A few days later he was ghost writing his own columns , succumbing to the flirtatious attention of some of London 's most infamous debs , having voice tests for his first hit single , drawing £500 in wages and huge sums from advertising and personal appearances . |
| 24 | 11.6.3 Expert pursuing his own investigations |
| 25 | Since the restrictions on the signing of overseas players were eased in 1968 , I can find only one instance of a non-English-qualified fast bowler helping his adopted county to the title , Wayne Daniel of Middlesex in 1977 ( joint champions ) and outright winners in 1982 and 1985 . |
| 26 | His trouser-leg had fallen back , exposing the elasticated suspender circling his diamond-mottled calf . |
| 27 | Mr Shamir has been hard at work consolidating his right-wing support and trying to win over independent conservatives ; he has reiterated his determination to keep the P L O out of any peace talks and has steadfastly refused to consider any deal which would involve giving up territory for peace . |
| 28 | The spooky goings-on happened when night watchman James Durham spotted a man with a heavy overcoat walking his black retriever . |
| 29 | In chapter thirty Hilton 's analysis of the process of reformation of feeling comes to a climax as he brings together the implications of his analysis and imagery in a synthesis embodying his full sense of the process of contemplative life as lived discovery of the meaning of the Incarnation.The experience of the darkness reveals to the soul its essence which is that its being does not inhere in the dimensions of time : " for soule is no body bot a lif vnseable " ( 30.102r. – 252 ) and has its own mode of knowing that is not entirely dependent on bodily senses or imagination . |
| 30 | Morse had immediately picked up a copy of The Times , and proceeded to hold this newspaper like a crusader flaunting his emblazoned shield as he 'd stood beside Hodges at the check-out . |