Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] his [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked powerful and tough , and yet Isabel found herself noticing that his lower lip was slightly fuller than the upper , and that his mouth quirked at one corner , hinting at a sense of humour . |
| 2 | Noticing that his younger brother himself was shivering , Dong , who was taller than the average Annamese , inched his long , thin body closer to him and put his arm around his shoulders . |
| 3 | Nor was there any instance , as far as I could see , of the faithful lover dying before his long wait was rewarded ; or thought of how the heroine might have felt in such a case , with brothers and sisters flown the nest , father and mother dead , hero dead , the house empty , and the mind , so long attuned and subjected to the needs of other minds , no longer able to recognize and adapt to its own needs . |
| 4 | He was almost on the point of signing before his better judgement saved him at the last moment from the emetic flower-child rompings of this 1972 Paramount flop . |
| 5 | John-Augustus tried to josh himself into accepting that his own bout was no more than that . |
| 6 | Gordon Turner , 61 , enlisted the help of The Northern Echo , trusting that his long-lost friend had returned to his native Darlington . |
| 7 | Now realising that his gloved hand was touching a wall , he snatched it quickly away in alarm . |
| 8 | Realising that his whole future depended on it , he perfected the art of talking ‘ poor-mouth ’ . |
| 9 | Hobbes had left England for Paris in 1640 , believing that his political views made this prudent and , as mathematics tutor to the future Charles II , he was associated there with the exiled English court . |
| 10 | Magellan , overjoyed and believing that his ultimate goal was within his grasp , brushed aside the doubters ' view that he should , despite the discovery , turn back eastwards for the Moluccas . |
| 11 | SAM Torrance returned to action in the GA European Open at East Sussex National today believing that his sleepwalking injury might have been a blessing in disguise . |
| 12 | Carrying through life a heavy sense that early separation from Ottery had left him no better than an orphan , Coleridge took comfort in believing that his own grandfather had been an orphan before him , a nameless , parentless child , discovered beneath a Devon sky . |
| 13 | It was fitting that his last innings for Middlesex should bring him 221 — his highest first-class score . |
| 14 | At some point during all this nonsense Meehan stormed out of the court , shouting that his free pardon was n't worth the paper it was printed on . |
| 15 | Willie carried on imagining that his dirty feet were wrapped in rags and newspapers and when the scene came to an end he shuffled slowly off the stage . |
| 16 | I know many reading this must feel as I feel : torn between the raw genius of Morrissey 's Smiths writing and his latest batch of tunes , which I personally feel very much cheated by . |
| 17 | A few seconds later de Craon bustled in , his face wreathed in an unctuous smile , bobbing and bowing while his snakelike eyes scrutinised the King . |
| 18 | ‘ I think that in six or seven months I 'll be much more competitive and able to do more justice to myself , ’ he said , adding that his current form in matches fell well below the standard he is reaching in practice . |
| 19 | Gerstner said at the announcement that he sees ‘ no quick fix ’ to turning the company around — ‘ I have no idea how long it will take , ’ he said , adding that his first priority is to listen and learn from the IBM management team . |
| 20 | Gerstner said at the announcement that he sees ‘ no quick fix ’ to turning the company around — ‘ I have no idea how long it will take , ’ he said , adding that his first priority is to listen and learn from the IBM management team . |
| 21 | Willie remembers the early days of the company well , recalling that his first wage was four pounds and four shillings a week . |
| 22 | A chef in Saratoga Springs exasperated by a difficult customer complaining that his french fries were not sliced thinly enough cut the potatoes paper thin ; the irony was that the customer enjoyed the delicacy so much he asked for more and thus crisps were born . |
| 23 | Aides are gambling that his broken promise of a tax cut on the middle class was never taken seriously . |
| 24 | He picked up the wafer of liquid crystal which represented himself and stared at the High Priest 's face , his own , wishing that his own image could confide in him in the same way that the Harlequin had . |
| 25 | Jim still carries the scars of his Carry Ons — he fell off the camel he was supposed to be riding and his left arm was badly broken during the making of Doctor , when he had to ride a hospital trolley down a flight of stairs , through a plate-glass window and on to a table . |
| 26 | She felt reckless and more alive than she had for months , her own desire rising as his hungry mouth fell on her breasts like a starving child , and his eager hands tore at her clothes . |
| 27 | Erm , he he he was saying that his young boy of eight , he does n't allow to play out alone . |
| 28 | On Sept. 28 the Supreme Soviet Presidium stripped the late Leonid Brezhnev of the Order of Victory , saying that his modest war record did not justify the 1978 award . |
| 29 | I thought it was better to put my own thing forward so I dismissed his comment by saying that his rude attack on me was like being savaged by a dead sheep — and that became famous . |
| 30 | I am sorry that the Secretary of State was not in the Chamber when the hon. Gentleman ended by saying that his last ambition in politics was to abolish the Department in which he served for eight years . |