Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] his [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Nor did the Flemings feel that he was really supporting them ; he had appeared to be using them for his own ends . |
| 2 | Oriental dragons were not bloodthirsty like the Worms in England , and a pretty story tells us that the beautiful colours of autumn leaves are a result of a nearby dragon yawning and tinging them with his warm breath , before settling down to his winter hibernation . |
| 3 | He also took government subsidies for agriculture , applying them to his catch-cropping enterprise . |
| 4 | His name on her lips was like a plea , and with one swift movement he gathered her into his arms , pressing her against his powerful chest . |
| 5 | Roger , overtaking her in his ramshackle car , pulled up and opened the door . |
| 6 | The other was from the Vice President in charge of Overseas ' Operations , thanking him for his personal contribution to the expansion of European Component Operations . |
| 7 | Royal Scottish Chief Executive Ian Offor wrote thanking him for his prompt action and sent him a Fortnum and Mason luxury hamper as a token of appreciation . |
| 8 | He took a sheet of Gordon 's notepaper and typed a short note to Alan Bleath , thanking him for his recent contribution to the stimulating seminar on lenses of a high refractive index , signed this with a fair approximation of Gordon 's hand and put it in one of the ‘ Gordon Beamish : See ? ’ envelopes , addressed to Alan Bleath , 329 Carradine Road , Mitcham . |
| 9 | ‘ My dear Gwendolen , ’ he cut in impatiently , disengaging her from his new blazer . |
| 10 | Stone also wrote the film , basing it on his own experiences as a volunteer infantryman in the 25th Infantry ( ‘ Tropic Lightning ’ ) Division . |
| 11 | To put it another way , he was aware of the idea of divided consciousness , much discussed in his day , and here and elsewhere he can be seen applying it to his own actions . |
| 12 | He passed her , holding his face away from every shouted word , interspersing them with his own but not loud enough to be heard : ‘ Stop it , ’ ‘ This is destructive , ’ ‘ Do n't say these things , ’ until in the middle of the hall he thrashed the coat repeatedly against the floor , yelling louder than he had ever done . |
| 13 | AN EMINENT scientist stands accused of stealing his former PhD student 's ideas and publishing them under his own name . |
| 14 | With regard to sending mail to your grandson addressing him by his old surname , you are fully entitled to address him as you choose . |
| 15 | ‘ Oh , I 'm all ears , Miss Swift ! ’ he drawled with a cool gesture from one strong tanned hand before replacing it below his hard jaw . |
| 16 | Sweat dewed her lashes as she unbuttoned his white shirt , pushing it from his broad shoulders , running her hands over his flesh , pulling him closer , her mouth as hungry as his . |
| 17 | Our system of criminal justice demands that the government seeking to punish an individual produce the evidence by its own independent labours , rather than by the cruel , simple expedient of compelling it from his own mouth . |
| 18 | She had dealt with the guilt years ago and put it behind her , but here he was , reviving it with his ruthless logic . |
| 19 | The second thug was standing to his left , holding the long pickaxe handle in his right hand , tapping it against his left palm . |
| 20 | He tried to hit me , kept pummelling me with his podgy fists , but he could n't summon up the necessary enthusiasm . |
| 21 | On our return the Agent had gone and the women were calm , unlike Bustos , that foolish puppy , spinning at my feet and fixing me with his heartbroken eyes . |
| 22 | While you were deceiving your husband Proopsie with lawyer Phillip Levy , he was all the time deceiving you with his true love , Meli . |
| 23 | For the first time in his life Karelius realized how narrow was the gap separating him from his pagan ancestors , the Germanic warriors of a thousand years before . |
| 24 | I thought it probable the police were right , he had sought revenge against Imogen Surkov for separating him from his nice third wife , Vera , and their son . |
| 25 | As she walked uncertainly towards him , he gave a great bellow , then flung his arms about her , all but suffocating her in his bear-like embrace . |
| 26 | ‘ Oh , yes , please ! ’ returned Sally-Anne , and then caught her breath again , when he turned his head , presenting her with his beautiful , undamaged profile — he must have been an absolute stunner before he was disfigured . |
| 27 | But Coleridge soon discovered the shortcomings of Clevedon , and especially the inconvenient distance separating it from his literary friends in Bristol , and from the indispensable Bristol City Library . |
| 28 | He was still sitting astride the bike , balancing it with his long , lean legs tautly encased in black leather . |
| 29 | He might even find a way of turning it to his own advantage . |
| 30 | Grasping it in his left hand again , he resumed a grip on his gun . |