Example sentences of "[v-ing] his [noun] as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the mid-1980s he has produced some thirteen books of aerial photography , consolidating his position as the world 's leading exponent of such work . |
| 2 | Without bargaining skills , a president will be a nonentity in the White House , unable to control other political leaders and incapable of meeting his responsibilities as the principal public policy-maker . |
| 3 | Tel reached into a desk drawer , confirming his reputation as the fastest cheque-book east of Chancery Lane . |
| 4 | The couple have lived at Girsby House at Girsby , near Hurworth , since 1963 and Mr Tholen says with conviction : ‘ Nothing will move me from the North-East , ’ citing his reasons as the ‘ incredibly friendly and outspoken people and the proximity of the countryside . ’ |
| 5 | He succeeded in getting up everyone 's nose , particularly the flared nostrils of Kenneth Williams who saw a foreigner — in the Foreign Legion — usurping his position as the mentor of the team . |
| 6 | Meanwhile , he decided , slackening his pace as the distance between Dotty 's and his own breathless form increased , he must set about persuading his mother that a little kid would be very useful for keeping Tullivers ' grass down . |
| 7 | Paul wrote that he was doing his work as the Lord 's servant . |
| 8 | The business of getting into costume and make-up and then giving his performance as the father in Malcolm Harris 's The Hooded Owl meant that details like confrontations with murderers would have to wait . |
| 9 | Spreadeagled on the roof of the car in a scissors or St Andrew 's Cross position , he concentrated on holding on and not losing his balance as the train gathered speed under the shadow of the Westway and rocked past the desolate terraces of north Kensington . |
| 10 | The Marquis of Blandford has insisted he ca n't be stopped from succeeding his father as the next Duke Of Marlborough . |
| 11 | We are not insulting God but bringing glory to him by taking his Word as the stable , authoritative truth it is . |
| 12 | Rami Dotan was sentenced to 13 years in prison on March 27 for using his position as the Israeli Air Force 's chief procurement officer to embezzle at least US$6,000,000 . |
| 13 | Then he was behind me , showing me a good place to take a photograph , using his whistle as the camera . |
| 14 | Too gently for genuine remorse , because instead of being cut by her rebuke his ego seemed untouched as an inner warmth flooded his face , lighting his eyes as the sun 's rays deepened a summer sky . |