Example sentences of "[v-ing] he [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Laughing he tossed the hot nut , and Emilia , squealing , caught it in gloved hands . |
| 2 | The senator paused to light his first Havana of the day and as he got it going he studied the matted vegetation of the riverbank through its smoke . |
| 3 | In so doing he combined the religious culture of Lérins and the rhetorical culture of Late Antiquity more successfully than had Sidonius . |
| 4 | Firstly , he used a telescope to observe the heavens , and in so doing he transformed the observational data that the Copernican theory was required to explain . |
| 5 | By so doing he changed the very character of the conflict , for through the creation of a wider involvement in its success he tried to ensure that he , and his successors , would have broad support for the continued involvement of England and Englishmen in France . |
| 6 | In Bejing he met the Chinese President , Yang Shangkun , the Prime Minister , Li Peng , and other senior officials . |
| 7 | While the kettle is boiling he scans the front page . |
| 8 | On graduating he joined the Geological Survey in 1875 , working in the Teesdale and Cheviot districts until 1884 , when he was posted to the Survey 's Edinburgh office . |
| 9 | Bill Frisell 's earliest influences were Jim Hall , Wes Montgomery and Jimi Hendrix , and in his own playing he combines the various aspects of their styles to form an amalgam of jazz finesse , rock explosiveness and avant-garde experimentation . |