Example sentences of "[subord] [v-ing] his [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stared at her , almost as if seeing his daughter for the very first time , his eyes boring into her , and she suffered his scrutiny as best she could . |
| 2 | He has recently been appointed Associate Director of the Royal National Theatre , while maintaining his work for Cheek by Jowl . |
| 3 | He leans back against the wall , seeing his face in the cracked , diamond-shaped mirror and he sifts through his thoughts , trying to hold back the vitriol while searching his face for yet more mutations . |
| 4 | While acknowledging his argument for the bolt placement , I advised that he had done the route ; if others thought a bolt should be placed , let someone else go ahead and place it . |
| 5 | The speech outlining government policy at the opening of the parliamentary session was delivered by King Hussein himself — a move which was interpreted as underlining his support for the new government of Ibn Shaker . |
| 6 | It is little wonder that Crawford Beveridge , the chief executive of Scottish Enterprise , when searching his heart for charity , described his network 's provision for next year as ’ broadly the same level of resources as this year . ’ |
| 7 | The TV presenter looked across at the sergeant , as though registering his presence for the first time . |