Example sentences of "was [v-ing] his [noun sg] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peter was obsessively jealous , and his behaviour was driving his wife Susie away . |
| 2 | He was driving his silver Porsche . |
| 3 | As Bob Merryfield was having his dram Charlie broached the subject of rabbits and Parkinson said he could have a pair , as a number had been shot the previous day . |
| 4 | If she was bearing his child Zoe was the last person she 'd tell . |
| 5 | CHRIS PATTEN , the Secretary of State for the Environment , yesterday announced that he was overturning his predecessor Nicholas Ridley 's ‘ mindedness ’ to allow an instant , private new town to be built on the Berkshire/Hampshire borders , south-east of Wokingham . |
| 6 | Livingston dismissed speculation that he was following his idol Ben Johnson all the way to taking drugs . |