Example sentences of "his [v-ing] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They turned a corner and Corbett had to hide his trembling at the appearance of the small , squat , one-eyed man who seemed to rise out of the darkness before them . |
| 2 | He tries to confine his searching to the area around the nest , presumably so that he can keep an eye on his partner . |
| 3 | Does not this inclination arise from his believing in the goodness , the worth , of what has this property and from his belief that its goodness is an important ethical truth ? |
| 4 | The threat of his withdrawing from the coalition was again sufficient to rally the support of Roh , who was forced to join Kim in disowning the planned constitutional reform [ see p. 37860 ] . |
| 5 | After the passage quoted just above concerning the esteem in which Molla Fenari was held and his place in the state , and before passing on to the next event in his life , namely his going on the pilgrimage in 822 ( 8 Dhu " l-Hijja = 26 December 1419 ) , Ibn Hajar writes that Molla Fenari became widely known for his erudition and that he was both pious and abundant in culture and merit " except that he was censured for [ espousing ] the sect of Ibn al- " Arabi and for the fact that he taught the and affirmed it " : he goes on to say that Molla Fenari , on the advice of friends , abjured mention of the subject in Egypt . |
| 6 | ‘ Rosemary does n't want you living quite so close ? ’ his mother bridled , having been very much against his going at the start , but now , because he looked so upset , ready to take up cudgels on his behalf . |
| 7 | She slept badly , often waking to listen so that she would not his going in the morning . |
| 8 | The basic principle of law is that assignment of a contract is not possible where the identity of the assignor is an important factor for the other party to the contract either as a reason for his entering into the contract in the first place , or because it is for some reason significant for the proper discharge of the contract . |
| 9 | Among snatches of conversation , both of us remember his referring to the underground as being rather like hell . |
| 10 | These include his referring to the advertising ban as a ‘ totalitarian step ’ , casting doubt on the ban as a health measure . |