Example sentences of "his [noun] be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I love Saeed very much and his sister is missing him . |
| 2 | That evening , when Matthew came into the kitchen , he saw that his sister was crying . |
| 3 | Helmut Schlesinger , the bank 's president , said his policies were bearing fruit . |
| 4 | His phone-time was running out . |
| 5 | In 1902 , when my father was at Thame , only 9 per cent of his contemporaries were receiving full-time education of any kind . |
| 6 | What Thucydides and his contemporaries were doing was ‘ challenging ’ social dogma , not simply ‘ readjusting ’ it , and it is in this characteristic of classical Greek scholarship that we can identify the crucial consequence of acquiring literacy . |
| 7 | His resignation was winging its way to Sheppards yesterday afternoon . |
| 8 | His technique was beginning to pay off . |
| 9 | His own thinking over the next three years was developed , accordingly , through successive disagreements with Lyell 's views on the organic world , while he continued to accept his mentor 's teaching on the physical world of land , sea and climate changes . |
| 10 | He put an ear to his chest , then looked up at them , saying , ‘ He 's still breathing , but his heart 's going twenty to the dozen . |
| 11 | He is attached to an artificial ventilator which ventilates his lungs , and his heart is beating . |
| 12 | His heart was thudding hard against his ribs and he felt the first droplet of perspiration pop onto his forehead . |
| 13 | His strong hands fondled her rear , his heart was thudding furiously . |
| 14 | His heart was thudding hard against his chest . |
| 15 | His heart was thumping . |
| 16 | Now his heart was thumping as he turned the elevating screw past five degrees . |
| 17 | His heart was palpitating , and his body full of jitters . |
| 18 | His heart was pounding like a steamhammer . |
| 19 | His heart was pounding , even though it was all a sham . |
| 20 | Freddi did his Zsupan number with all the expertise of an old professional — miraculous ! — what did it matter if his voice had gone — and then , Busacher swallowed hard , realizing his heart was pounding dangerously fast , Therese made her entrance and began to sing . |
| 21 | His heart was throbbing painfully , and he controlling his breathing with the greatest of difficulty … but he also realized that he was enjoying it . |
| 22 | He stood up , and his heart was beating fast . |
| 23 | His heart was beating agitatedly , as if sharing his sense of foreboding . |
| 24 | Rufus found his heart was beating fast . |
| 25 | ‘ You know that is n't true , ’ Harry reproached her , although his heart was beating with excitement at the thought that Madeleine was as anxious to be alone with him as he with her . |
| 26 | His heart was beating wildly now and the sweat was running from him . |
| 27 | His palms were sweating , his forehead was wet and itching , he felt shivery , his voice was shaky and his heart was beating fast ; they were cooking , him with the Microwave Gun , bathing him in its evil radiations , heating him up so that he broke out in a lathering sweat and looked like a nervous kid . |
| 28 | His heart was beating too hard . |
| 29 | His forehead was wet with the cold sweat of horror , and his heart was beating very fast . |
| 30 | His heart was playing up , beating irregularly . |