Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] [prep] his [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rumours flared that her relationship with 32-year-old Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora was on again when the two were seen embracing after his band 's surprise London gig last week . |
| 2 | To many a caddie 's relief , in the 1930s the Royal & Ancient Golf Club ruled that fourteen clubs were the maximum , and at the 1939 British Open at St Andrews many a caddie was seen burrowing into his player 's bag before tee-off to check the requisite number of clubs . |
| 3 | He began trying on his mother 's clothing when he was eight and realised he was a transexual when he was 17 . |
| 4 | Falling demand and rising costs are tempting many a finance director to curb spending on his firm 's in-house training , let alone its contribution to the local TEC . |
| 5 | SUPERFIT body-builder Bernard Ayre just managed to gasp out ‘ I love you ’ as he collapsed dying in his wife 's arms . |
| 6 | This new prodigy , already 36th on the provisional list after only three ranking events , started playing in his mother 's snooker club when he was nine ; at 13 he made his first century and at 16 his first 147 . |
| 7 | His practical education was evidently gained working in his father 's business and soon after he came of age he was taken into partnership , the firm then moving to the larger settlement of Corbridge . |
| 8 | Joseph took a glass from the officer 's tray but did n't drink ; instead he continued looking in his mother 's direction , ready to smile in sympathy . |
| 9 | After completing his articles Knowles continued working in his father 's architectural office . |
| 10 | He dies lying across his brother 's body , a complicated split screen effect in which Irons was first Elliot , sprawled half-sitting against the wall with a stand-in across his lap , and then Beverly lying in exactly the same position as the stand-in for a matte shot to be inserted in the first image . |