Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] [prep] his [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If only he knew that looking after his dogs had made her feel that she had just the smallest stake in his life , that it had in some measure comforted her for his absence . |
| 2 | He would sit or kneel until his body ached , picking and stroking in his efforts to please her . |
| 3 | With a slash of the knife he remembers when he was twelve , lying face down on the landing , watching and listening to his parents arguing about him and his future . |
| 4 | In the end , Gabriel 's head was shaken vacant , and he sat gaping ahead of him into Izzie 's scowling face and listening to his teeth clattering together with every rut in the road . |
| 5 | She came and went while he was out , tidying up , laying the table for his evening meal , and no doubt reading his letters and looking in his drawers to see if he had a rupture belt or kept a stock of contraceptives . |
| 6 | Duncan looked at his wrist watch , and rising to his feet said , ‘ I had better be going now , Piper . |
| 7 | Once Richards had to dive out of the way as Tribe , twisting and stretching in his straps lurched across the formation . |
| 8 | This hit home for me in a 10-mile traffic gridlock around Birmingham last weekend , gazing at the rows of orange cones he swore to sweep away with Citizens ' Charters while listening to his critics savage his new improved Classless Honours List . |