Example sentences of "[coord] [v-ing] his [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | either that or banging his head on the wall ! |
| 2 | She strongly approves of her brother 's attention to his second great house at Chawton , because he is ‘ proving & strengthening his attachment to the place by making it better ’ , even down to a ‘ solicitude ’ for the inadequate dimensions of a pantry door ; for an attention to domestic minutiae , if normally unstated , indicates a concern for other people , at least at one 's own level of society . |
| 3 | 11 Do n't allow yourself to be dominated by the student who always knows , or thinks he knows , the answer or who is always asking you questions or giving his opinion on the state of the world . |
| 4 | Without holstering his gun , or taking his eyes off the glimmering phenomenon , Bishop dragged the little man from the chamber and threw him bodily into the Pit . |
| 5 | That , perhaps , is one reason why Mr Clinton has dwelt particularly upon ‘ symbolic ’ politics : like making the armed forces accept gays or staffing his administration with an eye to ethnic ‘ balance ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ It was n't me , ’ a man can say after some foul abomination such as hitting his wife or putting his penis in a prostitute 's dribbling mouth , ‘ It was n't really me . |
| 7 | Play may also serve ‘ the individual child in working through his own problems or fulfilling his wishes at the fantasy level ’ ( ibid . |
| 8 | Note the lively sculpture of the roof line , one figure looking as if he is smoking a hubble-bubble or earning his living as a snake charmer : in fact he is a fireman ! |
| 9 | Also , in the same passage , he says he is going to pack his bag — ‘ my pauper 's bag ’ — and end up either dead of starvation in a ditch or earning his keep as a tutor in some merchant 's house . |
| 10 | Inevitably in Addis Ababa he was busy for most of the day , writing his despatches , interviewing people or visiting his colleagues in the other Legations . |
| 11 | He was a ‘ prodigal who is brought kicking , struggling , resentful and darting his eyes in every direction for a chance of escape ’ . |
| 12 | After years as a good county player , he is suddenly timing the ball and shaping his shots with the elegance and effectiveness of a Graveney or a Gower . |
| 13 | ESSEX all-rounder Mark Waugh hit a majestic 121 as New South Wales reached 349–4 against the West Indies yesterday , ending a run of four successive ducks and proving his form to the Australian selectors . |
| 14 | ‘ Then he 's not far off , ’ said the thin man , keeping a sharp look-out on the surrounding trees and resting his hand on the pommel of his short sword . |
| 15 | Expecting him to be amused , she was astonished when he swore , explicitly and very fluently , before draining the rest of his coffee in one swallow and thumping his cup on the mantelpiece . |
| 16 | On the wedding day , he was holding his head and nudging his friends about the wild stag night they 'd enjoyed . |
| 17 | I recall my partner panting , puffing and praying his way over a traverse which in no way resembled the route description , to arrive with abject horror at my belay . |
| 18 | He gave a low , husky laugh as he lay down beside her , bending his head to her throat and pressing his lips to the pulse that was beating so wildly under her skin . |
| 19 | The injury-prone versatile Northampton player lasted just 39 minutes before dislocating his shoulder and booking his place on the plane home . |
| 20 | Imagine an ordinary young man coming home from work and walking his dog in a disused coalyard . |
| 21 | Now , now , ’ said Lee , nearly shouting and banging his head against the shed so hard that the whole thing shook . |
| 22 | I could hear him bawling and banging his way through the Nissen hut across the way . |
| 23 | Hasan , holding tightly to Rafiq 's hand , was laughing and thrashing his body like a swimmer in difficulties |
| 24 | A friend of mine concussed himself by bending over to splash his face in the basin and cracking his head on a cabinet as he straightened up . |
| 25 | ‘ Uh , huh ? ’ he replied dreamily , replacing his hand at her breast and pushing his fingers beneath the fabric of her dress to rub his thumb against her nipple . |
| 26 | Instead of having to stand on his head , he is runing hard and pushing his shoulder to the wheel because , of course , he is a member of the No Turning Back group . |
| 27 | So he said to himself : ‘ This is the place where I was simply terrified ! ’ and remembering his fear of the previous day , he promptly shied again although he had not been hurt the day before . |
| 28 | Highly successful in commending himself to a variety of audiences and communicating his project with the Dhalit people . |
| 29 | A figure appeared , running past the blaze and stumbling his way to the gate , which boomed open and then closed behind him . |
| 30 | And fitting his monocle beneath the bone of his eye he studied the menu . |