Example sentences of "'s [noun] [conj] he [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While they were there , an elderly man came down the stairs from the upper floor ( with its second hand books and books of local interest ) , and started to wander around , absent-mindedly Clara could tell from a certain straining of attention on Walter 's part that he was trying to catch the old man 's eye , and eventually he succeeded in doing so ; the old man nodded and smiled , with a bare " minimum of recognition , and Walter said " Good morning , Mr Warbley . " |
| 2 | It is worth noting that the Cuban revolution avoided a similar fate by incorporation of the Communists ; the Bolivian experience may well have been in Castro 's mind when he was assessing the means by which he could sustain his own revolution . |
| 3 | VANDALS wrecked a policeman 's car while he was investigating a £1,000 house burglary . |
| 4 | Despite Bob 's protestations that he was staying in the Presidential Suite , was trying to avoid fans , and was actually the ‘ BAWB DYLAN ’ , the callow youth grabbed him by the scruff of his ketchup-stained hooded to and sneered , ‘ Oh yeah , and I 'm the Prime Minister Of Ireland , so I am ’ . |
| 5 | He had no time to run , but , being the discreet man he was , he opened the drawer of the Officer 's desk where he was sitting . |
| 6 | we 're used to a lot of Shakespeare 's archaisms because he was studying them at A level and Shakespeare 's got so a special sort of band of them that he uses . |
| 7 | Gorbachev 's success at the congress was marred , however , by Yelstin 's announcement that he was leaving the party , and by the departure from the party around the same time of a number of other leading advocates of radical reform [ see p. 37416-17 ] . |
| 8 | Midge had known the moment she saw them that something was wrong and she was hurt by Patrick 's announcement that he was going to pack up his things . |
| 9 | He backs up Mill 's claim that he was acting in self defence . |
| 10 | I picture him in the back of his friend 's flat where he is staying . |
| 11 | But by now Princess Ashraf has asked David Rockefeller to take a much closer interest in the Shah 's predicament and he was discussing it constantly with Henry Kissinger . |
| 12 | You do n't chop off a man 's arms while he 's sitting there watching you . ’ |
| 13 | We 'd seen the hare at the 4th and it reappeared again , dashing around right in Lee 's vision as he was putting , which cost him a stroke . |
| 14 | Maybe there was some difficulty about Lilian 's dress or he was waiting for her to get back from the hairdresser 's . |
| 15 | A WARTIME shell blew off a man 's hand as he was cleaning it to make an umbrella stand . |
| 16 | As Frank was talking his arm had gone round May 's shoulder and he was hugging her to him , and of a sudden Peggy felt she must get away from this family scene or she 'd burst out crying . |
| 17 | Claiming can make a difference , though , to your husband 's position if he is postponing retirement , as explained in DHSS leaflet NI 92 . |
| 18 | This was Mr Ross 's office and he was sitting behind a desk . |
| 19 | The CO 's office where he was learning the job of Assistant Adjutant happened to be on the first floor of an empty house in Cadogan Gardens . |
| 20 | As the days passed it became clear to Ned 's family that he was drifting away from them and his strange affair with the stone was fast turning into a deep and meaningful relationship ! |
| 21 | This is clear from a passage in Dixon J. 's judgment where he is dealing with the second class of case : ‘ But , where the substantial or only ground for impeaching the instrument is misunderstanding or want of understanding of its contents or effect , the amount of reliance placed by the creditor upon the husband for the purpose of informing his wife of what she was about must be of great importance . ’ |