Example sentences of "[noun] he [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It finished 'is boxin'. 'E was goin' ter fight fer a title before 'e went in the army . ’ |
| 2 | Not by doing it the speed he 's doing it . |
| 3 | What 's the speed he 's travelling at ? |
| 4 | Like many another driver , Jackie had clearly contemplated the risks he was taking ; he had had several severe accidents , so he knew what was involved ; he knew the odds . |
| 5 | His eyes were bright with determination , his face flushed with a sense of the risks he was taking , and the still born smile twitched away at the comer of his mouth as though he was trying to eat his beard . |
| 6 | Vince had reluctantly admitted his part in it , but had tried to appear nonchalant about the risks he was taking . |
| 7 | He said he tried previously to warn MacQuillan of the risks he was running . |
| 8 | ‘ Every club years ago had a tough-tackling defender in their side but they did n't resort to the tactics he is talking about . |
| 9 | In this particular drawing the forecaster has assumed that the future is going to be almost the same as the present ( at least in the characteristics he is depicting ) . |
| 10 | He was searching for a complete lyricist who could add flavour to songs he was intending to be covered by bigger artists . |
| 11 | The songs he was writing were very death-oriented . |
| 12 | No good thinking he 's sending |
| 13 | another one he had during his work and he says straight away look I was put to work splitting wood , do you see that in the , paragraph on the right hand side , the next day I was told to report to the dairy barns to help milk cows , then he worked in the garden , he also took care of the bees , harvested honey for the family , then in nineteen fifty three I was transferred to the cheese making farm , now here 's a spiritual brother thinking he 's going into the battle to do all sorts of spiritual things , and yet these were his assignments , there 's a lesson here for you and I . |
| 14 | on top of a hill thinking he was gon na get blown off . |
| 15 | A guardian would be assessed on the stock he was holding on behalf of his wards , as was Francis Brown of Little Casterton , Rutland , in respect of his four brothers and sisters . |
| 16 | Doing a bit of dealing and er keeping the stock he was buying and selling in this twelve acre park in . |
| 17 | William glanced down at the list of stock he was cataloguing and sighed . |
| 18 | A bishop who can not make up his mind which side he is supporting is inconvenient . |
| 19 | Amongst the slain was Alric , son of Heardberht , though it is not clear on which side he was fighting ( ASC D , s.a. 798 ) . |
| 20 | For like millions of other readers he was following the slow northward progress of the escaped eagle as it was reported day by day in most of the popular newspapers . |
| 21 | He fiddled with a piece of card he was carrying and glowered at the exit to the Customs hall as if he was expecting his worst enemy to come through the door . |
| 22 | He guessed that these effects might be due to intoxication by one of the compounds he was working with , and confirmed his idea by deliberate experiment . |
| 23 | With reference to real , external time , by day 9 of the experiment he was acting like a night-worker , even though he always go up at what he called 0800 and then ate breakfast . |
| 24 | Franco was surprised , he was hard at work , had just reached an important moment in a piece he was composing and did n't want to be interrupted . |
| 25 | But Neil he was gon na go down to Tesco 's but he is , Ipswich , ca n't get down here , so he ca n't sort of travel and you know what the hassle of having to take him and pick him up . |
| 26 | An –easy conscience chafed him like his new , scratchy tweed suit , caused him the same persistent discomfort as the broken spring he was hatching out beneath his buttocks . |
| 27 | On the Red Hall estate on Tuesday he was taking his orders from Coun. Sonia Willans standing at a central point while the other members radiated out . |
| 28 | Sam Yaeger spent Monday at the boatyard because he 'd been medically stood down from racing as a result of a fall , but by Tuesday he was racing again , and on Wednesday he rode at Ascot , so the boathouse was vulnerable all day Tuesday and again Wednesday morning . ’ |
| 29 | There is a particular kind of French personality who always pronounce the word francais as if it were a football he is heading towards less privileged mortals . |
| 30 | And as they prepare for first division football he 's relishing another challenge , just as he 's looking forward to renewing acquaintances with certain Meath players today . |