Example sentences of "[prep] his [being] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it had not been for the circumstance of his being away , I should not be here now . ’ |
| 2 | The Substitute had refused the chair offered to him , choosing instead to wander about the room , taking brief puffs on his cigar and regarding everything and everyone with an amused detachment that gave the impression of his being mildly surprised but pleased at having to perform the office of Public Prosecutor . |
| 3 | The whole point of his being there was because of his condition . |
| 4 | In spite of his being so serious . |
| 5 | In this case that individual shall not be chargeable to tax under s740 by reference to relevant income which is such that if he had received it he would not , by reason of his being so domiciled , have been chargeable to income tax in respect of it . |
| 6 | The relevant provision is s740(5) which reads thus : An individual who is domiciled outside the United Kingdom shall not , in respect of any benefit not received in the United Kingdom , be chargeable to tax under [ s740 ] by reference to relevant income which is such that if he had received it he would not , by reason of his being so domiciled , have been chargeable to income tax in respect of it ; and [ s65(6)– ( 9 ) ] shall apply for the purposes of [ s740(5) ] as they would apply for the purposes of [ s65(5) ] if the benefit were income arising from possessions outside the United Kingdom . |
| 7 | The first limb provides that if the recipient is domiciled outside the United Kingdom and the benefit is not received in the United Kingdom then the recipient shall not be chargeable to tax by reference to relevant income which is such that if he had received it he would not by reason of his being so domiciled have been chargeable to tax in respect of it . |
| 8 | In addition to the variables of age , sex and status , a further social variable associated with a speaker 's degree of integration into his close-knit community appears to affect the probability of his being linguistically innovative with respect to choice of vowel variants . |
| 9 | The figures thus lend support to any intuitive sense we have that the effect of his ordeal in scene six is reflected in his being less willing to talk at length . |
| 10 | Well , there was no harm in his being there . |
| 11 | His integrity , charm , tact , and an insistence upon the highest standards , led to his being widely considered the finest literary editor of his generation . |
| 12 | Perkin 's absence was to me almost a shock , so accustomed had I become to his being there . |
| 13 | While he was fantasizing in this way the mare seemed to get used to his being there and when he next took notice of her she was quite close to him and looking at him curiously , head stretched out , upper lip quivering . |
| 14 | She wanted to make some sarcastic retort about his being so bossy , but he was already clearing away the plates , not paying the slightest scrap of attention to her , and she realised that it was this lack of attention that really annoyed her . |
| 15 | We do n't even have a good reason for his being there . |
| 16 | Philip knew that she was irritated by his being there , that she wanted to be on her own . |