Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] his [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This hot-tempered ingrate was denying him his rights as head of the tribe . |
| 2 | coerces some kid into selling him his marbles , that 's corruption is n't it ? |
| 3 | So you may have to wait till next year when I find a job for this year 's Christmas present — but this MUST NOT stop giving me his ideas as his birthday present is long overdue . |
| 4 | After handing her his gloves , hat and coat , he walks into the drawing room , calls for a sherry and says , ‘ Evening dearest , what 's on tonight ? ’ |
| 5 | When she stole a glance to see how Marc was taking it his lips were white . |
| 6 | He 's got a flair ( not a formula ) for knowing what his customers want and ensuring that they get it . |
| 7 | He had the art of lighting up the faces of those he met by a single kindly word , and so making them his admirers in a flash . |
| 8 | Kurt is showing me his glasses which , along with his new hairstyle , are supposed to enable him to walk down the street unrecognised . |
| 9 | He , he pulled his erm trousers down and he was showing us his pants and stuff . |
| 10 | He has n't redeemed and restored back to what we were , but he 's gone way , way beyond that , in making us his children and bringing us into a very special relationship with himself . |
| 11 | Piggy would almost definitely have saved the boys as he could have held on to their love for civilisation by telling them his stories about his auntie , as both his parents were dead . |
| 12 | He is intrinsically proud : this reveals itself through his habit of defining himself by telling you his achievements . |
| 13 | The man sitting opposite her looked shifty , but she could see from the set of his jaw that he 'd no intention of telling her his suspicions . |
| 14 | Erm that means we have a stall on Tuesday the twenty fourth , Wednesday we 've got our meeting here with the speaker about , were having Mike speaking on Czechoslovakian now and he 'll be telling us his experiences over there and his had a long association with Czechoslovakia and Harlow and Thursday were having a market stall with a jazz band and Norman could probably tell us more about that . |