Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adj] of his " in BNC.
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| 1 | The third element that made Easy Rider the runaway , roaraway success that it became in the counter-culture movement was Jack Nicholson , angry and surely envious — though he denied it — at seeing some of his flash contemporaries and some younger actors making it very big indeed in the legitimacy of more sumptuous surroundings of Warners , Paramount , MGM and the rest . |
| 2 | Each has at least had the consolation , if that is the appropriate word , of seeing some of his worst fears come to pass . |
| 3 | On 1 September , the general reaffirmed his defiance of US pressure by naming another of his collaborators , Francisco Rodriguez , as president . |
| 4 | He also agreed to start contacting some of his old friends whom he had lost touch with when he became unemployed . |
| 5 | Indeed John is so enthusiastic that one can not be with him without catching some of his zeal in the cause , and I can not regret our coming , though looking anxiously forward to our return . |
| 6 | Mansell is looking to clinch a record-breaking ninth Grand Prix win in a season — and he underlined his determination yesterday by blasting clear of his chasers in the first qualifying session for tomorrow 's Portuguese race . |
| 7 | Juliet stayed outside , but could n't help overhearing some of his responses . |
| 8 | Rincewind appeared in the ruined doorway , hurling another of his gold grenades . |
| 9 | But not before signing hundreds of his books in Oxford . |
| 10 | After a while he was sure Mr Crangle was becoming suspicious of his persistent visits to the library . |
| 11 | Firms can easily dissipate their first-mover advantages , as Henry Ford did after the first world war by sacking many of his best senior managers . |
| 12 | By homing in on a national hero , Clinton will be keeping one of his early election promises to pick the best people — regardless of their party affiliaton . |
| 13 | So he jumped astride a tractor and was being driven at maximum speed when he was told by somebody landing one of his aircraft alongside " You are not so far in advance of Rommel 's recce tanks " . |
| 14 | The subject is believed to be Gian Giacomo Caprotti , a pupil of da Vinci who joined him at the age of 10 , later becoming one of his lovers . |
| 15 | His words were taken up by many who would not have dreamed of opening any of his more technical works , and he came to be in great demand as a speaker at rallies and at the numerous conferences and seminars on the death of images organized by the Universities , the Churches and the innumerable Humanist organizations which had mushroomed in the immediately preceding decades . |
| 16 | It is only from about six weeks of age onwards , when the baby is becoming aware of his or her surroundings , that there are some wakeful periods without crying … . |
| 17 | Suddenly becoming aware of his blue gaze being levelled in her direction , she turned a smile into a cough , and promptly spilled coffee into the saucer . |
| 18 | ‘ I see , ’ the Doctor went on with a harder edge in his voice , ‘ that you are the sort of hypocritical egomaniac who talks about betrayal when he 's condemning thousands of his own people in Haiti and millions in Africa and elsewhere to living the lives of mere insects ! ’ |
| 19 | He is alive and well , devoting much of his time to encouraging and supporting other AIDS sufferers in their quest for life . |
| 20 | That month Coleridge kept up the radical cry by publishing some of his Bristol lectures from earlier in the year , under the title Conciones ad Populum , and in late December he embarked on an altogether bolder enterprise . |
| 21 | ‘ You said you 'd read an extract from Tweed 's file , detailing some of his techniques … ’ |
| 22 | In fact , he seemed quite cheerful and was looking forward to meeting some of his old mates at 6 Commando . |
| 23 | Leonard was a very close observer , and collector , of this scene ; always keeping his hand in with his guitar , writing much of his early poetry to the sound of its music : the emerging Nashville sound , Muddy Waters , Chuck Berry , Big Joe Turner , The Drifters , The Clovers , Guitar Slim and , most of all , Ray Charles , whose first hit , ‘ Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand ’ in 1951 , marked the onset of an astonishing career . |
| 24 | 1982 's release ‘ The Slide Area ’ found Cooder writing more of his own material , and covering much the same territory . |
| 25 | As a translator he was modest , exhorting and beseeching those of his readers ‘ who are better seen in the Scriptures than I , and have higher gifts of grace to interpret the Scripture ’ to correct his work . |
| 26 | As was the local custom , they both made sacrifices to God from the products of their labour , Cain sacrificing one of his sheep and Abel some of his vegetables . |
| 27 | It triggered Marr into writing one of his most elegantly moody melodies to date . |
| 28 | Bolt Head , the gangster who financed and masterminded both the Robocranker project and the computer generated hologram , meets the Robocranker after his defeat and offers him a new body in return for operating one of his machines … |
| 29 | New IBM Corp chief Louis Gerstner has gone out-of-house for another top executive appointment , this time tapping one of his alma maters , American Express Co , for Abby Kohnstamm , named to the new post of vice-president , corporate marketing — her new responsibilities will include providing corporate oversight and leadership for all IBM advertising , promotion and sponsorships , overseeing use of IBM brand name worldwide , and the contributions programme also reports to her . |
| 30 | Roh carried out a Cabinet reshuffle on March 30 , replacing four of his Ministers . |