Example sentences of "[v-ing] his [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no denying his words had a soothing effect , but she did n't want to be soothed , she wanted him to accept her version of events . |
| 2 | ( Elspeth Loades ) ; ‘ Lord James Goldsmith ( right ) announcing his plans to demerge the USSR . ’ |
| 3 | KEVIN BROCK is keeping his fingers crossed that Newcastle 's reserve match at Aston Villa tonight is n't a victim of the weather , writes John Wardle . |
| 4 | Bingham is keeping his fingers crossed that Gray 's withdrawal is the only one . |
| 5 | The Lurgan schoolteacher is keeping his fingers crossed that his club Clan na gael will lift the Armagh senior county football title and that Derry will emerge triumphant in the All Ireland final . |
| 6 | Lang is keeping his fingers crossed that there wo n't be a massive outcry when the bills drop through letter boxes during the next two weeks . |
| 7 | Widnes centre Dave Hanley will be keeping his fingers crossed that history does n't repeat itself tomorrow . |
| 8 | The Reds ' third-choice keeper , who made a successful return to senior action , is keeping his fingers crossed that Graeme Souness was impressed enough to select him against Middlesbrough this Saturday . |
| 9 | Leftwing rebels in El Salvador held an American civilian overnight and lectured him on US intervention while keeping his thumbs tied behind his back before letting him go , the US Embassy said yesterday . |
| 10 | Leftwing rebels in El Salvador held an American civilian overnight and lectured him on US intervention while keeping his thumbs tied behind his back before letting him go , the US Embassy said yesterday . |
| 11 | He seemed to make no use of this position for the purposes of observation , keeping his eyes trained instead on the pages of the paperback be had bought at Reading . |
| 12 | A taxi driver with a passion for art has found an original way of keeping his passengers amused . |
| 13 | The police also found Mr Mandela 's diary , documenting his travels to raise support for armed rebellion , and hundreds of documents which betrayed the plans of Umkhonto . |
| 14 | From a pocket in the case , he removes a copy of a painting of Jesus , which he holds up for me to see , widening his eyes like he used to when challenging an opponent or the press . |
| 15 | On the facts of Modupe the accused was guilty of inducing his creditors to wait for payment when he had obtained credit by stating that he owned property when he did not and by exaggerating his employment status . |
| 16 | Indeed , by the time Lord Darlington had finally come round to bidding his guests rise and drink to ‘ peace and justice in Europe ’ , the level of such noises — perhaps on account of the liberal amounts of wine that had been consumed — struck me as bordering on the ill-mannered . |
| 17 | The cost to an employer of employing his workers includes government levies of 11.45% of wages paid . |
| 18 | GRAHAM TAYLOR is challenging his internationals to pick up the fallen standard of English football , after Wednesday night 's triple European club disaster . |
| 19 | GRAHAM TAYLOR is challenging his internationals to pick up the fallen standard of English football , after Wednesday night 's triple European disaster . |
| 20 | The six-month-old animal fell through a hole less than two feet wide in a field at Great Burdon , Darlington and was imprisoned 12ft underground in a narrow chamber for a day until a man walking his dogs discovered her and called the RSPCA . |
| 21 | She was imprisoned 12 feet underground in a narrow chamber for a day until a man walking his dogs discovered her and called the RSPCA . |
| 22 | ‘ He was ever a man of terrible rectitude , ’ said Owen dispassionately , half-closing his eyes to peer back into a past he hardly ever dwelt on now . |
| 23 | Individualism has been his secret ingredient in developing his Flannels menswear ships in Manchester , Altrincham and Leeds which , over the years , have always carried in-demand continental labels , including French names like Paraboot shoes , Jean Paul Gaultier , Closed jeans , Nikos underwear — and Chipie . |
| 24 | The thrust of the prosecutions case is that Mr How , who had offices in Gloucester , Cheltenham and Worcester , used money which his clients believed to be safely invested , to pay for high risk property deals , which fell through causing his customers to lose almost two million pounds betwen them . |
| 25 | Tipperary , owned by Merck , Sharp and Dohme is accused by a local farmer of causing his cattle to die . |
| 26 | At last Cranston belched , stretched , and beamed round the tavern , snapping his fingers to call Talbot over . |
| 27 | As Sturgis frustrated his own attack by ordering his troopers to dismount , the Nez Perce secured the mouth of the narrow canyon . |
| 28 | In late morning Aoun , under pressure from the French ambassador , broadcast a radio message ordering his forces to obey Lahud . |
| 29 | Those arrested were said to include a wanted fundamentalist leader , Shaikh Gaber Ahmad Mohammed Ali , who had admitted ordering his followers to carry out bomb attacks . |
| 30 | Feared as he was , the townsfolk had gathered to oppose him on several occasions , once when he affronted their God-fearing attitudes by ordering his men to rip the timber fan-faulting from the local church to use in the construction of Lambourn Palace . |