Example sentences of "[v-ing] his [noun pl] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He hated getting his clothes dirty , but the effect had to be convincing . |
| 5 | Ca n't get used to the idea of a lord hard at work , getting his hands dirty . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Oh , those boys have been teasing him again , ’ Mr Trotter said , wiping his glasses clean , then he was able to continue . |
| 7 | Wake , junior ABA champion and defending his schools title against the boy he beat last year , Roger Campbell , of Hampshire , found it hard going against a shorter but stockier opponent and had to survive being hurt in a tough second round before being given a majority decision . |
| 8 | It will be recalled from Chapter 3 that the Partnership Act provides that where no definite duration is set for the partnership any partner may " retire " by giving his co-partners notice , whereupon in the absence of any contrary agreement the firm is dissolved . |
| 9 | is the matter for the honourable gentleman is giving his constituents hope what he appears completely unable to do . |
| 10 | The obscenity , the obscenity of a Labour Councillor , Councillor in , saying his principles mean he wo n't pay the community charge , but his principles do not extend to not claiming over fifteen hundred pounds worth of expenses , paid for by those people who are paying the community charge in . |
| 11 | InformationWeek quotes Taligent Inc chief executive Joe Guglielmi as saying his folks have a version of its object-oriented operating system up and running on an Apple Computer Inc Macintosh Quadra : Taligent , which intends publishing specifications this year followed by a developer 's kit , has also written some low-level applications for the system along the lines of Apple 's MacDraw — but the final system is not due until 1995 . |
| 12 | He jerked his body away from hers and stood , dragging his jeans back up with hands that shook like leaves in a hurricane . |
| 13 | The poses come as pauses at the end of each sequence , the dancer then changing position before beginning a new phrase , as if the guitarist were resting his fingers fur a moment . |
| 14 | Despite being 6-1 up from the home leg , boss Graeme Souness is demanding his players treat this European Cup Winners ' Cup clash with Apollon Limassol as anything but a dead game . |
| 15 | Rubbing his glasses clean , he peered intently over at me through the thin rain . |
| 16 | Following his comments Shoob on Oct. 5 acceded to requests by the authorities to withdraw from the case and admitted that he had reached " certain preliminary conclusions " concerning the evidence . |