Example sentences of "[noun] be [v-ing] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | There will then be all sorts of rumours buzzing through servants ' halls up and down the country to the effect that he has been approached by this or that personage or that several of the highest houses are competing for his services with wildly high wages . |
| 2 | Duncan Smith , prosecuting , said a row had developed when Harker and his girlfriend were living with his parents in Chaucer Avenue , Brambles Farm , Middlesbrough . |
| 3 | Mungo 's clammy pyjamas were clinging to his chest . |
| 4 | He straightened and looked across to where the men from the ambulance were advancing with his father and his wife . |
| 5 | And Charles 's tactics were damaging to his own subjects : the peasant who declared that he dare not get out of bed in the morning for fear of the English spoke for many of his compatriots , and the unchallenged presence of English armies on French soil not only caused substantial physical hardship to the population but also lowered Charles 's prestige . |
| 6 | Her astonished eyes were taking in his costume : gold-embroidered satin jacket , knee breeches and jabot of the eighteenth century . |
| 7 | His face was round , soft and glowing like a baby 's and his gentle , grey eyes were laughing despite his verbal cynicism . |
| 8 | His brutish , stupid face was blotchy with fear now and his eyes were bolting from his head . |
| 9 | ‘ The details of the scholarship were sitting on his desk , ’ he says . |
| 10 | Random images were pouring into his mind . |
| 11 | Lucifer 's atmospheric corona was blotting out the stars again , and voices were babbling in his ears . |
| 12 | Crosby is fighting for his job after the 5–2 defeat at Peterborough . |
| 13 | A great deal is riding on his recent reconciliation with his former musical mentor Chaz Jankel . |
| 14 | DAMON HILL is aiming for his elusive first Grand Prix win in the Canadian Grand Prix this weekend . |
| 15 | MOTOR RACING : DAMON HILL is aiming for his first Grand Prix win in the Canadian Grand Prix this weekend . |
| 16 | The Jockey Club says that it will be looking for a successor to Smiles , but while this search is going on his place will be taken by Tony Goodhew , the present Director of Field Services . |
| 17 | An ambitious lecturer in an English Department is writing for his peer group , not for the general public . |
| 18 | The two narrative modes walk side by side in bold yet relaxed society , and support each other in the face of the fact that Raskolnikov is shaking in his shoes . |
| 19 | Having moved into the required pace then keep the horse balanced between your seat , legs and hands , by applying more leg into a restraining hand if the horse is falling on his forehand . |
| 20 | If the employee is leaving of his or her own accord , the personnel department should be informed and a final performance evaluation prepared . |
| 21 | The jaunt from last night 's Brussels show has taken a nifty eight hours , guitarist Julian Swales is grumbling about his stubble , and Patrick is off and running again , revealing what bargains a young man can get for ten deutschmarks in a darkened back room in Hamburg 's reeperbahn . |
| 22 | Don McCrickard is resigning from his position as chief executive of TSB Group . |
| 23 | The blood is pouring from his body , through the cracks in the table and onto the floor below . |
| 24 | The present struggle between Egypt and Syria is assuming in his eyes apocalyptic proportions . |
| 25 | Dr Neil was pulling on his clothes , hiding his scarred body , the scars which she had embraced in their mutual passion . |
| 26 | His hair was sticky with blood and a purple bruise was spreading across his temple . |
| 27 | As the hacks speculated about the cloud of black smoke that suddenly appeared over the palace roof — it did not mean that no decision had been taken , only that a chimney had caught fire — the President was browsing in his favourite bookshop , Les Arcades , just below The Sunday Telegraph 's Paris office . |
| 28 | Jean was clinging onto his arm , as though to stop him inflicting more hurt . |
| 29 | But most of these can be regarded as experimental works designed to clarify the problems that Picasso was facing in his painting . |
| 30 | Dr Rafaelo was standing with his arms folded across his chest , and a very bad-tempered look on his face . |