Example sentences of "[prep] his [noun sg] [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A DETECTIVE spent the last moments of his life watching the Grand National in a pub with friends . |
| 2 | " Horace died " , says W.R. Johnson ( in his foreword to Raffel 1983 : ix ) , " thinking that he had spent most of his life watching the death of freedom and the disintegration of a culture and a civilization that he and many of his generation loved as much as their fathers had loved it . " |
| 3 | David Prentice has spent some of the happiest times of his life visiting the Malvern hills . |
| 4 | The following day Charlie 's section of ten began to wish that he had n't spent the previous fourteen years of his life visiting the early morning market . |
| 5 | Quite rightly , Jacobs called the $100,00 and went all-in , the rest of his pile building the pot to $1,062,000 . |
| 6 | For a moment , the Robemaker did not speak and then he drew nearer , the dark , silken folds of his cloak brushing the floor with a hissing sound . |
| 7 | As Adam fell , Mike heard the sound of his head hitting the elaborate steel fender . |
| 8 | Yet the sight of his daughter going the same way seriously displeased him . |
| 9 | So we got there and he said right okay you 're the press chappy he 's right I 've put your press people over there so while respect Lieutenant Commander that really wo n't do because everything including the Band of the Royal Marines is between them and the Princess Royal so we argued about this and the compromise eventually was that that everybody would have to stay there until the ceremony started and then we could bring the stills photographers round to the end and up to one side where it was all happening mainly to get a picture of his wife cutting the cake . |
| 10 | He heard the hall door directly below the window slam closed , and a slim dapper man stepped carefully down the clean-swept steps , the ferrule of his cane tapping the steps . |
| 11 | ‘ Several times more than once , ’ the Doctor said , the tone of his voice reflecting the numerous occasions on which Bernice had dragged him into the flea-pit cinema she 'd found in the TARDIS and insisted that he pay attention to the noir motifs and the semiotics of Double Indemnity . |
| 12 | Despite President Suharto 's discouragement of such speculation [ see p. 36933 ] , the possibility of his retirement and the identity of his successor following the 1993 presidential elections remained a major topic of discussion in the latter part of 1989 and in early 1990 . |
| 13 | Trent twisted as he fell , the whole weight of his body tearing the rifle free of the man 's hands . |
| 14 | At this edict , the leviathan disappeared to the depths of the oceans , while the behemoth lay down to sleep , the mighty folds of his body becoming the Himalayan mountains . |
| 15 | Nevertheless she was her usual polite society self with Mr Sands — she had learned in her papa 's home and at the embassy how to put people at their ease — and all in all the sight of his skivvy doing the gracious afforded Dr Neil another bout of inward sardonic mirth , however it delighted young Mr Sands , who thought what a splendid creature she was , and a great pity she was only a servant — she had so much presence . |
| 16 | Though he admitted for the first time he was the author of his own downfall , he spent much of his speech attacking the press . |
| 17 | Spatz bowed , then returned behind his desk , opening the first of the files , running his finger over the apparently blank page , the warmth of his touch bringing the characters alive briefly on the specially treated paper . |
| 18 | Hayling had been excluded from becoming a Founder first because of his job policing the project for the GLC grant , and then because he was working for the company . |
| 19 | A petitioner wishing to withdraw his petition or for it to be dismissed must apply to the court and file an affidavit in support of his application specifying the reasons why he wishes the petition withdrawn or dismissed ( r 6.32(1) ) . |
| 20 | Overjoyed at having a recognised part to play , he taught the Scriptures , but spent most of his time assisting the poor and the ailing . |
| 21 | He spent most of his time watching the fishermen at work , and wrote with enthusiasm about having made friends with a family of ‘ three brothers , each surpassing the other in beauty ’ and the Spanish wife of one of them , ‘ yellow skin like a magnolia and hair black as moonshine . |
| 22 | This Frederick ( he adopted the English spelling ) was the mysterious grandfather that John Cranko was told of , who was supposed to spend much of his time visiting the fleshpots of Cape Town . |
| 23 | Rafiq , for example , who had not changed out of the grubby overalls that he had been wearing on the day of Robert 's interview , seemed to spend most of his time painting the walls of his classroom . |
| 24 | One person who spends much of his time doing the same thing is Master of Wine Tim Hanni from the Beringer Vineyards School for American Chefs . |
| 25 | He was leaning comfortably into the corner of his seat reading the unmistakable pages of the London Financial Times . |
| 26 | ( 6 ) Where any person desires to oppose an application for the grant of a licence under this Part of this Act , he shall , not later than seven days before the meeting of the licensing board at which the application is to be considered , give to the licensing board and to the applicant written notice of his objection specifying the round of his objection in the manner mentioned in section 16(2) and ( 3 ) of this Act . |
| 27 | The accident provided councillors on Orkney with fresh ammunition as they prepare to put their case for stricter controls on shipping in the area to Lord Donaldson , who is expected to visit Orkney next week as part of his inquiry following the Braer disaster . |
| 28 | Jack , who had been standing near his friend holding the torn halves of the sketch in either hand , went to the far end of the room and sat on the desk . |
| 29 | IF a dwelling house is in such a state of disrepair as to be prejudicial to health or a nuisance , the tenant may lay an information against his landlord alleging the existence of a statutory nuisance under the Public Health Act 1936 . |
| 30 | But while Draper might protest against the idea — while he might fulminate against his partner risking the hard-earned profits of the record company , the fruits of years of work and tears on a hare-brained scheme to run an airline — he also knew that there was little he could actually do to stop it . |