Example sentences of "[v-ing] the [noun] [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wedge cushion has the further advantage of allowing the patient to see his legs without effort . |
| 2 | The Mason waded up and down among the crowds allowing the womenfolk to feel his arm and kiss his dirty hand as though it were a holy relic . |
| 3 | This answer was conventional , comforting , not wholly logical , again allowing the questioner to insinuate his views without having to defend them . |
| 4 | I do not pretend that the following list is comprehensive and I shall give it without much comment , allowing the reader to form his own judgement as to its significance . |
| 5 | Although the procedure relies on a final visual check it excludes up to 85 per cent of the possibilities , allowing the designer to use his time effectively and so optimizing the solution . |
| 6 | Mr Anderson has been using the case to support his argument for a change in the law to allow suppliers to recover goods supplied to a customer who goes out of business before paying for them . |
| 7 | Maxim looked curiously at Bruno , using the time to mask his own indecision . |
| 8 | His immediate discarding of the magazine at this point further supports the view that he had indeed been intentionally using the magazine to communicate his desire to go and see the live gorillas . |
| 9 | Many families often feel that assisting the child to reinforce his or her identity in terms of colour and ethnicity will probably render the child unable to form a healthy attachment to them ; the child may feel that he or she should belong to a black family . |
| 10 | This chapter is primarily concerned with an approach to the care of overdose patients which is brief and focused on helping the patient to solve his own problems . |
| 11 | It is valuable as a means of helping the plaintiff to restore his reputation ( at least when it is reported ) but it can be exploited to present a false picture under the pressure to avoid trial . |
| 12 | One of her students , Simon , was having difficulty gathering the money to pay his yearly fees , despite working every available holiday . |
| 13 | The man representing the government washed his hands of responsibility , he could do nothing to meet the striker 's demands , he said , because Moscow would n't let him . |
| 14 | She had refused to breast-feed her two children because she thought it disgusting , and my father in middle age had spent many wakeful nights , not cavorting in the pleasure grounds of a foreign city , but walking the floor feeding his children from a bottle while his new wife lay in a sedative-induced slumber . |
| 15 | As we shall see in the following chapter , mechanization has not been the only process responsible for this , but by enabling the farmer to de-bureaucratize his farm and place greater emphasis on developing the personal loyalty of his workforce rather than relying upon regulations and sanctions , it has been an important contributory factor . |
| 16 | Foreseeing the need to elect his successor when the time came , Omar designated a body of electors charged with the task . |
| 17 | The melodious chant of the monks intoning the psalm caught his ear , ‘ Exsurge Domine , Exsurge et vindica causam meam ’ — ‘ Arise , O Lord , arise , and judge my cause ’ . |
| 18 | Newman asked , wanting the German to confirm his own growing suspicion . |
| 19 | The Profitboss rarely turns down an invitation to speak at a conference , seizing the opportunity to present his company in the best light , to fine-tune his own professional skills . |
| 20 | They could n't help imagining the wolf licking his lips as he crouched over poor Goosie Lucy 's headless body . |
| 21 | The second Test in Paris left Muller one cap ahead of Helgard and exhibiting the promise to take his place among the great Springbok names which punctuate rugby legend . |
| 22 | And , finally , it points to the importance of external constraints ( inhibitors ) in permitting the individual to satisfy his or her purchase motivations . |
| 23 | He pushed the bra straps off her shoulders and she looked at him helplessly , torn between releasing the bodice to grab his hands and keeping it safely in place . |
| 24 | Limits may be imposed on the amounts of data that can be trafficked at certain periods of the day , forcing the designer to re-configure his search to produce a more precise response or await its arrival " in the mail " . |
| 25 | The actor Jeremy Irons is leading the campaign to save his local picture palace . |
| 26 | Gordon T. Stulberg , president of Cinema Center Films , in presenting the award cited his work to ‘ further human understanding to achieve a better society through the political process ’ . |
| 27 | teaching the dog to do his business indoors . |
| 28 | If the person holding the string swings his hand with movements partly rhythmical and partly arbitrary , the illustration will not outrun the difficulties of some very real and practical problems of value . |
| 29 | This is usually accomplished by calling the maker to identify his signature , handwriting or confirm in some other way that he created the document . |
| 30 | He smiled happily , expecting the Duchess to share his joy . |