Example sentences of "[noun pl] [v-ing] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bernard would lie awake for hours waging his nightly battle with carnality , slapping it down , groaning . |
| 2 | Together they negotiate a solution to the problem , the first speaker A asking the second B to repair the term by making it more specific , and the second several times repairing his own explanation to make it clearer ( capitals indicate stress ) : |
| 3 | Then Maggie 's fingers touching his sleeve lightly stopped his departure as she said , ‘ Do n't take any notice of her , sit yourself down there . ’ |
| 4 | He pulled away long enough to strip off the rest of his clothes , and she followed , unable to bear losing contact even for a second , dipping her head forwards to taste his skin , her fingers stroking his muscled back . |
| 5 | Having spent a couple of hours checking his rabbit snares around the low Severn grounds , the two fat rabbits now secure in his waist bag would indicate that this could be his lucky night It was now one thirty a.m . |
| 6 | He was appointed lector at the Oxford Franciscan convent , but in 1253 a dispute arose at his presentation to incept as a doctor of theology , the opponents of the friars challenging his eligibility , as he had not been a master of arts . |
| 7 | Her hand had strayed over onto his thigh , those magic fingers gentling his muscles . |
| 8 | But Maj Trotter said he knew most of the walkers using his land , adding that most preferred the more circuitous route alongside a beck . |
| 9 | Maj Trotter has said he knew most of the walkers using his land , adding most preferred the more circuitous route alongside a beck . |
| 10 | As they lifted him on to a stretcher and then on to the jeep the blanket slipped away from his shoulders revealing his red hair and a very white arm covered in freckles . |
| 11 | She spoke his name softly , her lips gentling his cheek . |
| 12 | He was to commence night shifts and he was not looking forward to that , not with the strange thoughts and worries crowding his mind . |
| 13 | Each defendant must submit to counsel a week in advance a couple of hundred words summarising his life , and this enables counsel to prepare their questions . |
| 14 | The big white creaks upright and stands flexing his hands . |
| 15 | Shakespeare makes the point about interpretation that modern research in theories of vision and the education of young children has confirmed — that we are all taught to see — by Iago 's prediction of the view that Othello , hidden in the normally superior position of the eavesdropper , will take of his imminent conversation with Cassio : After the scene has turned out exactly as predicted , Iago checks on his victim 's responses : The Signifier here , the handkerchief , has been made by Iago to yield a meaning which is totally false , but which he has put upon it with so much circumstantial detail — Shakespeare 's diligence in this point risks pushing his plot into the incredible — that Othello can only see it as a present that Cassio has received from Desdemona and has ‘ given … his whore ’ . |
| 16 | She laughed caustically , her eyes meeting his in the mirror of the pool , challenging him . |
| 17 | ‘ Of course , ’ she answered , her eyes meeting his knowingly . |
| 18 | She said it simply and quietly , her eyes meeting his without flinching . |
| 19 | Carrie nodded , her eyes searching his face for something . |
| 20 | In total , there are thirty sheets in a variety of media , with large portrait heads remaining his predominant theme . |
| 21 | He saw Piers cleaning his ears again . |
| 22 | The Butcher was another Hector McDarroch ; about six feet two with rugby forward shoulders bulging his white coat . |
| 23 | He slipped on a black velvet mask , only his golden hair and smouldering dark eyes betraying his identity . |
| 24 | She nearly spat the words at him , her eyes holding his defiantly , making him feel very uncomfortable . |
| 25 | Meanwhile , Roger Sippl 's ProActive Software Inc is now supporting servers running his Informix database under Unix on its Customer Information Resource module . |
| 26 | Zak waved , retreated and set off down the corridor , flat-footed almost at once after his bounce in the dining car , and already with drooping shoulders consulting his notebook about what he needed to do next . |
| 27 | half the lads doing his work . |
| 28 | After all , pollution is mobile ; the field man who hesitates risks losing his evidence . |
| 29 | Poor dear Tony stood there with mushrooms in his ears examining his hat for damage . |
| 30 | Wherever it was , they have always had a more than casual fascination for me , and when I read Patrick Leigh-Fermor 's splendid books recounting his year-long walk down the Rhine and along the Danube , those childish fantasies resurfaced like long-forgotten toys rediscovered . |