Example sentences of "[v-ing] his father 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each individual renounced his ideal of acquiring his father 's position for himself and of possessing his mother and sisters . |
| 2 | Absorbing his father 's deep piety , he believed himself to be in direct communication with angels , and with the Lord himself , who had predestined him to be ‘ King of Kings and Solar King of the World ’ , sent to repopulate his nation . |
| 3 | In Ajdabiya a young man , driving his father 's car too fast , brushed against a toddler playing in the street , cutting her hand . |
| 4 | He used to have a go at driving his father 's Austin Seven around the farm at an early age , and later he became seriously interested in motor racing — not least because Mike Hawthorn winning the Leinster Trophy in 1951 had made a deep impression . |
| 5 | She had sensed that he believed she had asked for the locket , that she was guilty of abusing his father 's generosity . |
| 6 | The T'ang smiled at that , remembering his father 's tales of Augustus Shepherd 's eccentricity . |
| 7 | He acted in haste , without seeking his father 's permission . |
| 8 | Li Yuan looked up , meeting his father 's eyes . |
| 9 | Li Yuan looked up , meeting his father 's eyes , seeing the love and hurt and pain there where for others there was nothing . |
| 10 | ‘ It seems my nephew is so besotted with your sister that he 's treated his parents with arrant discourtesy , walking away from the opportunity of meeting his father 's cousin who is flying in from the States — a man who could be influential in his future career . |
| 11 | He 's a bright young man who , until he fell into your sister 's clutches , was very keen on meeting his father 's cousin to discuss a possible scholarship in the States . |
| 12 | Once again , as at Crécy , the English were outnumbered , but the prince , imitating his father 's tactics at Crécy , drew up his forces in a strong defensive position in hilly , wooded country . |
| 13 | In this passage , in which the narrator is recalling his father 's days as a medium and healer , there are three segments which might be described as reformulations , but only one is presented as a correction . |
| 14 | Reversing his father 's peaceful foreign policies under Buckingham 's influence , Charles was soon engaged in an unsuccessful attempt to capture the Spanish treasure fleet and a humiliating failure to relieve the Huguenots at La Rochelle , who were in rebellion against the Roman Catholic government of France . |
| 15 | As a youngster , growing up in the declining Lanarkshire coalfields , he trained at a local Junior ground wearing his father 's pit boots , trying to add strength and shape to his diminutive body . |
| 16 | He looked like a child wearing his father 's clothes , but there was nothing childlike about this man . |
| 17 | A competitive Members ' race went to Robin Gill riding his father 's Foxy Games . |
| 18 | But as the law stands , Jamie Blandford knows only high treason could stop him inheriting his father 's title … and the Blenheim estate . |
| 19 | He was educated at Dursley Agricultural and Commercial Grammar School and then at schools in Banbury , Düsseldorf , and Versailles , before joining his father 's business . |
| 20 | Lij Yasu , after observing his father 's defeat at Sagale from a safe distance , had fled back into the Danakil desert . |
| 21 | Luce was about to ask him what he meant , when she recalled him saying his father 's marriage had been arranged , and had n't proved a happy one , and bit her tongue . |
| 22 | There was a reverent silence , broken only by the hissing of the gas-jets in the wall-brackets , and then Josh stood up , acknowledging his father 's prayer . |
| 23 | Li Yuan almost smiled , but checked himself , knowing his father 's eagle eye was on him . |
| 24 | Dr Mitchell has spent the last five months getting people to write to the Royal Mail Stamp Programme Manager in London to lobby for a set of stamps honouring his father 's work . |
| 25 | The book was offered with a sharp recollection of his own family , not only regarding his father 's absence of many years ( whose duty it was , formally , to say the prayer ) , but in the dedication of the book , another link with the past broken , another mainstay , albeit distant , removed : ‘ This book is dedicated to the memory of my grandmother Mrs Lyon Cohen , and to the memory of my grandfather Rabbi Solomon Klinitsky . ’ |
| 26 | In January 1863 , Old Looking Glass died and was succeeded by a son of the same name , hanging his father 's trade mirror , and his burdens , about his own neck . |
| 27 | He put his hand out , touching his father 's cheek . |
| 28 | She was philosophical about her stepson blaming her for allowing his father 's foot to become so black , saying that Alex had to look after himself . |
| 29 | There was something cold-blooded about using his father 's death to make a poem ; she had changed the names so that she could attempt to get it published , and it was going to be . |
| 30 | Always involved in his father 's ventures , he decided after Sir Malcolm 's death in 1948 to defend his water title , set at 141.74 m.p.h. in 1939 , using his father 's boat . |