Example sentences of "[v-ing] his [noun] [conj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was obscuring his vision and made him feel faint . |
| 2 | Every month , Asmar 's secretary would take the Sunboat from Jounieh to Larnaca to collect the payroll from Coleman for distribution within the network , each cell member then signing his cheques and counter-signing them on presentation to a Lebanese bank for payment . |
| 3 | This , and the free labour conflict conducted by the Shipping Federation , troubled him less , however , than the Federation 's malicious attempts to destroy his credibility and that of the union by maligning his character and labelling him a criminal . |
| 4 | Keith needs play therapy to stop his rage by expressing his frustration and bringing it out into the open . |
| 5 | Before Gabriel acted for the first time , she spent hours brushing his hair and fluffing it out with a hazel twig into a frizzy golden cloud , quite indifferent to his squeaks and ouches . |
| 6 | Only then did she raise her head , meeting his eyes and holding them . |
| 7 | He made the gesture of someone sleeping , tilting his head and laying it on his hands , and smiling peacefully . |
| 8 | ‘ We will eat first , ’ Lubor smiled , parking his car and escorting her into a smart hotel . |
| 9 | He had robbed another couple about 10 minutes before the killing , after parking his car and approaching them waving a gun . |
| 10 | Kelso was turning his glass and tilting it , to shift the ice . |
| 11 | ‘ Oh God , it 's going to be a terrible place ! ’ cries Howard to his fellow-guests around the Chases ' dinner table , holding his head and rocking it from side to side in humorous despair . |
| 12 | He twisted down into the chair , holding his head and keeping it averted from the window . |
| 13 | She set the candelabrum and the tray down on one of the tables , removing his greatcoat and placing it carefully over the back of a chair so that she might lay out a cloth and utensils . |
| 14 | The huer 's job , after announcing the sighting of the shoal , was to guide his own boat to the fish , signalling East or West by removing his coat and waving it from side to side and , when the boat was on top of the shoal , by placing his coat on his telescope and holding it aloft . |
| 15 | When the priest emerged they gathered round him , kissing his hand and greeting him , " Abutta , Abutta . |
| 16 | When his entire body was covered apart from his head , Herve picked up a folding entrenching tool which he swung into Vadgama 's face , splitting his nose and smearing it over his face . |
| 17 | The collar is ringed with spring-loaded spikes and can be slipped over an enemy 's head , breaking his neck and killing him instantly . |
| 18 | The latter is angry with Cory for chartering his rocket and ordering him to fly here without word of explanation . |
| 19 | He has lived in this pleasant suburb 45 years , entirely unaware that Kirk , Keef , Claptout and all of Led Zeppelin had been looking for him to apologise for stealing his songs and to pay him much-needed royalties . |
| 20 | He raped the pregnant woman , whom he knew , at her Wigan home last autumn , after suddenly losing his temper and punching her in the face . |
| 21 | ‘ Ah , no ! ’ said Isambard , discerning his flight and plucking him back to earth . |
| 22 | kept taking his jewel and hiding it . |
| 23 | " But I mind , I mind very much ! " he snapped , and walked with quick , short steps back to Fernando , taking his arm and leading him off into the crowd . |
| 24 | ‘ Your father 's had a stroke , ’ I said , taking his arm and hurrying him along , home . |
| 25 | ‘ Of course you can , ’ she said , taking his arm and walking him towards the bay window , but she kept one eye on the painting in case they were tempted . |
| 26 | ‘ Good to see you , ’ I said , taking his hand and shaking it . |
| 27 | ‘ Bob , darling ! ’ she whispered dramatically , taking his hand and leading him out on to the landing out of Mrs. Hennessy 's earshot . |
| 28 | CAR thieves have left a disabled man virtually housebound after taking his car and crashing it into a wall . |
| 29 | Managing his colleagues and steering them to a compromise between the Fund 's tough conditions for a loan and those on the Left who favoured a siege economy as an alternative to rescue by the international banking community obliged Callaghan to practise traditional Cabinet government in the classic mould . |
| 30 | Dad was flaring his nostrils and giving him a wild stare . |