Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] he [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Prester was believed to have written to the Byzantine Emperor Manuel Comnenus , enumerating the wonders of his kingdom , and affirming that he ruled over the three Indies and over seventy kings , and that twenty bishops , twelve archbishops and a patriarch acknowledged his authority . |
| 2 | As the hon. Member for Livingston can promise his hon. Friends nothing about money , he could not prevent that from happening if he returned to the old system . |
| 3 | He was still praying when he got in the water . |
| 4 | She could hear her three- year-old son Rufus laughing as he played on the swings nearby . |
| 5 | I am not suggesting that he arrives at the meaning of Truth as the result of philosophical or metaphysical speculation in a vacuum . |
| 6 | His eyes were glinting as he thought about the revenge he could have on the Islington people . |
| 7 | Although I knew I probably should n't , I could n't help looking as he rummaged through the marvellous things in the cupboard . |
| 8 | He Was stumbling as he walked across the landing . |
| 9 | Several other counties are already regretting that he slipped through the net . |
| 10 | At least she would n't either bully or patronise him , his usual lot amongst the cathedral clergy , ranking as he did at the very bottom of the cathedral hierarchy . |
| 11 | After we went through the second door , Buff stood without moving and he looked at the trees and did n't say anything . |
| 12 | Somewhere distant , faint , off to my right , I can hear a cuckoo calling as he moves among the coppices and hedgerows . |
| 13 | One thing that went seriously wrong is that we did n't hear more of Neil Kinnock speaking as he did amid the wreckage of his political hopes and personal career . |
| 14 | The academic who describes himself at cocktail parties with the words ‘ I am a physicist ’ or ‘ I am a historian ’ is saying something about his self-perception ( essentially a researcher , not a teacher ) ; but is also saying that he subscribes to the disciplinary code imposed on its practitioners . |
| 15 | Sir James Reckitt did some amateur excavating when he lived at the manor and some stones , which could have formed church windows , can still be seen in the gardens of houses since built on the site . |
| 16 | The Land Rover 's motor was already running when he arrived in the street , and when Hennessy had clambered in on the passenger side Windeler moved off without even waiting to see if the door was secure . |
| 17 | Although conceivably not before 994 , this was probably earlier , for the greatest possible length of time that could have elapsed between 994 and Æthelric 's death is five years — assuming that he died in the last year that the will could have been confirmed — and whether even this justifies the description " many years " seems questionable . |
| 18 | Jackson was still smarting when he returned to the station in the city centre . |
| 19 | It was held that in showing that he relied upon the figures in Lloyd 's Register and had disregarded the figure in the ship 's documents , he had failed to prove that he had had reasonable grounds to believe the truth of his misrepresentation . |
| 20 | Tin Maung Win of the NLD was reported by Voice of Myanma radio on Jan. 31 to have " passed away " on Jan. 18 ; on Feb. 8 the Associated Press news agency reported that diplomats were claiming that he died in the city 's Insein prison . |
| 21 | And with that he headed back to the school , she ground shaking as he strode across the grass . |
| 22 | Sometimes Flavia Sherman wept as though with grief , and although the storm drowned most of her cries Joseph heard the faint sounds of his mother sobbing as he stood outside the hut in the torrential downpour . |
| 23 | The oval area from where Simon Cormack had been standing when he died to the point where he stopped rolling , at the heart of the larger circle , was treated with especial care . |
| 24 | Yes , but pretends he 's not watching and he looks over the top of his paper . |
| 25 | The wind was freshening and he took in the mizzen-sail . |
| 26 | He was thinking while he listened to the logical thought processes of Leon Gusev . |
| 27 | Her glance flew after him , watching as he shouldered past the clutching fingers of the palms until he disappeared through the far door . |
| 28 | Meredith waved him goodbye from the gate , watching as he turned outside the Haynes ' cottage and until he had driven off out of sight towards Fenniwick 's garage and the B road turn . |
| 29 | He was so impulsive , Ronni thought , watching as he climbed from the car , then , snatching a wad of tissues from the box in the back seat , proceeded to pick half a dozen of the greeny red fruit . |
| 30 | The phone was ringing as he went into the house . |