Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [v-ing] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | He therefore had the choice of making a new home somewhere or making his way back to a town about whose public feelings he could have no doubt , but knowing that if he did not change his ways the whole thing might happen again . |
| 2 | Better than enduring his fumbling during the night in the vain hope of satisfaction when the need was strong in her . |
| 3 | It 's got a man smashing his head in and killing his dad . |
| 4 | He looked at Rosie and Holly , drawing them in and lowering his voice for effect . |
| 5 | In a brief campaign , Aurangzeb had seized the empire , imprisoned his father , and had begun hunting down and murdering his three brothers . |
| 6 | He pushed back a long , greasy spike of hair that kept slipping down and pricking his ear . |
| 7 | ‘ He moves by putting his fists down and dragging his legs behind him . |
| 8 | He was kind of looking down and twiddling his pen , you know … and I mean I know it sounds stupid , but I did n't mind , I think I knew anyway . |
| 9 | ‘ Umh , ’ said Antony appreciatively , putting his glass down and nodding his head , ‘ not bad at all . |
| 10 | Down and moving his seat |
| 11 | In confusion and panic he felt behind him with his left hand for the door-handle , pushing the handle down and edging his way round the door . |
| 12 | … commanded his armie to halt , and himselfe went alone to the toppe where , having sighted the Mar del Sur , he knelt down and raising his hands to Heaven , pouring forth mighty praises to God for His great grace in having made him the first man to discover and sight it . |
| 13 | Kept on pulling his trousers down and putting his out in his pockets . |
| 14 | In Hudson v. Chief Constable , Avon and Somerset Constabulary , the defendant was one of a group of football supporters who ‘ became excited , jumping up and down and clapping his hands above his head . ’ |
| 15 | Because of his understanding of practice , he is able not only to show how police ideology is maintained , but even propose alternative models by merely writing down and presenting his knowledge . |
| 16 | He stood there , shouting along and flapping his arms round like an over-excited seagull . |
| 17 | He strode in purposefully then stopped three paces from the T'ang , clicking his heels together and bowing his head . |
| 18 | The parents laughed , showed toys and jogged the baby up and down while wiping his tears . |
| 19 | THE parents of a little boy who died after being knocked down while learning his Green Cross Code told last night how he made them promise to give his organs to suffering children . |
| 20 | Green was certainly unlucky , losing to Wales 's Mark Newton in a bout in which he admitted he was drawn into a slugging match rather than using his skills . |
| 21 | A will also be justified in reaching an accommodation with B rather than exercising his strict legal rights under the contract . |
| 22 | The bravery of men swimming ashore in these pioneer beach reconnaissances is beyond question , and knowing Norman Teacher as a friend , as well as being his CO , the Commander feels there is a strong probability that the young Lieutenant made the supreme sacrifice in swimming to his death rather than risking his capture , as others , too , may have done . |
| 23 | My father was still forced from time to time to act as an interpreter , but from now on he spent much more time at home , rather than meeting his friends in the cafés for a game of cards . |
| 24 | He was using his observation and his understanding rather than learning his role ‘ parrot fashion ’ . ) |
| 25 | Dexter wondered what sort of game Blanche was playing — encouraging Blufton rather than calling his bluff . |
| 26 | Mr Evans came under attack in yesterday 's report of the official Jockey Club inquiry for standing too close to the starting line , and thus being primarily concerned with escaping the thunder of dozens of pairs of hooves for his own safety , rather than waving his flag . |
| 27 | Luckily for Chris his A Level assessor will come TO the school to look at his work , rather than expecting his project to arrive in the post . |
| 28 | ‘ The answer is to stand off and let him play in front of you , rather than wrestling his way round the back . ’ |
| 29 | Rather than dropping his company 's commission bearing charge completely , he would have preferred to have reduced it and moved it from the front to the back end of his unit trusts — that is , charging investors as they leave the fund rather than as they enter . |
| 30 | He loves driving , rather than seeing his car as a way of getting him from A to B , and sees his car as a status symbol , and means to power and freedom . |