Example sentences of "his [noun] [conj] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ No , it 's too pale , ’ said Tom , coming up behind his sister and studying her canvas . |
| 2 | As his experiences clearly influence his policies and following his recent interview in The Sun , can the Prime Minister now tell the House exactly when he was unemployed ? |
| 3 | When they work cannons can shatter the most determined enemy , pouring shot into his massed formations , levelling his cities and toppling huge monsters . |
| 4 | Everything conspires to whisk you back into the past , including the statue of a fierce bearded mercenary leaning on his shield and grasping his pike firmly as though challenging you to try to take it from him . |
| 5 | It had puzzled me originally , but after a quick word with Glyn as you came into the offices I now see he wants to pressurise you into following his wishes and signing the house over . ’ |
| 6 | With several leading opposition figures clamouring for his resignation and calling for a national conference , President Mobutu Sese Seko on March 15 named a new Prime Minister , Mulumba Lukeji , replacing Lunda Bululu who had resigned the day before . |
| 7 | For the man who enters the House at a later age who does not expect to get and perhaps does not want office , there is no point in continual exertions to catch the limelight and this is the kind of member who is particularly prone to regard his function as supporting his leaders . |
| 8 | Then , just as he responds , pull back out of range , deflecting his technique and countering . |
| 9 | A Study of his Printing and Etching by Donald Wilkinson |
| 10 | He had felt distress and pity for the sufferings he had seen about him , but they had not struck home to his heart as seeing McAllister brought so low had done . |
| 11 | The next sonnet in the sequence begins with Astrophil looking at his heart and finding there the conventional poetic image of love 's wounding arrow . |
| 12 | Maman always said she fell for Daddy when she saw how precise and gentle he was with his fingers while filling his pipe . |
| 13 | He was twiddling his fingers and looking pleased with himself . |
| 14 | He put his elbows on the table , interlacing his fingers and resting his chin on them , gazing at her seriously , and Merrill fought against the glow his words had lit inside her . |
| 15 | Kirov stooped over his crumpled form , retrieving the photograph from between his fingers and tucking it safely into his inside pocket . |
| 16 | ‘ Go on , Hector ! ’ ordered Mr Beckenham , clicking his fingers and pointing to the door . |
| 17 | ‘ Mmmm … ’ nodded the Duke , licking his fingers and smoothing down his eyebrows , ’ … not ready for it . |
| 18 | After 22 months , does he not yet understand that sitting there crossing his fingers and closing his eyes will not bring recovery ? |
| 19 | When he read from Mr Thackeray 's Book of Snobs , choosing the ‘ Great City Snob ’ as his text , imitating the while Sir Thomas 's mannerism of impatiently snapping his fingers and clasping his lapel , followed by his grave walk , hands behind back , no one had had the least doubt as to whom was meant . |
| 20 | She grasped both his hands and sank to her knees , pressing her lips to his fingers and whispering her thanks — though whether to himself or to God , he could not be sure , and was n't much interested . |
| 21 | Rioters attacked one man with pool cues , breaking his fingers and smashing his cheekbone . |
| 22 | She was getting to him , wriggling past his defences and beginning to matter , and that was bad news . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've got it in my tobacco pouch , ’ said the patient , undoing his pouch and showing the contents to the doctor . |
| 24 | It was Fleury who , remembering how he had made a visor for his smoking cap , found the solution by whipping his Bible out of his shirt and tearing the boards off . |
| 25 | Almost immediately , Walker responded by withdrawing the ineffective Darren Beckford for Chris Sutton , Beckford registering his disappointment by tearing off his shirt and disappearing straight down the tunnel . |
| 26 | ‘ Well , they 'll have to , ’ said Nicholson pulling the necktie from his shirt and flinging it across the back of a chair . |
| 27 | Travis straightened from one last study of the map , tucking it inside his shirt and pocketing a compass that he must have found on the plane too . |
| 28 | She stopped speaking and winked at my master , taking another sip from his goblet and grabbing the second penny he offered . |
| 29 | It was issued as Mr Hurd cited the council in his support when defending the repatriation to MPs . |
| 30 | In a letter to the Speaker of the Sejm ( parliament ) on May 26 , President Lech Walesa announced that , having lost confidence in the government , he was withdrawing his support and proposing the formation of a new Cabinet . |