Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [prep] him [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She made the mistake of looking at him as the thought formed in her mind , and had to suppress a gasp of awareness as she met his gaze . |
| 2 | Nobody would think of looking for him in the Channel Islands . |
| 3 | The man ( if it was a man ) was probably a fairly junior member of the firm ; if only Henry could find a way of getting past him to the people really in the driving seat . |
| 4 | It would n't have been so bad , of course , if it had only been him , but there was that second-year nurse whom she had accused of loitering with him in the corridor — that was going to take some fancy footwork to get out of without loss of face . |
| 5 | There was to her something romantic about the idea of sitting with him in the place where she had so often sat alone , eating a poached egg or macaroni cheese at a shaky little oak table . |
| 6 | Mrs Brown has been lobbying her MP the Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd for help , even to the extent of standing against him in the recent general election . |
| 7 | I am even scared of bumping into him in the street . |
| 8 | " It was just like talking to him in the old days in Algiers in Allied Force Headquarters . " |
| 9 | ‘ You always did stay up late , ’ she said , moving towards him , standing provocatively close , before walking past him into the hall . |
| 10 | It was in meeting him on this ground that the British came closest to responding to him as a worthy adversary . |
| 11 | Finding out about your client provides opportunities for talking to him in a relaxed and warm manner and for showing that you are interested in him as a person . |
| 12 | She told me she worried about working with him in the show . |
| 13 | If a child brings in his birthday cards , then the teacher might explore his interest by talking with him about the number of cards , the pictures ( colours , sizes , what 's happening , etc. ) , the shape and size of the cards , and the number symbol . |
| 14 | Mr Kohl helps keep Mr Schäuble 's stock high by referring to him as a future chancellor , but by ‘ future ’ he does not mean ‘ soon ’ . |