Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] he [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then there was the ship 's agent who made a run for it in his car , guessing we would search his house after picking him up with some uncustomed goods . |
| 2 | There was no real way of keeping him away from Irish friends … unless of course , he were to have an accident too — something that would keep him at home for several months preferably . |
| 3 | ‘ Mr Riddle has a reputation for being a good business man , even a hard man ; did you think you stood any chance of persuading him out of two important objectives without offering anything in return ? ’ |
| 4 | The wound was clean and dressed ; there was no point in keeping him inside with such a shortage of hospital beds . |
| 5 | In her excitement , switching from Greek to broken English , she held him at arm 's length before kissing him soundly on both cheeks . |
| 6 | So much of his part was cut there seemed hardly any point in leaving him in at all . |
| 7 | However , she had been somehow unnerved by finding him here in this way . |