Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] he in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't tell her that they had brought him here unconscious after torturing him in the main building . |
| 2 | Now that her son had taken over , she showed every sign of treating him in the same way , much to his discomfort . |
| 3 | Having seen herself properly dressed again , she could not bear the thought of confronting him in the skimpy , shabby , ready-made clothes of wartime London . |
| 4 | If Ramsey was to be Archbishop of Canterbury , what was wrong with leaving him in the weighty see of Durham until the day came ? |
| 5 | Unless it was true , as he 'd alleged , that the women had robbed him before tossing him in the stinking water . |
| 6 | He said after the case that the Department of Trade and Industry had been ‘ rather petty ’ in prosecuting him in the first place . |
| 7 | I am looking forward to seeing him in the French Open and hopefully he will win it this year ! |
| 8 | Such specimens as we collect are obtained without bothering him in the slightest — smears for chromosome checks , the occasional blood sample , and so on , that 's all . |