Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [v-ing] him [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having shown Cade 's pointless destructiveness Shakespeare reins him in by confronting him with more speakers who exemplify the old definition of the orator as a vir bonus peritus dicendi . |
| 2 | He 's very conscious of the fact that he 's indebted to him , not just for rescuing him from those awful guardians but for getting him into Grafton Abbey and then arranging for him to work for Mr Harvey . |
| 3 | We were wined and dined at great expense and the next time I met Tommy he thanked me profusely for assisting him on that evening . |
| 4 | Not that the Irish manager , Noel Murphy , has too many doubts : ‘ If only the Irish selectors had chosen him for their second game instead of bringing him in halfway through the campaign , he would be inked in by now . ’ |
| 5 | I am sorry to confess that I did not look forward to seeing him at all . |