Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] him [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Carry on seeing him for the time being . |
| 2 | He walked into the corridor , tiredness suddenly overcoming him with the prospect of a few hours off , and very nearly knocked Catherine Crane over in his preoccupation . |
| 3 | I 'm not keeping him on the hop , but I am making a joke of things . |
| 4 | ‘ The Methodists never made much headway with the Machin family , ’ said Rose , still keeping her distance and not looking him in the eye . |
| 5 | A win for Akinwande , who beat the much-hyped Herbie Hide for the 1989 ABA title , will elevate him close to a world top-10 rating , if not pushing him into the elite of one of the four organisations . |
| 6 | He blamed the suppliers of the chemicals and British Steel , who contracted him to do the work , for not warning him about the safety procedure . |
| 7 | He recalled that he was overjoyed when he heard that Walter Luff was staying on until 1954 , thus providing him with the chance that he needed . |
| 8 | David was 4½ when he first went to school and not unlike most mothers Mrs Jones was upset at not having him around the house . |
| 9 | When Gina was not smacking him with the laundry bag or scratching his face , they lived a life of complete indifference to one another . |
| 10 | His hatred of the Empress , whom he never forgave for producing a male heir and thus depriving him of the succession to the throne , together with his inveterate hostility to what he considered to be the ‘ reactionary powers ’ , led him at times into very deep waters indeed . |
| 11 | Singing the national anthem they pushed John through the streets , finally dumping him in the Town Mill pond . |
| 12 | Duvall was still holding him by the throat . |
| 13 | So while Gilbert tried to entice Bissell to talk further , and Bissell kept silent , still watching him across the room , Rohmer saw the promise in those night-black eyes … and he began to lay his own plans . |
| 14 | Alternatively the ‘ success ’ in ( 37 ) could have been the product of into him by evolution , thereby providing him with the power to bring about the desired result himself . |
| 15 | As Mr Leslie had explained earlier he was completely sober and was not given to imagination , he screwed his eyes up looking for the reason for the footsteps ; he could n't see the feet but heard them quite distinctly passing him in the ballast below . |
| 16 | Duvall collided with him in the rush , nearly flinging him to the corridor floor , but Cardiff clung to the door knob and swung himself back again as Rohmer and Gilbert hurtled past him . |
| 17 | as if sensing that she had given up fighting him for the present , fitzAlan released her immediately , frowning down at her distraught face . |
| 18 | Jurors decided that he assaulted his brother , Robert , 30 , to his severe injury and permanent disfigurement and to the danger of his life by shooting him , pinning him to the ground and repeatedly hitting him on the head with bottles . |
| 19 | It was Katya who recognized him first , excitedly letting him into the kitchen , hugging him and kissing his cheeks and his eyes . |
| 20 | David has always , for a time , hitched his rocket on somebody who is powerful — no question about it — he 's powerful himself , but he needed an injection of ruthlessness which Ken Pitt , being a very sweet , nice man , was n't giving him at the time . |
| 21 | Fearless and aggressive , Jack become one of Palace 's youngest captains when he took over as skipper in 1956 , his determination and enthusiasm admirably suiting him for the role . |
| 22 | Another hurrying figure bumped into him , narrowly missing him with the blade over its shoulder . |
| 23 | In making Gloucester chief steward of the duchy of Lancaster in the north , Edward was thus effectively putting him at the head of the surviving royal affinity there . |
| 24 | In making Gloucester chief steward of the duchy of Lancaster in the north , Edward was thus effectively putting him at the head of the surviving royal affinity there . |
| 25 | But now he realised the woman was in control as she held his risen monster in her exquisite mouth , and in spite of the urgent movement of his thighs she devoured him as she pleased : sometimes allowing him into the back of her deep throat ; sometimes sipping at the helmet of his quivering phallus . |
| 26 | Bassett said : ‘ It 's my fault for messing him about , switching him from one flank to the other then playing him through the middle . |
| 27 | Then the Burewala Bombshell started to work Smith over , kicking a bouncer high over him then hitting him in the box , before having him caught for a duck , pushing to midwicket as he swung his body behind a fixed forward prod : 27 for 2 . |
| 28 | Some , like David Young , who had abandoned the law for a career as a property developer , she put in charge of great statutory bodies , in his case eventually raising him to the Cabinet as Lord Young of Graffham . |
| 29 | Add to that a predilection to falling off buses because you think you see Him on every corner , in every crowd , at every window , and the inevitability of actually seeing Him in the off-licence when you were n't expecting to , and feeling your entire stomach lurch forward involuntarily like waking from a dream of falling . |