Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [prep] him [subord] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Arthur was the ticket clerk at Portsmouth railway station and the heat and been getting to him before the man arrived . |
| 2 | All meetings were boring to him unless the participants could talk in depth and unless the debate was by a small enough number of people for personal friendships to be fostered . |
| 3 | Simon Wigg says that everybody was laughing at him because the bike looked so different but he had the last laugh … won the title and that 's what it 's all about … |
| 4 | The sweat was pouring from him when the ultimate moment arrived . |
| 5 | Diana was chatting to him when the telephone rang . |