Example sentences of "[modal v] be [verb] him [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | What might be watching him from the shadows ? |
| 2 | ‘ He can operate as a defender , a sweeper or a midfielder , and I 'll be using him in the midfield role . |
| 3 | I 'll be seeing him before the match . |
| 4 | I could be putting him on the spot . |
| 5 | Friends remarked that it was a measure of Branson 's single-minded approach to conversation that you could be regaling him with the most scandalous piece of tittle-tattle in London and he would turn on his heel and walk away , leaving you talking to thin air , while he made yet another telephone call about business . |
| 6 | So while helping my old friend , I would be losing him at the same time . |
| 7 | Mrs Prentice , had to wait until 2.20am before she knew that she would be joining him in the House , ousting Tory Energy Minister Colin Moynihan , in the process . |
| 8 | I shall be watching him on the television . ’ |
| 9 | In fact , ’ she added , driven by an unholy desire to be perverse , ‘ I shall be meeting him after the boat ride . |
| 10 | Mr Sabin 's family has been in the publishing and bookselling business since 1865 and his son Mark will be joining him in the new venture , together with David Fuller , another former Ackermann director . |