Example sentences of "[to-vb] him [adv] [prep] [v-ing] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I attempt to cheer him up by impersonating a Tannoy and announcing the train now arriving at platforms two , three , four , five and six coming in sideways . |
| 2 | Compassion , as understood in the Buddhist context , shows no impetus or desire to transform man directly , or to change him indirectly by effecting a change in his social environment . |
| 3 | He left the office first , waiting for the two women to follow him out before closing the door again . |
| 4 | I used to tell him off for riding a bike without a light — summonsed him in the end and he was fined about ten bob . |
| 5 | Tom then howled and snatched it back and the parents intervened to tell him off for making a noise and for snatching . |
| 6 | The regulations are supposed to tie him down to sailing no more than three miles out to sea and to stay within 15 miles of the harbour . |