Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] him [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Duvall was shaking him by the sleeve , bringing him back . |
| 2 | And now I understand how Selden knew that the hound was following him in the dark . |
| 3 | Even as the BeSHT delighted his listeners with his pearls of wisdom , his stunning turns-of-phrase , his aphoristic acuity , so Leonard was learning his own , parallel metier ; the butterfly was following him down the hill . |
| 4 | The woman was taking him for a ride , working on him to get what she wanted , and that included Lissa 's destruction . |
| 5 | A man was watching him from no more than ten feet away , standing still but looking backwards , as if his attention had been drawn to Ross 's sudden appearance . |
| 6 | The old man was begging him for a dime to buy a cup of coffee . |
| 7 | And then the music was drawing him into the fire and the light , and he could see the massive shape of the Chariot limned against the forest now , bathed in its own radiance , hung with silk , lined with satin … |
| 8 | But examples of this kind were pointing him in the direction he wanted to go . |