Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [v-ing] him [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He walked away , his long , easy stride taking him down the rough path to the lakeside . |
| 2 | Maltote slumped down on the stool , his long sword catching him between the legs and nearly tipping him over on his face . |
| 3 | Irony was to the fore when in 1925 he wrote of the Russian Revolution , but behind it was a more important urge leading him to the poem ‘ Le Voyage ’ of his favourite Baudelaire . |
| 4 | It 's only a matter of time now before they find some forensic evidence linking him to the scene of the crime . ’ |
| 5 | Rebecca West , representing the polite world of letters at this proletarian scene of retribution , was being told by an elderly man how he had come back from viewing his grandchildren 's bodies at the public mortuary and heard the voice of the condemned criminal mocking him over the radio . |
| 6 | Meanwhile , Rudge dismissed recent speculation linking him with the managerial vacancy at Bristol Rovers by insisting : ‘ It 's all paper talk . ’ |
| 7 | Then , there was a mile of deep treacherous water separating him from the Forest of Dean . |
| 8 | But , standing in her bathroom , with her looking at him with those lovely blue eyes , her whole soul looking him in the face , her integrity undeniable , he knew the truth . |