Example sentences of "[vb past] [be] [verb] him [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | We 'd been feeding him from the hand like , oh . |
2 | In doing so , he had to jettison most of what those close to him had been telling him for the past 16 months . |
3 | Coleman knew them already — they had been to see him at the University of Alabama while planning the trip — and so it was natural enough that he should now take on the chore of shepherding them around the island during their stay . |
4 | When they met , Burn said that Donaldson had been to see him in the interim . |
5 | Our last Letters are dated Hobart Town Feb. 9 up to which time his expedition had been eminently successful ; far more so than he could have anticipated ; the most liberal assistance had been rendered him by the Authorities , everything that could facilitate his views being cheerfully accorded : while nothing could exceed the kindness of Sir John and Lady Franklin in whose house he was then residing : in fact so much were they interested in his pursuits that upon more than one occasion they accompanied him in his exploring parties . |
6 | Short had been saving him for the Ascot race . |
7 | ‘ Speaking crossly and rudely although Carrie had only been stewing indoors because she had been helping him in the shop ! |
8 | She had been asking him about the little wooden cities which adorned the shelves in her room . |
9 | I had been walking him around the roads for a couple of weeks and could n't wait to have him fit again . |
10 | The answer had been staring him in the face . |
11 | His father had been shielding him from the stones coming through . |