Example sentences of "[v-ing] he [adv prt] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 In spite of his explanations they 'd insisted on signing him out at the little cabin , and he 'd snatched the case out of his car and run back , wondering why it always rained .
2 Manville knew then that Hayman had been right in writing him off as a washed-up veteran .
3 The 34-year-old former Liverpool and Blackburn star has been unable to fix himself up with another club since the summer , but the Robins ' boss is lining him up for a reserve game against Walsall next week .
4 In The Desert Rats as the young English captain who put paid to that upstart Rommel by turning him back at a crucial moment in the whole North African Campaign ( set in Palm Springs ) , he was fine .
5 And wished he had n't because , two weeks later , Donald was holding him up with a sawn-off shotgun for an hour and a half .
6 It was now obvious that the horse was a stayer and yet Harry Short 's stable jockey had recently ridden him as if his best distance was six furlongs , holding him up for a late run .
7 No wonder they 're sending him over to the mad house for th ’ electric . ’
8 The Army had taught him that , too , and the SAS acceptance tests had rammed the lesson home by sending him out over the damp Brecon Beacons with a 55-lb Bergen rucksack knowing he had to cover a certain distance in a certain time but not knowing that when he had done it , there would n't be the trucks they had promised but a vague assur-ance of a cup of tea if he kept on marching a few more miles in that direction .
9 Switching the engine off , he leaned over and kissed her again , and this time she was waiting for him , kissing him back with an inner longing .
10 When the balance is correct then you just sit and ride forward with your legs closed gently round the horse riding him up to a soft contact on the reins .
11 The alternatives would seem to be handing General Noriega to the US forces to face trial on drug-trafficking charges , which the Vatican has said it will not do , or giving him up to the new Panamanian Government , which has already declared it ‘ has enough on him to put Noriega away for life ’ .
12 ‘ I need to see Mr Patterson , ’ I said as if I was letting him in on a big secret .
13 He hooks his leg forward and sweeps his opponent to the ground , finishing him off with a reverse punch to the head .
14 Formatting to the rear of the Rallye , Legg established radio contact , and gently eased Anderson through a series of power adjustments and manoeuvres to make a practice approach at Cardiff before bringing him around for a successful , damage- and injury-free landing .
15 The president had silenced the vociferous strike-leader by bringing him on to the ruling body .
16 The subject of this exasperated thought sent him a look of enquiry , bringing him back to the present debate .
17 They had found him quicker than he 'd anticipated , sniffing him out through the darkened streets .
18 Tying meant fastening him in with a feeding tray .
19 Given the dating technique of the time Halling Man was thought to have been Aurignacian , taking him back to the closing phase of the Ice Age .
20 Now if there should be a hole , or a thin place , inviting him through into the plenteous cover of the orchard , and the solitary shed in its far corner …
21 Much credit is due to the quick thinking of his jockey John Buckingham riding in his first Grand National , in steering him over to the wide outside and popping him through a gap .
22 Last of his stick to leave the C130 , Grant 's rate of descent was half again as fast as the rest , taking him past the others , and plummeting him down in a whirling corkscrew .
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