Example sentences of "[v-ing] he [adv prt] of the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Never mind what kind , ’ said Gurder , pushing him out of the way . |
| 2 | Duvall was suddenly standing on the step above him , pushing him out of the way and stepping down past him . |
| 3 | The Englishman sensed that the big personal build-up was a blind to hide Muldoon 's real reason for wanting him out of the country . |
| 4 | Meanwhile he had to tread very carefully , because if David suspected that his talk of cutting him out of the business was more than just talk , there was no telling how he would react . |
| 5 | He does n't talk to me much now because I 'm afraid I 've been the one who 's been tipping him out of the church when he 's smoking . |
| 6 | He felt grateful to her for dragging him out of the pit and back into the daylight . |
| 7 | Most appropriately , his approach has been to break through the author 's privacy , effectively dragging him out of the closet and giving an imaginative frame to the book by presenting the deplorable facts of Burroughs 's life . |
| 8 | The little boy 's father was lifting him out of the boat . |
| 9 | Elliott hurt cruciate ligaments when playing for Pisa , putting him out of the game for 18 months . |
| 10 | A battleground of historic events and a jungle of eyes watching him out of the gloom , bright eyes and eyes dulled from misuse , flaring nostrils and faded plumage and gaping jaws and once-golden beaks . |
| 11 | She walked a little distance away from him , watching him out of the corner of her eye . |
| 12 | ‘ Take over , ’ she ordered , watching him out of the corner of her eye . |
| 13 | Following him out of the office and down into the street , sitting beside him in the cab which took them to Covent Garden , sitting opposite him in the warm restaurant full of good smells , candlelight , fresh flowers , her predominant feeling was one of surprise . |