Example sentences of "[v-ing] him [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , it looks very much as if he was able to help young Ben out a bit : probably by employing him as a commercial traveller in his own drapery business . |
| 2 | He had dreamed about Mr Whistle , picturing him as a child-sized man in a Little Lord Fauntleroy outfit , with floppy velvet bows and knickerbockers , his head a white eggshape , featureless but for a shark 's gash of a mouth . |
| 3 | He set the bowl down , then lifted the boy gently , cradling him in a half-sitting position . |
| 4 | He tried to break free , but he could not ; there were too many of them , manhandling him along the narrow jetty . |
| 5 | Unless it was true , as he 'd alleged , that the women had robbed him before tossing him in the stinking water . |
| 6 | A furtive junior diplomat bowing and scraping his way out of the interview section of the Lefortovo , ogling the KGB man and thanking him for a fifteen-minute access to a prisoner for whom the key was now thrown far away . |
| 7 | Teversham and his sergeant closed round Morgan , shepherding him to the waiting Land Rover with meaningless gentle instructions to watch the step , up you go now . |
| 8 | From that time on he improved in leaps and bounds and eventually , after about seven months , I started gingerly walking him around the small paddock next to his box with a bridle and a lunge rein threaded through his bit and over his head . |
| 9 | The activities of a fan become intelligible if we can interpret them as being instrumental in establishing him in a particular role , or if such activities can be shown to be acceptable demonstrations of character and worth among his peers . |
| 10 | He could feel his strength returning ; could feel the brandy coursing through his veins , filling him with a warm glow . |
| 11 | That morning , as he galloped along the ride between the trees in the Tiergarten , his horse 's hooves kicked up the powdered snow filling him with a fierce joy . |
| 12 | He did n't tell her that they had brought him here unconscious after torturing him in the main building . |
| 13 | Passing him in the cramped area of the cockpit , her bare leg brushed against the coarseness of his knee . |
| 14 | DAVE BASSETT last night thanked old pal Bobby Gould for saving him from a possible FA rap . |
| 15 | It was gone in a trice , saving him from a terrible thrashing or many long hours standing in disgrace . |
| 16 | She shifted the weight of his arm from her shoulders and began urging him towards the front door before his fabrications began to get even more elaborate . |
| 17 | Joe Longthorne is an abundantly talented performer and on first meeting him during the early days of his success I was struck by his lack of conceit . |
| 18 | Reagan was shown a picture of Calero meeting him in the Oval Office ; he did not know who he was . |
| 19 | ( Harry Chapman was no longer with the club , ill health forcing him to an early retirement . ) |
| 20 | Now the row has burst into the open round the broad shoulders of Monsignor Bruce Kent , threatening to blast the career of that redoubtable cleric by forcing him into an invidious choice between his cloth and his commitment to the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament ( CND ) . |
| 21 | A previously unknown organization calling itself the Organization for the Defence of the Rights of Prisoners and Detainees had issued a statement claiming responsibility for Leyraud 's abduction , describing him as a French intelligence officer and threatening that he would be executed if another hostage was released . |
| 22 | The Royal Bank of Scotland is suing him in the High Court to recover the money , which includes a £500,000 overdraft . |
| 23 | ‘ I fancy you , Matt , ’ Georgina said , leading him through the crowded room . |
| 24 | There too a twenty year old who has managed to kick a habit that was leading him down a dangerous path . |
| 25 | The next moment he was inside and she was closing the door behind him , then leading him along the narrow hallway towards the living-room . |
| 26 | Perhaps he walks on the right side , with just the metal grid fence separating him from the rolling fields of graves — in no hurry , since there is no class for him to make . |
| 27 | But it was the unanimous view of the board that it manifested contempt towards the divinity of Christ by presenting him as a living man , not a symbol , and as the object of overt sexual passion . |
| 28 | They introduced Mr Parretti to CLBN in 1987 , presenting him as a potential investor in their company . |
| 29 | The family continued to play a significant part in Anglo-French affairs : in January 1317 , Jean , sire de Fiennes , wrote to Edward II as his loyal vassal in Ponthieu , informing him of a rumoured scheme for the partition of the kingdom of France on the death of Louis X. His motive was not entirely altruistic , for Fiennes was a chief ally and supporter of the rebellious Robert of Artois , and hoped for English aid in the form of ships with which to enter Calais and St Omer . |
| 30 | Taylor was upset with Platt before the Turkey game for not informing him of the serious nature of the injury but the player surprised him by playing at Wembley with his usual effectiveness . |