Example sentences of "[v-ing] him [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He grappled with Slatter , tearing him away from the motionless body . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Manville knew then that Hayman had been right in writing him off as a washed-up veteran . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | She had not killed him , she was leading him away from the open mouth of the cave and towards the distant city . |
| 6 | It also gestures towards excusing him , presenting him throughout as a pathetic , historically unaware , exploited and manipulated individual . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ I know what a hotel is , ’ she snapped , pulling him outside into the fresh air , ‘ but — ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Rough hands gripped him by his crotch and the back of his neck , holding him aloft like a defenceless struggling insect tipped on to its back . |
| 12 | No wonder they 're sending him over to the mad house for th ’ electric . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Then he heard her , calling him softly from the far side of the pagoda . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 ’ . |
| 18 | ‘ I need to see Mr Patterson , ’ I said as if I was letting him in on a big secret . |
| 19 | The subtler of the recent readings of the Shipman 's Tale keeps the merchant in the position of target figure by treating him not as a realistic character , but as a functional one : a figure representing the interplay of more abstract themes and factors affecting human life . |
| 20 | He hooks his leg forward and sweeps his opponent to the ground , finishing him off with a reverse punch to the head . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The president had silenced the vociferous strike-leader by bringing him on to the ruling body . |
| 23 | The subject of this exasperated thought sent him a look of enquiry , bringing him back to the present debate . |
| 24 | Seeing him now in a different light , she studied him covertly as he read quickly through the typewritten sheets . |
| 25 | There was no sign of tenderness in the man who tossed her up into the saddle the next morning , but , seeing him now in the full light of day , Isabel was forced to concede that he was still handsome . |
| 26 | They had found him quicker than he 'd anticipated , sniffing him out through the darkened streets . |
| 27 | I was at the time very concerned , because he was posted almost immediately to North Africa , and there was no chance of helping him forward in the early days of his Christian life . |
| 28 | The hands Maria had raised to Luke 's shoulders strayed eagerly to the back of his neck and up into the thickness of his dark hair , her fingers pressing themselves to the perfect shaping of his skull as she sought and claimed a deeper kiss , drawing him far into the warm moist depths of her mouth . |
| 29 | In fact , Michael had never talked to his son about politics , labelling him good-naturedly as an idle playboy . |
| 30 | Tying meant fastening him in with a feeding tray . |