Example sentences of "[v-ing] him [adv prt] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was beginning to wonder if they were n't already softening him up for some kind of a change . |
| 2 | Dozens of journalists blocked his path , almost knocking him over at one stage , and firing non-stop questions at him . |
| 3 | Forster slithered to Delaney and got a grip , pulling him back to comparative safety . |
| 4 | I 'm expecting him back at any moment . |
| 5 | You see , my father generally deals with these ; I 'm expecting him back at any moment . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm taking him up to that wood . ’ |
| 7 | But Mr Patten — who would earn a tax-free salary of £140,000 — would be expected to remain in office until the handover in 1997 , taking him out of mainstream politics for five years . |
| 8 | The verderers had horses and within an hour or so could be carrying him back to some village outside the forest where he would have attention . |