Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] him [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked at Bigwig , as though waiting for him to ask another question . |
| 2 | She was waiting for him to make some reply , and he said slowly : ‘ I guess you must be homesick , now Captain Dawson is n't here . ’ |
| 3 | I was too busy holding on to the edge of my chair and waiting for him to rise twenty feet in the air . |
| 4 | However , a delegation from Japan 's ruling Liberal Democratic Party handed him a message from Mr Kiichi Miyazawa , Japanese Prime Minister , calling on him to allay international concern that North Korea 's nuclear programme is weapons-oriented . |
| 5 | Gates refused to tender his resignation on the grounds that his 8,300 members were depending on him to provide strong leadership in a difficult situation ( The Guardian , 4 April 1991 ) . |
| 6 | yeah he 's talked to me actually as well about dealing with people who from the inside have dealt working with him doing royal visits because obviously that 's quite useful a lesson for them to get over to people |