Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] him [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Andrew sat down on the corner of the bed , his aged and baggy trousers flaring about him like the leggings of a geriatric Zouave . |
| 2 | ‘ You always did stay up late , ’ she said , moving towards him , standing provocatively close , before walking past him into the hall . |
| 3 | He nearly fell off his bench , groping behind him in the darkness , and heard the metal box clatter as it slipped past his fingers . |
| 4 | Both parents were able to devote a great deal of time to their son , walking with him in the park or going for carriage drives , sometimes as far as La Malmaison , for which Napoleon III had a special affection because of its links with his mother and grandmother . |
| 5 | Michael Grant , who was 24 , died within moments of a fuel oil tank exploding under him at the Midlands Electricity power station in Plough Lane , Hereford last August . |
| 6 | Later , via a university revue at the Edinburgh Festival , he met Terry Jones and began co-writing with him for The Frost Report . |
| 7 | ( 9 ) The number of shares offered for ( when aggregated with the existing holdings of shares and rights over shares of the buyer and persons acting by agreement or understanding with him within the meaning of the SARs ) must not amount to 30 per cent or more of the voting rights of the company . |
| 8 | Anwar had reclaimed Changez and was patiently explaining to him about the shop , the wholesaler and the financial position . |
| 9 | ‘ Alex is a natural leader and I wanted the others to begin relating to him as the captain as soon as possible , ’ said the national coach . |
| 10 | That was when he saw the thin figure jogging towards him in the gloom , and heard the roar of engines come up fast behind him . |
| 11 | They 're looking for him on the moors . ’ |
| 12 | Nobody would think of looking for him in the Channel Islands . |
| 13 | Looking about him at the others , Christian said , ‘ There ! |
| 14 | It was an hour before he was discovered missing and we spent the rest of the afternoon searching for him in the woods and plains surrounding the house . |
| 15 | Having delivered Eliot to those who were looking after him for the night , we walked back to our colleges discussing the evening , with the ardour of youth which included that most interesting of contests , the comparison of recollections . |
| 16 | Cathy was looking past him into the studio . |
| 17 | " Er — Hazel , " said Hawkbit , looking past him into the face of the dreary , black cliff . |
| 18 | The cap fixed him securely to the board , with his airborne body trembling behind him like the handle of a plunged dagger . |
| 19 | I remembered peeing with him under the stars , asking questions about the danger of translating a private spiritual vision into social action . |
| 20 | Initially , Calandrini was on excellent terms with his mentor , De Dominis , lodging with him at the Savoy Hospital . |
| 21 | Mr. Back Q.C. , for the appellant , contended that if Mr. Occhi consented to the appellant taking the £6 , he consented to the property in the money passing from him to the appellant and that the appellant had not , therefore , appropriated property belonging to another . |
| 22 | ‘ We will be listening to him in the wings every night . ’ |
| 23 | The surety often takes the position from motives of friendship to the debtor , and generally not as a result of any direct bargaining between him and the creditor , or in consideration of any remuneration passing to him from the creditor . |
| 24 | So she was writing to him at the time I telephoned . |
| 25 | Towards the end of the soirée , Eliot stood for a while by himself in a seemingly abstracted state , and , looking at him across the room , I could not decide whether he was looking in my direction or not . |
| 26 | The Prime Minister can not stand Enoch Powell 's steely and accusing eye looking at him across the table any more , and I 've had to move him down the side . ’ |
| 27 | But there was something forced about his gaiety now , and Breeze , looking at him across the table , felt again that sharp pang of uncertainty . |
| 28 | Zack was standing on the road by the driver 's open door , looking at him across the roof of the car . |
| 29 | When he straightened up he saw Laidlaw looking at him across the roof of the car , a faint smile on his lips . |
| 30 | Jannie lay in bed , looking at him over the edge of the covers . |