Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] him [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been caddying for Ralph Moffatt on the pro circuit and got him through the pre-qualifier at Fairhaven , so I told him I 'd be caddying for him in the Open as I 'd heard nothing from Jack . |
| 2 | Things , however , came to a head one day when a veterinary surgeon on his rounds , in a regulation Volvo estate , was alarmed to see Noddy tearing towards him on the wrong side of the road , in hot pursuit of a Transit van . |
| 3 | I think that he , who could have had as many friends as he wished , never realized how much it meant to a lonely and friendless person to have a friend , to be seen walking with him in the rose-red streets of Salamanca , to be able to go to a concert or an art museum with him , to have him opposite me at dinner in even the meanest , cheapest restaurant . |
| 4 | Nine others are appearing with him at the commital proceedings . |
| 5 | Nine others are appearing with him at the commital proceedings . |
| 6 | ‘ Dr Neil ? ’ she said , turning and bobbing at him like a proper servant , a manoeuvre which amused him , so that his lips twitched at the unlikely sight — it was so much at odds with her determined personality . |
| 7 | Yet , I am not writing about him for the above reasons , it 's rather on account of an unlikely weakness of his than for one of his many strengths . |
| 8 | One day her mother came looking for him with a great heavy umbrella in her hand . |
| 9 | He was absolutely worshipped by all disinterested persons at G.Q.G. When he entered the hotel , tapping the floor with his stick and looking about him with the mischievous and bright glances of a boy , every one came up to him instinctively , only too pleased to see him . |
| 10 | He was strolling down the steep narrow street towards the sea , his hands deep in his pockets and his shirt open at the throat , very pale and Londonish , looking about him with the fond , proprietorial air of an Englishman returning to a favourite spot abroad . |
| 11 | All this time Marcus was standing , now more upright , looking about him at the various speakers , with an interested air . |
| 12 | Tuan Ti Fo turned , looking about him at the simple order of his room . |
| 13 | Looking about him at the great press of people , the escalator that was a river of people flowing on and on , the crowds that streamed down the stairs so that if a train was held up there would be room for no more to squeeze on to the platform , he wondered why a terrorist group had never thought of putting a bomb in the tube . |
| 14 | He glanced back at her , then turned away , looking about him at the cluttered floor , the smoke-blackened walls , the broken ceiling of the room he was in . |
| 15 | The ambulance came , and she ended up looking after him in the intensive care unit . |
| 16 | The boy stood looking round him with a wary face and large , intent eyes . |
| 17 | He turned away , looking round him at the great nest of screens and machinery . |
| 18 | ‘ This has gone too far , ’ she stormed , rounding on him like a vengeful fury . |
| 19 | That night she dreamt that they were all , Larry and Philippa and John and Conrad and Demian and herself , dancing the hornpipe on the deck of a warship that was ploughing through a storm , but Demian 's leg was tragically maimed and would not keep in step and Conrad was shouting at him like a great actor-manager , and the tears were streaming down Demian 's face , or so she thought , until she realized that it was she who was crying , crying for the sick one , praying that her tears would heal his wound . |
| 20 | Her pulses were racing , her throat felt tight , just looking at him across a crowded street … |
| 21 | He waited for her smile but she was looking at him with a serious , strained expression . |
| 22 | Ivy was looking at him with a peculiar expression . |
| 23 | But Sir Daniel was looking at him with a satisfied expression on his face . |
| 24 | They glance up at Howard , looking at him in a new way . |
| 25 | Looking at him in the dim light I saw he was clad only in vest and pants . |
| 26 | ‘ Sit down , sit down , ’ said Owen hurriedly , looking around him at the crowded cafe . |
| 27 | Georgi Kirov was waiting for him at the appointed place and time . |
| 28 | Cranston was waiting for him at the small tavern just outside Aldgate in the Portsoken overlooking the stinking city ditch . |
| 29 | She told me that just across the road there lived what she described as a mantenuta , a kept woman , whose lover visited her every day : she could be seen waiting for him behind the semi-closed shutters . |
| 30 | When he arrived at work that morning the result of their labours was waiting for him in a blue folder . |