Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] he [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Procter 's anger at this annoyed Lloyd so much that he told his captain he was going to hit him over the pavilion ; and he did just that — next ball . |
| 2 | The Campbells were waiting to greet him in the hall , and Elizabeth saw him for the first time . |
| 3 | No doubt there were minions in plenty to see to the plane and Maggie noted that his sister had not come rushing to meet him in the car . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's something he 's had for some time , but I was always going to play him despite the trouble and the fact he 's one booking away from a ban . ’ |
| 5 | Well , she was n't going to let him off the hook that easily . |
| 6 | You 're going to knock on his door and you 're going to bring him outside and you 're going to put him in the car . ’ |
| 7 | When George Ill and his supporters questioned the local authority of the Duke of Richmond by attempting to remove him from the lord-lieutenancy in 1779 , they were firmly repulsed by a well-organised but short-lived local movement for ‘ reform ’ . |
| 8 | Brain power and horse power is going to take him to the top of the sport . |
| 9 | Erm he 's just come down with this rotten old cough and cold again and I was going to take him to the doctor 's but then they do n't like it giving them anything and I do n't like giving him anything so |
| 10 | Miguel 's going to ask him on the night — out of the blue . |
| 11 | This time when he slid the door back , she moved towards him , as if expecting him to let her pass , beginning to tell him about the incident at the Dragon Cloud , the wicker basket of leftovers from the teahouse held out before her . |
| 12 | A hidden mechanism activates , ejecting a series of sharp knife blades threatening to push him from the ledge . |
| 13 | Why did n't Luke damn well help him , instead of threatening to throw him off the film ? |
| 14 | She lashed out suddenly with her crop , intending to hit him in the face . |
| 15 | Mann was tired , and still thanking the Academician for managing to free him from the security police . |
| 16 | ‘ A wild rider , a woman , was reaching to tug him from the pyre . |
| 17 | She leaned forward to address Simmons intending to remind him of the reason for her visit to the college , but he began to speak . |
| 18 | I do n't tell no lie , I was goin' to ask 'im for the loan of a bob so 's I could get to see this bloke that might be puttin' a bit of business in me way . |
| 19 | Immediately , Belinda was beside him , reaching up tenderly with one hand while trying to support him with the other . |
| 20 | The prize , however , was taken by the Lithuanian who decided to liven up Roger Payne 's ascent of Comes The Dervish by trying to pull him off the crux . |
| 21 | His friends and colleagues were trying to persuade him at the time that this would not be wise — what on earth would happen to the British election campaign if the country had to go to war in the Gulf half-way through ? |
| 22 | She justifies her response by saying that she is merely ‘ … trying to protect him from the rest of the class ; you know , children ( my emphasis ) can be so cruel ’ . |
| 23 | I 've had a couple of stormy sessions with the old rascal trying to keep him on the beam . ’ |
| 24 | So I smiled nervously and slammed him in the mouth with the metal box , trying to kick him in the groin as he sagged , but his heavy overcoat protected him well . |
| 25 | The same letter also indicates how certain heterosexual anxieties structured in and by sexual difference are projected by Lawrence on to the homosexual , a move which his critics sometimes follow in trying to save him from the taint of homosexual desire . |
| 26 | On May 18th 60 members had a long session with Howard Pastor , the White House head of congressional liaison , trying to convince him of the need for further cuts . |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't care , ’ mumbled Perdita , trying to bite him through the towel . |
| 28 | Desperately she kicked backwards like a buck rabbit , trying to get him in the groin . |
| 29 | ‘ Do n't you dare ! ’ she squealed , trying to push him off the edge of the sun-lounger and into the swimming-pool , which was how the accident yesterday had happened , fooling around by the poolside like a couple of kids when Ruth had slipped on a supposedly non-slip surface and wrenched her ankle . |
| 30 | MARK MOULAND last night paid tribute to Welsh team-mate Ian Woosnam for helping to rescue him from the golfing scrap heap . |