Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] him [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh , do n't be ridiculous , Giles , calm down , calm down , come and have a nice Perrier water , ’ said Liz , taking his other arm , and , with Kate , attempting to lead him away from the fracas , as one would a child in a playground from its tormentor ( for Giles 's antagonist Paul Hargreaves , pale faced , dark suited , silver-grey tied , was smiling calmly with a horrible amusement at this distressing scene ) : but the desperate Giles was beyond leading , and fell back heavily as he attempted to disengage himself from his two intercessors , crashing into a large fern and some pots of bulbs and sending earth and splashes of champagne over the carpet . |
| 2 | He would have been happier if the Latin American had made at least a pretence at attempting to beat him down on the charter price . |
| 3 | So I hunted him and smashed his face , and I was going to take him back to the prison-ship , so that he would n't have the pleasure of being free , when the soldiers caught us . |
| 4 | He glanced right and saw another half-dozen Dragoons racing to cut him off from the cart track . |
| 5 | Fully expecting to see him either in the saloon , or in the galley , she was surprised to find both empty . |
| 6 | Marlon had been embarrassed by his mum coming to pick him up from the school disco . |
| 7 | She had grabbed his hand and his cane firmly in her hands and was trying to pull him back through the water . |
| 8 | ‘ Of course he would n't take a bribe from you , or anyone , come to that , and especially someone trying to bribe him out of the country because of a woman — one he happens to love very much . ’ |
| 9 | The voice seemed familiar and he felt he should recognise it , but at first he felt it only as a persuasive force tugging at him , trying to draw him back from the comfort and welcome of the light . |
| 10 | Depending on this year 's crop of foals , Jonadab was hoping to send him out on the road in the following spring . |
| 11 | Having grabbed the idea of the airline with both hands , Branson was now trying to squeeze him out of the operation altogether . |
| 12 | ‘ I have been trying to get him out of the pram to get him ready for nursery but not now . |
| 13 | " This is the course of lectures your daughter is taking , " she said trying to bring him back to the matter in hand . |
| 14 | It was one which she had been longing to ask him ever since the night on which he had come home so late , just before she had turned off all the gas-lamps . |