Example sentences of "be [verb] he [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coleman knew them already — they had been to see him at the University of Alabama while planning the trip — and so it was natural enough that he should now take on the chore of shepherding them around the island during their stay . |
| 2 | When they met , Burn said that Donaldson had been to see him in the interim . |
| 3 | ‘ Speaking crossly and rudely although Carrie had only been stewing indoors because she had been helping him in the shop ! |
| 4 | I had been walking him around the roads for a couple of weeks and could n't wait to have him fit again . |
| 5 | Short had been saving him for the Ascot race . |
| 6 | And , Father , he asked — the lord sheriff asked — that I should beg you to have Brother Cadfael informed also , and when the morning comes , if you permit , I am to lead him to the place , to meet the sheriff there . |
| 7 | Detectives have been hunting him since the discovery of a bomb factory in a London flat shortly before last Christmas . |
| 8 | I wonder if they 're keeping him in the morgue , by the way ? |
| 9 | They wo n't take any notice of us , Baptiste said : the ambulance is round the front , I saw it , and they 're carrying him into the downstairs bit . |
| 10 | His father had been shielding him from the stones coming through . |
| 11 | Well er by the time I arrived at the doorway to the room erm a male person was lying on the floor , spreadeagled er and my job would have been to cover him with the shot gun er to enable P C to go forward and handcuff the chap . |
| 12 | We 'd been feeding him from the hand like , oh . |
| 13 | Dunwoody had in the past won on Norton 's Coin and would have been riding him in the Gold Cup had Desert Orchid been absent . |
| 14 | It er we are expecting him for the course on that date . |
| 15 | Our last Letters are dated Hobart Town Feb. 9 up to which time his expedition had been eminently successful ; far more so than he could have anticipated ; the most liberal assistance had been rendered him by the Authorities , everything that could facilitate his views being cheerfully accorded : while nothing could exceed the kindness of Sir John and Lady Franklin in whose house he was then residing : in fact so much were they interested in his pursuits that upon more than one occasion they accompanied him in his exploring parties . |
| 16 | Even Radio 1 are tipping him as the favourite ! |
| 17 | Now Becky Blandford , although separated from her husband has been defending him on the daytime television programme , This morning . |
| 18 | The answer had been staring him in the face . |
| 19 | Rex had evidently been viewing him through the eyes of a Repo Man . |
| 20 | ‘ He can operate as a defender , a sweeper or a midfielder , and I 'll be using him in the midfield role . |
| 21 | I 'll be seeing him before the match . |
| 22 | Some deep throbbing vibration seemed to be keeping him in the air , and his limbs ached . |
| 23 | In fact , ’ she added , driven by an unholy desire to be perverse , ‘ I shall be meeting him after the boat ride . |
| 24 | So I 'm kicking him under the table ! |
| 25 | Mrs Prentice , had to wait until 2.20am before she knew that she would be joining him in the House , ousting Tory Energy Minister Colin Moynihan , in the process . |
| 26 | Er , no I think I 'm having him on the Monday cos she 's going to have her hair permed |
| 27 | I could be putting him on the spot . |
| 28 | I shall be watching him on the television . ’ |
| 29 | What might be watching him from the shadows ? |
| 30 | Towards the end of his playing career when he was with Hibs and contemplating a move to the Orlando Lions , a short lived soccer team in Florida , Rough 's business interests not only brought him appalling bad luck but imposed a series of financial set-backs that were to affect him in the years to come . |