Example sentences of "he [v-ing] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet she was not surprised to find him waiting for her outside the church , apparently absorbed in the design of an iron pineapple on the railings . |
| 2 | How she managed to find a smile for Ivo when she saw him waiting for her in the foyer , she did n't know . |
| 3 | She went upstairs and slung her bikini bottoms in a bag , along with her suntan oil and a towel , and ran downstairs , to find him waiting for her by the front door . |
| 4 | In one week I listened to the English boy singing the praises of my dark colouring and frizzy hair , felt him kiss me on the cheek with obvious pleasure whenever I cooked a meal and when I came in from work , or when we sat watching television together , and found him waiting for me at the end of the road when I was late back for some reason . |
| 5 | Within a few minutes she saw him riding towards her up the hill , his horse 's harness glinting in the sun . |
| 6 | She could not picture him behind the grim walls of Swansea Prison , instead she remembered him riding with her in the park , smiling down at her with his dark eyes , making her feel so small and helpless . |
| 7 | As I looked at him sitting opposite me on the floor of the trench , I was fascinated by his resemblance to the other Commandos I had met over the past five days . |
| 8 | I tried to improve it and I remember him screaming at me in the street after the first-night party in London . ’ |