Example sentences of "of [v-ing] him [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is just that I am trying to find ways of helping him through the first bad spell of his career . |
| 2 | He had the faculty of meeting everyone on the level , and Father had a story of seeing him at a political meeting , which he was probably chairing , walking arm in arm with the Grand Old Man himself , both talking . |
| 3 | Gerald Baker , a Mandan-Hidatsa Indian who is the park ranger at Fort Union Trading Post in North Dakota , once the ‘ Times Square of the plains ’ , taught Mr Frazier how to use a double-bladed throwing axe and offered him the honour of joining him in a ceremonial sweat bath . |
| 4 | Now that her son had taken over , she showed every sign of treating him in the same way , much to his discomfort . |
| 5 | KEVIN Gallacher accused Norwich 's Chris Sutton of upending him with a professional foul and blasted : ‘ I 've seen people sent off for less . ’ |
| 6 | She thought of ringing him on the off chance of catching him at the flat , but shelved the possibility as unlikely . |
| 7 | Having seen herself properly dressed again , she could not bear the thought of confronting him in the skimpy , shabby , ready-made clothes of wartime London . |