Example sentences of "[be] [verb] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MILLWALL defender Colin Cooper showed why Nottingham Forest have been pursuing him with a fine display in their 2–1 win at DERBY . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | During his time as Party chairman , many constituency officers had been to see him on a similar errand . |
| 4 | She had n't been to see him for nearly a week , but that had happened before when the red-headed lout was staying at the farm . |
| 5 | When they met , Burn said that Donaldson had been to see him in the interim . |
| 6 | Worse , Riley had been chiding him for not providing a string of exclusive MacQuillan stories but the ones he had written were being held over until they were out of date or appeared elsewhere . |
| 7 | Stark 's confidence appears to have been at a low ebb but the Scotland manager , Duncan Paterson , has been reminding him of his form earlier in the season : at the Dubai Sevens , which the Scots won ; in the A international against Italy in Melrose when the Boroughmuir winger had a hand in both tries ; and in his senior international debut against Ireland at Murrayfield , when he scored one try and was heavily involved in the other from Tony Stanger . |
| 8 | Margaret had been seeing him for nearly a year and Maura had the feeling that they were going to get married . |
| 9 | Been seeing him for years . ’ |
| 10 | Let me now assume that you are being considered by a prospective principal and are seeing him for the first time . |
| 11 | After all , you are seeing him in ten minutes . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Speaking crossly and rudely although Carrie had only been stewing indoors because she had been helping him in the shop ! |
| 13 | The bomb Simon Cormack had been carrying on his person was concealed in the broad leather belt he wore around his waist and which had been given him by his abductors to hold up the denim jeans they had also provided for him . |
| 14 | A Victorian jug on the mantelpiece had been given him by Louise one Christmas . |
| 15 | Overwhelmed by not having noticed this earlier , by his failure of politeness , observation and helpfulness , all that had been taught him from boyhood up , Richard proceeded at the double onto the Embankment , to escort her on to Lord Jim . |
| 16 | Busily he scribbled in a scratchy copperplate hand that had been taught him by a schoolmistress from the hills of Brecon his thoughts and directives in the margins of the typed sheets . |
| 17 | The politicians around him are encouraging him in his insistence on the levy because they want to stop Patros . ’ |
| 18 | I had been walking him around the roads for a couple of weeks and could n't wait to have him fit again . |
| 19 | At the same time , Peachcake , if worries about the future are what 's been keeping him from showing his feelings for you and he 's as much in love with you as you appear to be with him , there 's to be no hasty wedding . |
| 20 | Minutes before the poison he had taken took its final effect , a friend broke into the room to tell Stephen that a government maintenance had been granted him of two guineas a week . |
| 21 | He labours scornfully for this Simon Giles , faintly comforted by a corner in Classical studies which has been granted him for reasons to do with the firm 's image . |
| 22 | Short had been saving him for the Ascot race . |
| 23 | And I think they 'd just been hounding him for a while and that was the last straw . |
| 24 | I did n't have another bridesmaid , nor did I have Southall in a cart , which Clare had been training him for , as a surprise for me . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Detectives have been hunting him since the discovery of a bomb factory in a London flat shortly before last Christmas . |
| 27 | At the end of the recording , the woman who had been showering him with questions observed the following : ‘ I have never done such a difficult interview . |
| 28 | The thing to remember is your last little note is that it seems to be that they 're accusing him of blasphemy as it was said . |
| 29 | Right , they 're accusing him to be claiming to be God and they actually say they actually say their decision is that he 's guilty and should be put to death , they 've condemned him to death . |
| 30 | They 're keeping him in hospital for another few days to carry out more tests . ’ |