Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm not naive , I know others will make more be back with more bids because he 's such a top -class goal scorer , ’ says the manager , who has just signed a contract keeping him at Hillsborough for the same time as Hirst . |
| 2 | But with his defence protecting him from any direct shots , Prudhoe steadily recovered , and he excelled himself after 69 minutes when Noel Blake powered a header goalwards from only six yards , but the indisputable player of the season somehow threw himself along his line to scramble the ball away . |
| 3 | Lord Aldington , 75 , is seeking damages from Nigel Watts , a property developer , who circulated a pamphlet accusing him of arranging every detail of the repatriation of 70,000 Yugoslav and Russian men , women and children who were subsequently tortured and massacred . |
| 4 | Lord Aldington , a UK peer and former Army officer , was on Nov. 30 , 1989 , awarded £1,500,000 in libel damages over a pamphlet accusing him of deliberately sending 70,000 Yugoslavs and Cossacks to their death in 1945 . |
| 5 | Up to then he had respected his old friend 's command abjuring him from creating the vortex . |
| 6 | The second lorry ran into the car 's side sandwiching him in the wreckage . |
| 7 | That morning , as he galloped along the ride between the trees in the Tiergarten , his horse 's hooves kicked up the powdered snow filling him with a fierce joy . |
| 8 | Perhaps he walks on the right side , with just the metal grid fence separating him from the rolling fields of graves — in no hurry , since there is no class for him to make . |
| 9 | For the first time in his life Karelius realized how narrow was the gap separating him from his pagan ancestors , the Germanic warriors of a thousand years before . |
| 10 | Her hands were in his dark hair , her mouth kissing him with all the love and desire she had suppressed for so long . |
| 11 | But others criticised her for interrupting too often and looking unprofessional as she slumped in her seat asking him about his O level exam achievements . |
| 12 | Ron does n't remember this tall , slightly gawky figure approaching him at all . |
| 13 | Tikva , a 26-year-old Israeli , has impressed on trial at the City Ground with the Belgian club pricing him at £500,000 . |
| 14 | The defendant was arraigned on an indictment charging him with murder . |
| 15 | At the resumed hearing a nolle prosequi was entered pursuant to section 4(1) of the Criminal Justice ( Administration ) Act The defendant was tried on a second indictment charging him with murder , convicted and sentenced to death . |
| 16 | He walked away , his long , easy stride taking him down the rough path to the lakeside . |
| 17 | He is required to disregard the interests of the institution appointing him in favour of the shareholders as a whole . |
| 18 | In 1973 a Mossad hit squad went to Norway and murdered an innocent Moroccan mistaking him for an alleged Arab terrorist . |
| 19 | They shouted from their car telling him to cycle properly . |
| 20 | He chose a place between two snoring servants and laid down to sleep , oblivious to the figure watching him from the shadows . |
| 21 | Instead , he had a blue card telling him to be at the hospital for his first appointment with a National Health psychotherapist , a photograph of a fair-haired woman with green eyes , a driving licence , a library ticket , a yellowed old newspaper cutting about a forgotten murder , and a much fresher , more succinct bit of print torn from last Sunday 's newspaper . |
| 22 | I ca n't see any horse beating him in the Kentucky Derby . |
| 23 | Listening once to him on the Bench I recalled an occasion when the aged and formidable boys ' maid who looked after our rooms had stood with arms akimbo accusing him of some peccadillo , and ended her tirade : " Mr Phillimore , do n't you stand there lying like Ananias ! " |
| 24 | It was Barron who had made a show of looking at the figures but it was MacQuillan who had screamed at Pascoe down the telephone accusing him of fraud . |
| 25 | His Anglican faith was visible rather than assiduous ; he apologises in his diaries for his work keeping him from church on Sundays . |
| 26 | At one point they fell out and Schine chased Cohn through a hotel lobby swatting him over the head with a rolled-up magazine , to the delight of the large Press corps , who wrote stories headlined after the dialogue of the famous duo , ‘ Positively , Mr Cohn ! ’ and ‘ Absolutely , Mr Schine ! ’ |
| 27 | ‘ No , ’ he said , a soft laugh escaping him at her obvious embarrassment . |
| 28 | Frank had come up with his idea due to the accident of circumstances : the work surrounding him in Bristol , and the association of ideas — Blackett 's idea for the pi-meson being applied successfully for the muon . |
| 29 | He deliberately kept the Lamonts in a separate compartment , their home providing him with a place to refuel in company he enjoyed and in countryside he loved . |
| 30 | A friend clearly recalls the Princess telephoning him in tears . |