Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] him [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charlie 's hearing was fully restored a week later and a smile appeared on his lips for the first time when he saw Grace standing by his side pouring him a cup of tea . |
| 2 | Annie left him , and then , pregnant , offered herself in order to saddle him with someone else 's child — and this when he had just received a telegram awarding him a scholarship to Oxford . |
| 3 | We can assume that his scepticism extended to his belief in the efficacy of non-violence because he notes that reading Tolstoy influenced him greatly and cured him of his scepticism making him a believer again in ahi sā . |
| 4 | On 1 November 1990 , Norwich Union wrote to the applicant telling him the effect of the intervention notice , and saying : |
| 5 | ‘ residential occupier , ’ in relation to any premises , means a person occupying the premises as a residence , whether under a contract or by virtue of any enactment or rule of law giving him the right to remain in occupation or restricting the right of any other person to recover possession of the premises . |
| 6 | 1 ( 1 ) In this section " residential occupier " , in relation to any premises , means a person occupying the premises as a residence , whether under a contract or by virtue of any enactment or rule of law giving him the right to remain in occupation or restricting the right of any other person to recover possession of the premises . |
| 7 | Denis Healey himself , a long-established whipping boy , now became almost popular , with his chairmanship of the International Monetary Fund inner steering committee making him a figure of greater eminence . |
| 8 | He claimed she retaliated by turning the children against him and threatening to kill him , at one point sending him a Valentine 's Day card with skewers and a knife stuck in it . |
| 9 | Not sure whether this was a good move giving him the job . |
| 10 | Never a mention of the one who spent many an hour teaching him the way of things . |
| 11 | It 's probably only that old quack Hardacre feeding him the wrong antibiotics — Agnes shared George 's view of Sir Frank ‘ — but if each course takes five days before they decide it is n't working , it can run on . |
| 12 | The fiasco started when a letter was delivered to his home in Barnet , Herts , earlier this week informing him the £9.41 cheque would not be honoured . |
| 13 | The man said something and they all laughed , the woman giving him a mock slap on the arm . |
| 14 | There stood Balboa , his shield on his arm , his cuirass gleaming on his chest , the brilliant new banner in one hand and his naked sword in the other , his plumed helmet giving him a stature far more considerable than offered by his height alone . |
| 15 | As he was bending down to pick the post up off the mat he felt a cold hand on his exposed backside — little suspecting that it was the family dog giving him a friendly greeting . |
| 16 | I said I understand your busy , I said if you ca n't turn him say , then I will turn him in an hour I ca n't do it before , fine , I said at least I 'm not sitting like a prat telling him a load of rubbish |
| 17 | The telephone went , which was a possible cue , and she came out and heard somebody 's secretary giving him a brushoff . |
| 18 | Asa had flown bi-planes like the Italian Fiat Falco and the British Gloucester Gladiator , hopelessly out-classed by the opposition , only his superior skill as a pilot giving him an edge . |
| 19 | He remembers before especially some idiot handing him a photo of his friend Jochen Rindt 's grave through the window of his car , and he remembers after , the sound of a chopper as he 's wafted off to hospital , but not the accident itself . |
| 20 | Until yesterday , these would have seen Barnes deployed on one flank with Rocastle 's defensive awareness earning him a ninth cap at Waddle 's expense on the other . |
| 21 | The veteran jockey 's normally-stony face crumbled as he read the letter wishing him a ‘ speedy recovery ’ after his fall in America 's Breeders ' Cup . |
| 22 | is Richard 's mum and dad buying him a little car ? |