Example sentences of "[noun pl] be [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hon. Gentleman 's mathematical skills are letting him down today — perhaps I should not go too deeply into that in case we get into a tangle . |
| 2 | Tore-Andre is in fact the most hunted player in Norway just now — this fall he has played himself into our succesful U-21 team and at the moment eight out of twelve norw. ‘ premiership ’ clubs are offering him a contract … |
| 3 | STEVE BACKLEY yesterday wrote off his chances of being fit to compete in this month 's European Cup and admitted that his continuing injury woes are causing him major concern . |
| 4 | Panamanian opposition leaders say that the coup attempt has shown how General Noriega 's own supporters are abandoning him . |
| 5 | Part of this may be because , as World Cup-winning captain Nick Farr-Jones says : ‘ He 's the sort of player whose brain does n't always know where his legs are carrying him . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Unmarked police cars are following him . |
| 7 | These words were defining him , setting the limits in which he could move and the terms in which he could plead , argue or defend himself . |
| 8 | Probably written in the winter of 1857 , those two words were to propel him into prominence and , ultimately , the White House as newspapers across the country broadcast his speech ( est. $300,000–500,000 ; £196,000–327,000 ) . |
| 9 | The words were leading him the wrong way . |
| 10 | Late one night I whispered to him that I was worried that the Yanks were taxing him too hard , that his lucid arguments and eloquence were being weakened by constant niggling at everything he said . |
| 11 | On the sixth day of his latest charity walk , the mighty Botham 's legs were killing him . |
| 12 | In his heart he wanted to run properly but his stupid legs were letting him down . |
| 13 | Even then the kids were calling him Crazy Jake , and I do n't know how many bloody noses I got in the playground , fighting to shut 'em up . ’ |
| 14 | The shrewd eyes were watching him ; he had never noticed them before . |
| 15 | ‘ My darling ! ’ he whispered hoarsely , and , as if trying to believe what her eyes were telling him , his arm tightened about her and , ‘ Are those tears , the ones you 're only just managing to hold back , tears of joy ? ’ he asked tensely . |
| 16 | No wonder Mr MacGregor produced his paper and called for full public discussion just as political pundits were tipping him for promotion in a ministerial reshuffle . |
| 17 | The fuckers are deporting him . |
| 18 | ‘ The cash is in place , and the bankers are supporting him . ’ |
| 19 | Notice how his long harness lines are enabling him to sail with straight arms thereby keeping the rig upright . |
| 20 | His three comrades were bringing him down . |
| 21 | We walked along a narrow road with elm and oak trees on either side , moving slowly because Macier 's feet were hurting him . |
| 22 | Nicholson began walking again , satisfied that his visitors were following him . |
| 23 | The Greshorns were calling him . |
| 24 | Hundreds of rats were watching him with bright , anxious little eyes . |
| 25 | Eliot 's concerns were to make him a natural contributor to The Rock where the theme of the city would again be combined with a new modification of the theme of the savage . |
| 26 | Left a note saying the mice were getting him down . |
| 27 | The insects are egging him on . |
| 28 | It was happening in the summer and autumn of that year , and having now established who he was , people in the movie business were asking if this was going to be his big break , while out there in the communes and on the streets , the rebels were electing him and Hopper , and , to a lesser degree , Fonda , their champions . |
| 29 | As the medics were carrying him away I could see blood oozing out of the eye-holes of his boots and dripping on the ground . |
| 30 | This particular trucker 's agent had gone out of business late on New Year 's Eve , one of a number of last-minute bankruptcies and mergers and a new agent would somehow have to be found to stamp his papers if Customs were to let him depart on the 20.15 sailing . |