Example sentences of "[v-ing] he [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She threw her arms round his neck and kissed him on the lips , enveloping him in discreetly expensive perfume . |
| 2 | The gun roared deafeningly in the small room , its lethal discharge taking Angel Two in the ribcage , almost tearing him in half as it punched him back across the room . |
| 3 | Keeping him in overnight was just a precautionary measure because of his age and past history , but I do n't see why he should n't go , provided he keeps up the antibiotics . |
| 4 | An AK47 cracked again , keeping him down low , and blind . |
| 5 | Cheney declared himself " stunned , angry and frustrated " by his involvement in the scandal and , like many other offenders , blamed dubious administrative practices by the bank for not keeping a more accurate record of the state of his account and for not keeping him more closely informed of his financial position . |
| 6 | Jenna jumped up , almost spilling her coffee , making a hasty grab for the delicate cup and amusing him even more . |
| 7 | What was absorbing him so deeply , I realize as I go by , was the sight of his own living-room , with the curtains innocently open , and his wife and Millie moving silently about the bright world inside . |
| 8 | He poured wine and brought it across the room to Owen 's chair , pressing him back brusquely when he would have risen to receive the cup . |
| 9 | She let the dress fall , pushing him away gently to slip out of tiny white satin briefs . |
| 10 | His exhaust pipes were pushing him away too . |
| 11 | Nicholson released him , pushing him back so hard he almost fell . |
| 12 | She should have seen it coming , should have realised she was pushing him too hard . |
| 13 | The hot sting of tears pricked painfully at her eyes as the agony of hating him and yet wanting him so desperately all at the same time overwhelmed her . |
| 14 | THERE is nothing more humiliating than loving him so much that you forgive the infidelities . |
| 15 | Maria paused , looking at him and loving him so much it hurt . |
| 16 | He is also writing to John McGregor , the Education Secretary , urging him not only to abandon the idea of additional CTCs but to hand over those in the pipeline to local authorities . |
| 17 | It was soothing and restful , and seemed to be urging him gently onward in some mysterious fashion . |
| 18 | They were in awe of him because you would never have guessed from meeting him how immensely wealthy he was , and because you would never have guessed from knowing how immensely wealthy he was how immensely clever he was as well , and because he was called Freddie when his initials were A. P. J. You 'd catch a glimpse of this tall , stooped figure crossing Trinity Great Court , with one shoulder held slightly higher than the other , and you 'd know you were watching one of the world 's great fortunes walking about , plus , on the same two lanky legs , behind the same untidily dangling forelock , one of the world 's great instruments of serious scholarship . |
| 19 | It seems to be leading him always further and further into the truth of a woman 's life … |
| 20 | Having said all this I can see Wilko selling him almost imediately — this was his reaction when Scumtona started making waves last year — nearly a year to the day when he sold the scum the league . |
| 21 | That there 's a deep bond between us — his loving me in his way , my liking him very much ( even loving him , but not sexually ) in my way — a feeling that we 're groping towards a compromise . |
| 22 | Edward moved forward , moved her back towards the bed , but Hannele sidestepped , turning him around instead . |
| 23 | You find some tape in a kitchen drawer and go back to the front hall , turning him round so that you 're between him and the door . |
| 24 | She realised , with hindsight , that he had n't forgiven her either for turning him down soon after she 'd joined the team . |
| 25 | Marcus pulled Pat up by the shoulders , pulling him up so that his head was higher , and Moxie thrust the pillow in behind him . |
| 26 | She twined her arms so tightly round his neck that he almost choked , pulling him down so that he overbalanced and fell on top of her . |
| 27 | ‘ The nurses must be feeding him right now , I think . ’ |
| 28 | The fact that I had so little self-control seemed to be irritating him ever so slightly . |
| 29 | What could his parents be thinking of , sending him out alone like this ? |
| 30 | I had n't been expecting him quite so soon . |