Example sentences of "[v-ing] him [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every time she saw him again after an absence she stood aside humbly , expecting him at last to have reached the age when she was an embarrassment , expecting him to shuffle his feet and colour and do no more than extend a cool hand , and she would have held none of this against him . |
| 2 | He was just over three hours late to meet his guide , locating him at last on the edge of a ruck of Army drivers , forlorn in Air Force blue . |
| 3 | I was in favour of hauling him in last week , but the powers-that-be thought it better to let him remain at large for the time being , in the hope that he might lead us to his employers . ’ |
| 4 | The Goldsmiths summoned him to London , but did not refer to his local supporters , appointing him on 7th August because of his excellent testimonials from the Master and Fellows of Christ 's College , Cambridge , where he had been a student . |
| 5 | ‘ Ah , Thiercelin , ’ said Epitot , spotting him at last . |
| 6 | ‘ There 's an interesting idea , ’ she said , throwing him into next week with the surprise of it . |