Example sentences of "[v-ing] him [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soon afterwards , however , Ellcock became the ‘ nearly man ’ again , entering hospital for further surgery to remove the screws that had snapped in his back , ruling him out for the rest of the summer and , ultimately , despite encouraging practice sessions with the England A party last winter , the immediate future . |
| 2 | Ipswich were unfortunate to lose winger Jeremy English with fractured ribs , ruling him out for the remainder of the season . |
| 3 | He was beginning to wonder if they were n't already softening him up for some kind of a change . |
| 4 | She was always seeking him out for one of her little chats . |
| 5 | I stood looking him over for about a minute and then went round the room . |
| 6 | The 34-year-old former Liverpool and Blackburn star has been unable to fix himself up with another club since the summer , but the Robins ' boss is lining him up for a reserve game against Walsall next week . |
| 7 | Bob Geldof would shine as scruffy Larry but cleaning him up for the post wedding scenes could be hard . |
| 8 | It was now obvious that the horse was a stayer and yet Harry Short 's stable jockey had recently ridden him as if his best distance was six furlongs , holding him up for a late run . |
| 9 | It felt too much as if she was shunting him off for her own convenience , even though she knew that it was the only sane and sensible thing to do . |
| 10 | Formatting to the rear of the Rallye , Legg established radio contact , and gently eased Anderson through a series of power adjustments and manoeuvres to make a practice approach at Cardiff before bringing him around for a successful , damage- and injury-free landing . |
| 11 | Probably because it was a way of roping him in for the future , Malcolm invited him down to a few rehearsals . |
| 12 | Instead , I suggested Jeanne and John tire Moby with a few chase and throw-fetch games in the garden before taking him out for a walk on an extendable lead . |
| 13 | You write to an imaginary friend , you 're inviting him down for the summer holidays and you say all that , all about the sort of things that you 're planning to do with them , make it up |
| 14 | For years he keeps the kid hidden away like the greatest secret in the galaxy , and now he 's showing him off for everybody to see . |
| 15 | She 's been putting him off for years . |
| 16 | Or were you just stringing him along for the fun of it ? ’ |