Example sentences of "[v-ing] him in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He also had to juggle the practicalities of being coach , going on part-time high-school teaching , and seeing if Otago Cricket Association would continue employing him in the off-season as executive director when he would n't be around for much of the summer . |
| 2 | Again , Atrakhasis was warned , the god instructing him in a dream to build a boat , take on board his family and animals , and explain his action to his fellow men as a punishment inflicted upon him which would bring benefit to them . |
| 3 | It is his letter of March 1094 to the bishop of Salisbury , instructing him in the name of himself and the king to take action about the case of the daughter of the king of Scotland , who had left the nunnery at Wilton and who — as Anselm and King William had agreed — was to be forced to return . |
| 4 | He set the bowl down , then lifted the boy gently , cradling him in a half-sitting position . |
| 5 | He assisted Marsh up the steps to the box and , seating him in the signalman 's battered but comfortable old armchair , reported the incident to the train control , requesting medical assistance for the unfortunate guard who was obviously unable to continue his dunes . |
| 6 | " That 'll please you , wo n't it , keeping him in a muck sweat . |
| 7 | Some deep throbbing vibration seemed to be keeping him in the air , and his limbs ached . |
| 8 | I wonder if they 're keeping him in the morgue , by the way ? |
| 9 | Fat chance , thought Leonora , unable to resist keeping him in the dark about whether Elise was going with her . |
| 10 | Unless it was true , as he 'd alleged , that the women had robbed him before tossing him in the stinking water . |
| 11 | ‘ Good morning , ’ said the tailor , to this company , for he believed in good manners , and the creatures were surveying him in a judging and intelligent way . |
| 12 | The second lorry ran into the car 's side sandwiching him in the wreckage . |
| 13 | BRITISH spy Ian Spiro left bloody fingerprints smeared on his son 's bedroom walls after blasting him in the head twice with a handgun . |
| 14 | Examine a scene from the play where one boy creeps up on another and then springs on him stabbing him in the back with his knife . |
| 15 | The activities of a fan become intelligible if we can interpret them as being instrumental in establishing him in a particular role , or if such activities can be shown to be acceptable demonstrations of character and worth among his peers . |
| 16 | Rodrigo marched into Valencia in triumph , only to learn that his old adversary Berenguer of Barcelona — who had never forgiven the Cid for capturing him in an earlier campaign — had formed an alliance with the Moorish lord of Lerida and El Cid 's own sometime ally Mostain of Saragossa . |
| 17 | He did n't tell her that they had brought him here unconscious after torturing him in the main building . |
| 18 | As Mr Leslie had explained earlier he was completely sober and was not given to imagination , he screwed his eyes up looking for the reason for the footsteps ; he could n't see the feet but heard them quite distinctly passing him in the ballast below . |
| 19 | Passing him in the cramped area of the cockpit , her bare leg brushed against the coarseness of his knee . |
| 20 | Catherine sounded suddenly exhausted , and as she gave him back the cup she turned towards him , letting him see that she had been crying , but without looking him in the face . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's not in ruins , ’ said Adam , looking him in the eye . |
| 22 | We saluted the Guard-Sergeant , slapping our palms down against our sides in regulation salutes , looking him in the eye and showing our leave passes . |
| 23 | " You can tell him , " I said , turning and looking him in the face , " that you were entirely mistaken ; that my boss really is my boss , and that I 'm not going to have a baby . " |
| 24 | ‘ The Methodists never made much headway with the Machin family , ’ said Rose , still keeping her distance and not looking him in the eye . |
| 25 | ‘ No , I do n't think I did , ’ I said , looking him in the eye . |
| 26 | But , standing in her bathroom , with her looking at him with those lovely blue eyes , her whole soul looking him in the face , her integrity undeniable , he knew the truth . |
| 27 | ‘ Socrates was the first man who thought about thinking , ’ she said , sitting on the window seat and surprising him in every way . |
| 28 | Michael Pearson , 19 , of Leeds , battered 19-year-old Dean Fisher to death after meeting him in a pub . |
| 29 | Reagan was shown a picture of Calero meeting him in the Oval Office ; he did not know who he was . |
| 30 | I asked if she remembered Old Red , and described meeting him in the subway , but not his current reputation , for that would have been less than tactful , as I hoped one day to marry them off , and unfair , since he had been so pleasant to me . |