Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] he in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | BRITISH spy Ian Spiro left bloody fingerprints smeared on his son 's bedroom walls after blasting him in the head twice with a handgun . |
| 2 | He did n't tell her that they had brought him here unconscious after torturing him in the main building . |
| 3 | Michael Pearson , 19 , of Leeds , battered 19-year-old Dean Fisher to death after meeting him in a pub . |
| 4 | Mr Sergei Shakhrai , a key Yeltsin adviser , said he was instigating legal proceedings against Mr Khasbulatov for insulting him in an interview . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ It was n't so much the shock of seeing him in a metal cage , it was the atmosphere of the place . |
| 7 | The climax of his tale is to profess to excuse Cassio — ‘ But men are men ; the best sometimes forget ’ ( 237 ) — an extremely effective way of indicting him in the eyes of those present . |
| 8 | If your foe stoops on a ground unit and is locked in combat you 'll have a good chance of catching him in the flanks . |
| 9 | Because of the apprehension of a breach of the peace on the part of the inspector , it was held , there arose a duty on him to prevent a breach of the peace , and because the appellant had sought to hold the meeting in defiance of his instructions , she was guilty of obstructing him in the execution of his duty . |
| 10 | Gerald Baker , a Mandan-Hidatsa Indian who is the park ranger at Fort Union Trading Post in North Dakota , once the ‘ Times Square of the plains ’ , taught Mr Frazier how to use a double-bladed throwing axe and offered him the honour of joining him in a ceremonial sweat bath . |
| 11 | The strain of having him in the club practically all the time had been hard enough . |
| 12 | Now that her son had taken over , she showed every sign of treating him in the same way , much to his discomfort . |
| 13 | Having seen herself properly dressed again , she could not bear the thought of confronting him in the skimpy , shabby , ready-made clothes of wartime London . |
| 14 | Lewis added : ‘ Bowe 's stripping has robbed me of the chance of beating him in the ring . |
| 15 | When my colleague had said that , with me sitting right beside him , I felt like punching him in the face ; it was that kind of attitude that any campaign would have to fight . |
| 16 | The other day , in America , the driver of my car said : ‘ I do n't know how you can leave her , ’ and I felt like smacking him in the face . |
| 17 | The ward nurses will need information from the patient and his family and from other people who may be involved with helping him in the community . |
| 18 | The defendant was involved in a scuffle with a constable and was successfully charged with obstructing him in the execution of his duty . |
| 19 | Not content with blackguarding him in the columns of the local rag , him and his silly daughter 's bum , the one-time Chief Citizen of the Borough had been up to no good with a girl young enough to be Grace 's sister , and in the Grand Hotel , and at a Conservative Party conference of all places . |
| 20 | If Ramsey was to be Archbishop of Canterbury , what was wrong with leaving him in the weighty see of Durham until the day came ? |
| 21 | Unless it was true , as he 'd alleged , that the women had robbed him before tossing him in the stinking water . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Scudamore said : ‘ This has paid us dividends for our gamble in running him in a big handicap for the first time . |
| 24 | He said after the case that the Department of Trade and Industry had been ‘ rather petty ’ in prosecuting him in the first place . |
| 25 | The two robbers banged on the side of the Security Express van , spread-eagled one of the guards before shooting him in the legs . |
| 26 | He had fired at Bernard Newton , 67 , and reloaded twice before shooting him in the head with his fourth cartridge . |
| 27 | I am looking forward to seeing him in the French Open and hopefully he will win it this year ! |
| 28 | On seeing him in the nude , the girls ' screams of fear turn into roars of laughter . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Rutherford again made the best stand of the innings , for the fourth wicket , with the captain who was n't keen on having him in the team . |