Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [v-ing] him in " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ in the felonious taking of money or goods of any value from the person of another , or in his presence , against his will , by violence or putting him in fear . |
| 2 | ‘ Socrates was the first man who thought about thinking , ’ she said , sitting on the window seat and surprising him in every way . |
| 3 | ‘ I had heard about Smailovic and his Sarajevan Opera String Quartet some time ago and had the idea of offering him support by writing a piece and joining him in one of his concerts at the front line . ’ |
| 4 | Then Pettit took a photograph and , he claimed , Enos attacked him — throwing him over a fence and punching him in a headlock . |
| 5 | She might have made her point a lot better by picking up Mouse and dumping him in the garbage can — instead she responded with violence that was really out of proportion to Mouse 's attack . |
| 6 | Tess Milner , the senior theatre sister , moved in , taking the baby and wrapping him in a blanket , leaving Niall free to attend to the unconscious woman . |
| 7 | ‘ Say something , will you ! ’ shouted Sikes , placing his huge hand on Fagin 's collar and shaking him in his anger and fear . |
| 8 | All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching the faith and correcting error , for re-setting the direction of man 's life and training him in good living . |
| 9 | She waited until he stabbed at her then , using her left forearm to block his wrist , she followed up by slamming the heel of her right hand against his chin and kneeing him in the groin . |
| 10 | He started keeping Fred and himself to timetables , so that she knew where she was , and cut out eating with Fred after the show or seeing him in the daytime at weekends . |
| 11 | We could n't hear what was being said but the large man was bending over Bogie 's table and poking him in the chest . |