Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] him [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hazel and the others followed as best they could , with Pipkin limping and staggering behind , his fear driving him on in spite of the pain in his paw . |
| 2 | When the balance is correct then you just sit and ride forward with your legs closed gently round the horse riding him up to a soft contact on the reins . |
| 3 | Philip did n't believe what Lee had said about his stepdad letting him out on purpose , wanting him to get killed . |
| 4 | He swallowed deeply as Michael Ryan took his hand and shook it , the animal strength of the handshake reminding him acutely of exactly what he had done . |
| 5 | Next a light appeared , and a moment later a shape swept out of the night , big as a centaur , its blinding eye striking him along with something solid . |
| 6 | As for Zen , any day now he would receive a telegram from the Ministry summoning him back to Rome , and that would be that . |
| 7 | Once he had been to the forbidden place — for him , England — and once he had succeeded in returning , he would have been taken by a tide , a powerful current drawing him back to the heartwoods . |
| 8 | A friend seeing him off from New York on Sunday gave him this to relieve the tension he might face here . |
| 9 | Without hesitation she kicked him under the chin , the full weight of the kick throwing him flat on the floor . |
| 10 | He was on a train taking him home from a visit to his sister in Vienna . |
| 11 | Morrissey 's goal was his third of the season leaving him halfway to last season 's tally of six . |
| 12 | He was standing aloof , black-haired , broad-shouldered and narrow-hipped , taller than the average Italian , an air of contained , but absolute authority setting him apart from the noisy , gesticulating mob . |
| 13 | This leads naturally to the splendid definitions of love in chapter ten as Rolle anticipates the disciple bringing him down to earth with a question : " You talk a great deal about love but what is it ? |
| 14 | Elijah heard a divine message sending him back to troubled Israel , with intuition as to definite things to do , one of which was to find a successor to carry on the prophetic ministry . |
| 15 | She noticed her own brusqueness , but could not help herself ; she was looking forward to the army clearing him out of Rupe . |
| 16 | Sanjurjo perished at the very outset when the plane taking him back to Spain from his Portuguese exile crashed on take-off . |
| 17 | Julie struck again , this time catching him just above the right eye , tearing the flesh . |
| 18 | Daisy was sweating for him , and as he stumbled over the word ‘ pomegranates ’ , she could feel the collective good will of the painted ladies in the congregation urging him home like the favourite in the Grand National . |
| 19 | He thought of the pattern of his visit so far ; the revelation of Rose McGarry 's death ; the discovery of the swan ; Jos 's warning ( had it been Jos 's strong arm holding him back in the dream ? ) ; and this most recent sign , which at the very least told him that someone had entered his room , his own sanctuary . |
| 20 | Magee ignored the crimson puddles and knelt beside the dying man again , this time rolling him over onto his back . |