Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [v-ing] him in " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Socrates was the first man who thought about thinking , ’ she said , sitting on the window seat and surprising him in every way .
2 ‘ 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 . ’
3 Then Pettit took a photograph and , he claimed , Enos attacked him — throwing him over a fence and punching him in a headlock .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 ‘ Say something , will you ! ’ shouted Sikes , placing his huge hand on Fagin 's collar and shaking him in his anger and fear .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 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 .
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