Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] him [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hiding out in the forest , Eustace duped and humiliated Renaud in a series of daring escapades , appearing before him in numerous disguises , ambushing him and his men , and time and again making off with his horses . |
| 2 | He had often told her that it was a social disadvantage having the sort of wife he could n't take anywhere , but he dropped this line when she started appearing beside him at literary lunches and old school do 's . |
| 3 | In his introduction Norris acknowledges the difficulty of writing about him at all in such a context : |
| 4 | They might not know him by sight , or might not be looking for him at all . |
| 5 | ‘ There must be many ways of making this place snugger , ’ argued Charles , looking about him with fresh eyes . |
| 6 | Afterwards , the representative from the film company said , ‘ I 've been looking after him for two weeks and that 's the first time I 've seen his teeth … . ’ |
| 7 | All these emotions vanished when Richard came bounding towards him with scarlet cheeks and shining eyes , looking happier than the detective had ever seen him . |
| 8 | In October , Hopper married Michelle Phillips who had been living with him for some months . |
| 9 | Housing — Secure tenancy — Death of tenant — Tenant obtaining tenancy of council house 10 days before death — Tenant 's brother living with him in different council premises during 12 months prior to death — Whether brother ‘ resided with ’ deceased tenant so as to succeed to tenancy — Housing Act 1985 ( c. 68 ) , s. 87 |
| 10 | Extremely harmful it had been , meddling with him like that . |
| 11 | Owing to the small size of the unit in which he served , I wonder after so many years , how many ( if any ? ) of the men serving with him in 1426 still survive ? |
| 12 | Following a telephone conversation in late February in which Mr. expressed possible BWB interest in collaborating on a project to repair certain sections of the towpath , I had a first site meeting with him on 5th March . |
| 13 | The Major encouraged him , then walked him round in a circle , conversing with him in low reassuring tones . |
| 14 | Martin held him at the knees always pushing inside him like warm water pouring in . |
| 15 | Yet already they were ungrateful recalcitrant children , escaping from him in all directions , capable of forming new friendships and attachments . |
| 16 | He looked with amusement at her small , vivacious figure almost bouncing alongside him with effervescent high spirits . |
| 17 | The FA will not pursue the matter and yesterday they agreed to take no action against referee Ray Lewis , who was accused by a fan of swearing at him during last week 's match between Barnet and Walsall . |
| 18 | For the man looking at him through one natural eye and a lens in the socket of his other eye , the silver-haired man with a scar bisecting his cheek , to which he had sewn rubies so that the long-healed wound seemed still to gleam with blood — was none other than Baal Firenze . |
| 19 | Me ? ’ she said , looking at him with wide eyes . |
| 20 | Looking at him with cool objectivity like this , it was hard to see why he had had such a powerful and disturbing effect on her , she realised , aware once again of a strange inner certainty that she had seen him somewhere before , but unable to pin the memory down . |
| 21 | The two women were looking at him with great attention but it was the mother who spoke first . |
| 22 | ‘ Hello , ’ said the boy , looking at him with hollow eyes . |
| 23 | We sat before him looking at him with respectful eyes ( that is , all but one of us , who usually went to sleep as soon as the class started ; she was not just closing her eyes , she was fast asleep ) . |
| 24 | When he had got his balance back , a woman in a dowdy black dress was looking at him with tired amusement . |
| 25 | During his second premiership he noticed during a train journey that another occupant of the compartment was looking at him with some puzzlement . |
| 26 | He glanced up at her face again , and discovered that she was looking at him with some interest , and it struck him that until now starvation had held her attention to the exclusion of all else . |
| 27 | He could afford to study her , for she was not looking at him with any but surface attention . |
| 28 | She found herself opening her eyes , and looking at him with dazed longing . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Seven pairs of eyes were looking at him with open hostility , even the youngest 's who was not yet four . |