Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] him [subord] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simon Wigg says that everybody was laughing at him because the bike looked so different but he had the last laugh … won the title and that 's what it 's all about … |
| 2 | The sweat was pouring from him when the ultimate moment arrived . |
| 3 | All meetings were boring to him unless the participants could talk in depth and unless the debate was by a small enough number of people for personal friendships to be fostered . |
| 4 | Arthur was the ticket clerk at Portsmouth railway station and the heat and been getting to him before the man arrived . |
| 5 | She was just imagining Meredith dressed up as a sailor and herself with her arms round his neck , clinging to him as the wind tried to tear them apart , when a man with a tray hung from his neck asked her to buy bootlaces . |
| 6 | In general , however , the contract of a mentally disordered person is fully binding on him unless the other party was aware that he was so insane as not to understand the nature of the transaction . |
| 7 | Diana was chatting to him when the telephone rang . |
| 8 | Though the Lancia works driver lies third overall , with a repeat of his 1988 triumph at San Remo seeming beyond him when the event ends today , a place in the top three will secure his world crown two rallies before the end of the season . |