Example sentences of "[v-ing] he [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 He grappled with Slatter , tearing him away from the motionless body .
2 Rocastle got a page long interview expressing some puzzlement at Wilko keeping him out of the first team .
3 If she was n't , he slipped into her mind , the memory of her response to him both torment and humiliation , and dislodging him once he entered her thoughts proved far more difficult than keeping him out in the first place .
4 In spite of his explanations they 'd insisted on signing him out at the little cabin , and he 'd snatched the case out of his car and run back , wondering why it always rained .
5 Behind him is the god Horus who guides his elbow while patting him lightly on the shoulder .
6 Soon afterwards , however , Ellcock became the ‘ nearly man ’ again , entering hospital for further surgery to remove the screws that had snapped in his back , ruling him out for the rest of the summer and , ultimately , despite encouraging practice sessions with the England A party last winter , the immediate future .
7 Ipswich were unfortunate to lose winger Jeremy English with fractured ribs , ruling him out for the remainder of the season .
8 ‘ Then I shall get a train in the opposite direction , ’ he said , thinking that there was something sad about it , especially now that she was thanking him politely for the drinks .
9 Mark turned , just as the dogs took off together in a huge leap which struck him in the chest , knocking him backwards into the boot where he sat , legs dangling , with both arms wrapped around the excited dogs .
10 The Scot said : ‘ I was one punch away from knocking him out in the fifth and if I had n't been injured , I would have finished him . ’
11 He had then polished off Duncan 's leftovers before driving him on to the hotel .
12 Well , Marcus said he 'd come and see Pat , and Ludens is driving him down in the Bentley !
13 He came up off the floor in one swift , powerful lunge , slamming the full force of his body into Boisson and driving him back towards the dungeon before the man could gather himself for another swing .
14 We 've got a very good set up erm my mechanic Mick Day is coming back again tomorrow ; I 'm picking him up from the airport , so that 'll be three years with him and erm I can rely on him to sort of get things ready and erm you know , we 've got a great set up and really I can just concentrate on trying to be erm world speedway champion this year .
15 ‘ Never mind what kind , ’ said Gurder , pushing him out of the way .
16 Duvall was suddenly standing on the step above him , pushing him out of the way and stepping down past him .
17 The Englishman sensed that the big personal build-up was a blind to hide Muldoon 's real reason for wanting him out of the country .
18 She told him about the latest developments from Zurich while dressing the wound , filling him in on the backgrounds of Hendrique and Milchan as well as relaying Philpott 's instructions .
19 But they did n't appear to be causing him much in the way of alarm .
20 The bell for Compline rang , the time she had set herself for hounding him out at the wicket , into a world he was , perhaps , already beginning to regret surrendering , but which he might have found none too hospitable to a runaway Benedictine novice .
21 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 .
22 She went over to where he was standing , looking him right in the eyes so that he could see how furious she was .
23 I remember looking him straight in the eye at this point in order to try and fathom the motives behind his proposal .
24 ‘ No , ’ she said , looking him straight in the eye and immediately wishing she had n't .
25 ‘ Sir , ’ said the lady , looking him straight in the eye as he paused in his task to glance at her , so that his hand stilled and his gaze remained on her serious face , ‘ I am no more the victim of circumstance than are you .
26 ‘ Do n't you ? ’ said Owen , looking him straight in the eye .
27 To which and looking him straight in the face , she had answered , ‘ Do n't count on it , ever . ’
28 And it was obvious why — pure unadulterated jealousy at meeting him again in the presence of the lovely Maria Luisa .
29 It was behind him , lining him up in the sights .
30 The rewards of this parliamentary victory were to come with the defeat of the French armies in 1870 , but at the time opponents of the Emperor saw only a means of forcing him further along the path of change .
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