Example sentences of "[v-ing] he [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He also had to juggle the practicalities of being coach , going on part-time high-school teaching , and seeing if Otago Cricket Association would continue employing him in the off-season as executive director when he would n't be around for much of the summer . |
| 2 | Dyson swung the wheel to the left , then swung it sharply to the right again to avoid a lorry which was overtaking him on the inside . |
| 3 | It is his letter of March 1094 to the bishop of Salisbury , instructing him in the name of himself and the king to take action about the case of the daughter of the king of Scotland , who had left the nunnery at Wilton and who — as Anselm and King William had agreed — was to be forced to return . |
| 4 | It is also possible to see Baker as a ‘ lightning rod ’ for the president , protecting him from the ire of conservative ideologues who , by definition , would never be satisfied with less than the whole loaf . |
| 5 | He realized it was shielding him , protecting him from the gunfire . |
| 6 | When Willis came out , England were 197 ahead with 151 minutes and twenty overs left and there can not have been many who doubted West Indies would win , but with Willis lunging his left leg forward and Willey protecting him from the strike as much as possible , they began to put together a remarkable stand . |
| 7 | Common Law found a difficulty in protecting him against the stranger . |
| 8 | He assisted Marsh up the steps to the box and , seating him in the signalman 's battered but comfortable old armchair , reported the incident to the train control , requesting medical assistance for the unfortunate guard who was obviously unable to continue his dunes . |
| 9 | But he might not always meet her calling or her waiting , for men , too , were bidding him to the sound of axe and plough and sword . ’ |
| 10 | I 'm not keeping him on the hop , but I am making a joke of things . |
| 11 | Some deep throbbing vibration seemed to be keeping him in the air , and his limbs ached . |
| 12 | I wonder if they 're keeping him in the morgue , by the way ? |
| 13 | Fat chance , thought Leonora , unable to resist keeping him in the dark about whether Elise was going with her . |
| 14 | He gave the man the Viaticum and blessed him , anointing him on the head , chest , hands and feet . |
| 15 | ‘ Never mind , Uncle , ’ she said , patting him on the head , ‘ you 're not into this , are you ? ’ |
| 16 | Wycliffe felt like patting him on the head , but he thanked him and saw him off with his samples , then he went back to his little office and sat staring at the wall . |
| 17 | ‘ Lead on , MacDuff ’ , said Audrey , patting him on the head as the bogie rolled past . |
| 18 | His father , unable to speak the words of farewell , kept patting him on the back , his face a ruin . |
| 19 | Mungo felt like patting him on the back to show him that they sympathized , but the moment passed , and anyway Mr Zamoyski might not have understood . |
| 20 | All I did was to congratulate Mark by patting him on the thigh , ’ said Roger Hoad . |
| 21 | He recalled his uncles , ‘ tall and solemn , ’ standing behind them , patting him on the shoulder affectionately ; neighbours and friends behind them , and the factory workers taking their own , lowlier places . |
| 22 | ‘ There , there , ’ said Angalo helplessly , patting him on the shoulder . |
| 23 | He has dedicated his entire career to the development of sport in Scotland and I am sure all Council members will want to join me in thanking him for the commitment he has shown over the years . ’ |
| 24 | She intended to plead her own nervousness and her desire not to be destined for public exhibition and planned to finish by thanking him for the compliment of his request and wishing him well in finding a more practised model . |
| 25 | He obtained the second by pretending to trip over an unseen obstacle , which inadvertently threw him against the foreman , knocking him to the ground and depositing his daily schedule papers all over the floor . |
| 26 | Hoc 's puny shoulders and bowed head reminded the furious Corsican suddenly of his own helplessness in the face of the unreasoning demands from Paris , and without warning he struck out at Hoc with his free hand , knocking him to the ground . |
| 27 | A terrier man drives his quad bike into a protestor , knocking him to the ground . |
| 28 | He claimed that Mr Maltby lunged at him so he punched him , knocking him to the ground . |
| 29 | The jury found him guilty on a reduced charge of assaulting the youth by knocking him to the ground . |
| 30 | At one point they fell out and Schine chased Cohn through a hotel lobby swatting him over the head with a rolled-up magazine , to the delight of the large Press corps , who wrote stories headlined after the dialogue of the famous duo , ‘ Positively , Mr Cohn ! ’ and ‘ Absolutely , Mr Schine ! ’ |