Example sentences of "[v-ing] him [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So his Hebrew schooling thereby climaxed ; his public participation galvanising him to accelerated study . |
| 2 | Manucci was wary of him , fearing and disliking him in equal proportions : |
| 3 | ‘ Just keeping him in good condition for you , darling . ’ |
| 4 | She had assumed his letters were the product of his lifelong rage , the festering cancer of his childhood , driving him into unreasonable behaviour , and a tendency to see the worst in anyone who was a friend of Charles . |
| 5 | He agreed to a televised debate , hosted by Dan Rather , with Cameron Nielson Sr. Farnham was still feisty on the show , but Cameron Nielson , looking younger now than his son , was as skilled as a great matador , and finally evened the score with his former tormentor , driving him to tearful contrition . |
| 6 | Then Edgar appears , disguised as a poor knight whose ‘ name is lost ; /By treason 's tooth bare-gnawn , and canker-bit ’ ( 121f. ) , and by defeating him in single combat , completes the exposure of Edmund , the bastard being displayed as a hypocrite and pretender ( 162–74 ) , who in a fair contest — according to Renaissance optimism about the superiority of right — is bound to be defeated by the legitimate . |
| 7 | It may be noticed that insensibility both to moral appeals and to appeals to one 's future interests , imprisonment within both ‘ I ’ and ‘ Now ’ , are often combined in the same person , and that the combination is widely accepted as the strongest criterion for classing him as ‘ psychopathic ’ and exempting him from moral judgment . |
| 8 | And some go on to accuse him of tunnel-vision , saying they doubt whether he ever really wanted a peaceful settlement in the Gulf ; whether he now has a view of what American policy after the war should be ; and whether his single-minded determination to win the war is blinding him to other dangers . |
| 9 | Close your eyes and you just ca n't help imagining him in Dirty Dancing . |
| 10 | Both had been pardoned by Menem in October 1989 [ see pp. 36972-73 ] and subsequently cashiered , but Seineldin had been re-arrested and sentenced on Oct. 22 to 60 days ' military detention in San Martín de los Andes , 1,500 km from Buenos Aires , for bypassing the Army chain of command and writing directly to Menem warning him of growing discontent within the Army [ see p. 37853 ] . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Even so , the image of Chung Hu-yan waking him with awful news persisted , until he realised what it was . |
| 13 | He could n't call himself a violinist , he says , because , for four years , his fiddle had only three strings , forcing him to virtuosic feats of improvisation . |
| 14 | My only worry is that I 'm turning him into New Boy with an unhealthy interest in housework . |
| 15 | Soon afterwards he accompanied Charles Howard , Earl of Carlisle [ q.v. ] , as envoy to Alexis , but was not admitted to the negotiations , the Russians probably suspecting him of changing masters . |
| 16 | And the former head of the Hitler Youth , Baldur von Schirach , who retained even at Nuremberg a naïve attachment to Hitler , indicated in his memoirs the effect on Hitler himself of the constant toadying and sycophancy which surrounded him , shielding him from rational criticism or genuine debate , and bolstering his increasing detachment from reality . |
| 17 | With some wild , unplanned , unfocused idea of shaming him with feminine helplessness , she stayed mute as he drew her into his arms , and remained passive as he gathered her up to him . |
| 18 | His ability to face anything was severely tested by Mr Multhrop , who clutched him firmly by his lapels as he entered the door , as if holding him under close arrest , an impression strengthened by the sight of a uniformed policeman standing behind him . |
| 19 | A series of publications subjecting him to merciless ridicule appeared in 1691 — note the date . |
| 20 | ( a ) Children in need Section 20(1) requires every local authority : to provide accommodation for any child in need within their area who appears to them to require accommodation as a result of : ( a ) there being no person who has parental responsibility for him ; ( b ) his being lost or having been abandoned ; or ( c ) the person who has been caring for him being prevented ( whether or not permanently , and for whatever reason ) from providing him with suitable accommodation or care . |
| 21 | Though living with his father in Dearborn , near Detroit , Kalid visited his mother and grandfather in the Bekaa Valley several times a year , a family duty providing him with perfect cover for the job of courier in the DEA 's stepped-up programme of controlled heroin deliveries . |
| 22 | He has been friendly with Holy Trinity 's vicar since teaching him at theological college in Durham . |
| 23 | And Larder , who was Goulding 's mentor on the 1990 tour to New Zealand , warns that he must control the wild instincts which keep getting him into hot water . |
| 24 | But the playmaster himself came to look him over and turn him about and about , examining him through narrowed eyes and hearing over his lines . |
| 25 | Saunders is fed up with speculation linking him with other clubs , Newcastle being the latest to show an interest , following Spurs and Aston Villa . |
| 26 | Klein , who denied the reports linking him to Colombian drug dealers , was committed for trial on June 1 , 1990 , charged with illegally exporting Israeli military expertise . |
| 27 | Sedgemore has improved so much since entering top grade rugby that club coach Alex Evans is tipping him for international honours . |
| 28 | A Greek court sentenced Muhammad Rashid , a Palestinian , to 18 years in prison on Jan. 8 after convicting him of premeditated manslaughter for his role in the 1982 mid-air bombing of a US Pan-Am airliner over Hawaii in which one person died [ see pp. 36563 ; 36667 ] . |
| 29 | Providing the valuer had been honest and diligent , the court should be cautious before convicting him of professional negligence merely because he had failed to be the first to spot a ‘ sleeper ’ . |
| 30 | The jury deliberated for 10 days before acquitting Fama of firing the fatal shot , but convicting him of second-degree murder by virtue of his participation in the attack ; he was also convicted of numerous lesser charges including those relating to the unlawful possession of weapons . |