Example sentences of "[v-ing] him [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Oh , that 's you , Fiver , is it ? " said Bigwig , noticing him for the first time . |
| 2 | The plan is foiled but Magwitch escapes the gallows by dying in hospital , with Pip tending him to the last . |
| 3 | After meeting him for the first time , Vincent thought that he must be wealthy . |
| 4 | Talking to him is always like meeting him for the first time — he never comes out with the same old stuff and you can look forward to an interesting conversation . |
| 5 | She glanced up at him , feeling oddly shy , almost as though she were meeting him for the first time with no doubts , no mistrust , between them . |
| 6 | A Jewish chronicler attributed the success of the expedition entirely to the youthful Ensign , calling him for the first time ‘ Cidi ’ , the equivalent of Mio Cid ‘ my lord ’ . |
| 7 | But of course she could n't ; she had to sit there and be polite , supporting him as the next chairman , knowing that was exactly what he was , knowing no one could handle the job better , and knowing too that he was one day going to get around to handling her … superbly . |
| 8 | Vincent looked at him , as if seeing him for the first time . |
| 9 | She looked up at Trent , as if seeing him for the first time : ‘ I 'd have drowned if you 'd left me on the Key . ’ |
| 10 | Let me now assume that you are being considered by a prospective principal and are seeing him for the first time . |
| 11 | The boyish expression transformed the hard planes of his face and she stared at him as if she was seeing him for the first time . |
| 12 | But seeing him for the first time was like when you buy a new make of car you never noticed that kind before , then you realise they 're all over the place . |
| 13 | Though he was more like his old self , many suspected they were seeing him for the last time . |
| 14 | It is just that I am trying to find ways of helping him through the first bad spell of his career . |
| 15 | He said after the case that the Department of Trade and Industry had been ‘ rather petty ’ in prosecuting him in the first place . |
| 16 | She moved past them , smiling at Axel , as if welcoming him for the first time . |
| 17 | He caught the wide , levelled eyes watching him with the first faint shadow of doubt and disquiet , almost distaste , and laughed shortly . |