Example sentences of "[v-ing] him [prep] [art] [noun] " 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 | Again , Atrakhasis was warned , the god instructing him in a dream to build a boat , take on board his family and animals , and explain his action to his fellow men as a punishment inflicted upon him which would bring benefit to them . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He realized it was shielding him , protecting him from the gunfire . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Common Law found a difficulty in protecting him against the stranger . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Tony did n't have time to waste booking him as a support act or doing a club circuit or anything like that . |
| 11 | REFEREE Peter Jevons threw a dictionary , so to speak , at Jeremy Tanner , 21 , after booking him during a match between Derbyshire village side West Hallam and local rivals Alvaston . |
| 12 | 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 . ’ |
| 13 | I 'm not keeping him on the hop , but I am making a joke of things . |
| 14 | " That 'll please you , wo n't it , keeping him in a muck sweat . |
| 15 | Some deep throbbing vibration seemed to be keeping him in the air , and his limbs ached . |
| 16 | I wonder if they 're keeping him in the morgue , by the way ? |
| 17 | Fat chance , thought Leonora , unable to resist keeping him in the dark about whether Elise was going with her . |
| 18 | Today 's run in a handicap is a step up in class , but David Chapman , who trains at Stillington , North Yorkshire , has clearly brought about a change in the colt 's attitude since acquiring him from a Lambourn yard just two months ago . |
| 19 | He gave the man the Viaticum and blessed him , anointing him on the head , chest , hands and feet . |
| 20 | He was n't available , so we then covered ourselves by signing him before the January deadline with a view to playing him when he became available . ’ |
| 21 | Nineteen year old Joseph from South London said he 'd been acting in self defence , and he was cleared of murdering Bob who 'd challenging him with a hammer when he found him slashing car tyres . |
| 22 | As he knelt at his mother 's feet , the sovereign invested her son with the symbols of office , ‘ by girding him with a Sword … by putting a Coronet on his head … and a Gold Ring on his finger … and also by delivering a Gold Rod into his hand , that he may preside there and may direct and defend those parts to hold to him and his heirs … for ever ’ . |
| 23 | He reinvested in his father 's stud in Ireland , and brought in Jack Dwyer , the best trainer in the country , poaching him from the stables of his mother 's old friend , Hugh Westminster , without a qualm . |
| 24 | The dunnie , or doonie , most especially delights in taking an unsuspecting victim for a wild ride and then tossing him into a pile of mud or manure . |
| 25 | ‘ Never mind , Uncle , ’ she said , patting him on the head , ‘ you 're not into this , are you ? ’ |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | ‘ Lead on , MacDuff ’ , said Audrey , patting him on the head as the bogie rolled past . |
| 28 | His father , unable to speak the words of farewell , kept patting him on the back , his face a ruin . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | All I did was to congratulate Mark by patting him on the thigh , ’ said Roger Hoad . |