Example sentences of "[v-ing] him [adv] [prep] [art] " 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 | I cleared the gun and fired at the Corporal , the burst hitting him in the chest and knocking him backwards into a line of sheets which he brought winding down around him . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | James Shaw was given five years for his part in a later plot to kill Stephen Brown by knocking him down with a car . |
| 13 | He had then polished off Duncan 's leftovers before driving him on to the hotel . |
| 14 | Well , Marcus said he 'd come and see Pat , and Ludens is driving him down in the Bentley ! |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ Never mind what kind , ’ said Gurder , pushing him out of the way . |
| 18 | Duvall was suddenly standing on the step above him , pushing him out of the way and stepping down past him . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | They existed , too , somewhere , seeking him out in every corner , and if they ever found him they would surely drag him back to the terror from which he looked forward to escaping , finally and permanently , soon . |
| 22 | Manville knew then that Hayman had been right in writing him off as a washed-up veteran . |
| 23 | Reagan had tried to meet the families once or twice , the first time in a school library in Chicago Heights ; the relatives furiously demanded help from him , boxing him in with a semi-circle of school chairs . |
| 24 | But they did n't appear to be causing him much in the way of alarm . |
| 25 | Sheriff George Crozier accused the lawyer of shouting him down during a trial at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | She went over to where he was standing , looking him right in the eyes so that he could see how furious she was . |
| 29 | I remember looking him straight in the eye at this point in order to try and fathom the motives behind his proposal . |
| 30 | ‘ No , ’ she said , looking him straight in the eye and immediately wishing she had n't . |