Example sentences of "[v-ing] him [adv] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | Well , Marcus said he 'd come and see Pat , and Ludens is driving him down in the Bentley ! |
| 4 | But they did n't appear to be causing him much in the way of alarm . |
| 5 | She went over to where he was standing , looking him right in the eyes so that he could see how furious she was . |
| 6 | I remember looking him straight in the eye at this point in order to try and fathom the motives behind his proposal . |
| 7 | ‘ No , ’ she said , looking him straight in the eye and immediately wishing she had n't . |
| 8 | ‘ Sir , ’ said the lady , looking him straight in the eye as he paused in his task to glance at her , so that his hand stilled and his gaze remained on her serious face , ‘ I am no more the victim of circumstance than are you . |
| 9 | ‘ Do n't you ? ’ said Owen , looking him straight in the eye . |
| 10 | To which and looking him straight in the face , she had answered , ‘ Do n't count on it , ever . ’ |
| 11 | And it was obvious why — pure unadulterated jealousy at meeting him again in the presence of the lovely Maria Luisa . |
| 12 | It was behind him , lining him up in the sights . |
| 13 | He thought of the pattern of his visit so far ; the revelation of Rose McGarry 's death ; the discovery of the swan ; Jos 's warning ( had it been Jos 's strong arm holding him back in the dream ? ) ; and this most recent sign , which at the very least told him that someone had entered his room , his own sanctuary . |
| 14 | He dropped to his knees and tried to scramble away but Julie hit him again , kicking him hard in the ribs as he fell to the ground . |
| 15 | I usually work him in for an hour , but when I 'm riding him around in the arena before the bell goes , I 'm still thinking , ‘ How on earth am I going to get this thing up the centre line ? ’ because he 's gawping at everything , but then I give him a jolly good boot and we get on with it … ’ |
| 16 | He stopped and gritted his teeth as Kragan lashed out at him , punching him sharply in the ribs . |
| 17 | There was no sign of tenderness in the man who tossed her up into the saddle the next morning , but , seeing him now in the full light of day , Isabel was forced to concede that he was still handsome . |
| 18 | Peter Gore attacked off-duty PC Ivor Jones ‘ like a mad dog ’ , gripping him in a head lock , thumping him repeatedly in the face , and smashing his head against a gatepost . |
| 19 | I was at the time very concerned , because he was posted almost immediately to North Africa , and there was no chance of helping him forward in the early days of his Christian life . |
| 20 | The man lunged clumsily at Bernard who ducked his wild punch and landed a vicious one of his own , catching him painfully in the kidney . |
| 21 | Nigel Powley ( 53 ) successfully defended his title , although William Speake ( 66 ) was catching him late in the race . |
| 22 | Swing , he screamed at himself as his arms crashed into the pine , not holding , but the weight of his body already carrying him on in the next arc of his trajectory . |
| 23 | Patricia was rowed for leaving him behind in the cinema . |
| 24 | Moustaine walked through the ranks , stuck his fingers into Haines 's mouth and proceeded to pull out the half-chewed food , before hitting him hard in the solar plexus . |
| 25 | Dewi had wanted her to be independent , to fend for herself when he was no longer there to take care of her , but he could not have known that his death would have come so suddenly , striking him down in the prime of his manhood . |