Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] him [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though he was more like his old self , many suspected they were seeing him for the last time . |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | He pulled out a burnet leaf and ate it slowly , concealing his fear as best he could ; for all his instincts were warning him of the dangers in the unknown country beyond the warren . |
| 4 | We were escorting him to the door when there was a loud explosion at the side of the house . |
| 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 | But examples of this kind were pointing him in the direction he wanted to go . |
| 7 | ‘ If they were taking him to the police station , why did they walk three miles . |
| 8 | In the centre of the piece was a carving of a shoemaker resisting four shaggy devils who were dragging him from the embraces of what at first Athelstan thought was a young lady but , on looking closer , -realised that with his tail and close-cropped hair , it was a depiction of a male prostitute . |
| 9 | He felt as if Simon were lifting him by the collar and dangling him so that his feet were off the earth and his toes straining to reach something . |
| 10 | What struck me was the way in which he seemed to have little difficulty not merely in coming down to my level but in entering into my feelings , as if I were telling him about the most natural matter in the world . |
| 11 | Veterans mostly of conferences and corporate operations where the good time masked a definite hidden agenda , they were steering him through the introductions deftly and with an impressive display of memory . |
| 12 | Indeed one might argue that talk of Jesus as our ‘ brother ’ , emphasizing his humanity , makes Jesus more intrusively male than if one were casting him in the role of the cosmic Christ . |
| 13 | Len was thumping him on the arm now with his fist . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Ten miles away on that December evening , Walter Schellenberg lit a cigarette in the back of the Mercedes which was speeding him towards the castle . |
| 16 | ‘ Christopher , ’ said Francis to Jane , who was helping him with the sheep the next morning , ‘ has been like a father to me . ’ |
| 17 | And then the music was drawing him into the fire and the light , and he could see the massive shape of the Chariot limned against the forest now , bathed in its own radiance , hung with silk , lined with satin … |
| 18 | She was pursuing him like the Fury pursuing the crime . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Jean was pulling him by the hand towards the dance . |
| 21 | I was accompanying him in the show anyway and I think we just had the nerve . ’ |
| 22 | About once a week or fortnight I had to attend some quite high-powered meetings in London to which James came too , as I was feeding him at the time . |
| 23 | Still peering from the corner of his eye , Frankie stared at her breasts for a long time before he realized with a jolt that she was observing him through the mirror . |
| 24 | The doves were fluttering upwards to the music , and his Maria Filippa — an unusual diva , wearing spectacles — with Pericle on her arm in a lace bonnet and button boots , was greeting him under the olives . |
| 25 | The Perm was soon taking pity on Charlie , as people tended to , and Charlie was asking him about the pressures of fame as if it were something that concerned him from day to day . |
| 26 | Someone was shaking him by the shoulder as the band played ‘ God Save the King ’ and everyone else in the cinema stood to attention . |
| 27 | Duvall was shaking him by the sleeve , bringing him back . |
| 28 | And again he looked around , this time for the devil who was tempting him with the prospect he most profoundly desired . |
| 29 | Poor love , ’ she smiled faintly , ‘ he was half asleep , and at first when he heard what I had to say he thought I was leaving him in the lurch after all . |
| 30 | She was watching him through the cigarette smoke to judge the effect she was producing . |