Example sentences of "by [v-ing] him [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or perhaps it was that he had not wanted to turn Bertha 's disappointment with her daughters into bitterness by seeing him show too much interest in his son . |
| 2 | Why , for instance , does Peggy not get satisfaction instead from trying to eradicate the difference between herself and Boris , e.g. by helping him reach the answer himself rather than telling him ? |
| 3 | POWER UP PETE , the kid from the street , is giving away FIFTY Super Nintendo consoles PLUS 50 fabulous new Scope light guns , and you can win them — by helping him save the world . |
| 4 | Leith had almost finished her second course when , quite happy to let Travis talk away , she suddenly wondered , as he began to get repetitive , if she was indeed helping him by letting him talk so much on the same theme . |
| 5 | He appeared to risk very little by letting him live . |
| 6 | Something about Adam Burns told her he had great powers of perception — she 'd do her own case no good at all by letting him know how deeply unsettling she found his questions . |
| 7 | ‘ And , ’ I went on , ‘ I 'd assume it was the person who killed Angela Brickell who wanted to fix the blame for ever on Harry by making him disappear , only … ’ |
| 8 | It was the sort of thing she 'd do , thinking it wrong to punish a boy by making him go hungry . |
| 9 | ‘ Because if he really is the sort of reporter you claim he is then that would be playing right into his hands by making him think I 'm trying to hide something . |
| 10 | At the Huntingdonshire Eyre in 1255 , for example , Norman Sampson , a riding forester , was convicted of having extorted money from a man in his bailiwick by making him sit upon a harrow . |
| 11 | There were a thousand uses for Herrick 's implants , but most would be used as they had on Haavikko — to make a man vulnerable by making him believe he had done something when he had n't . |