Example sentences of "[v-ing] him [subord] [pron] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Defender Gary Pallister said : ‘ It 's a bolt from the blue , I 'd never have guessed we were signing him if you gave me 300 goes . |
| 2 | People got tired of interviewing him because they felt they were being made fools of . |
| 3 | It would have been no use asking him whether he thought there was a unifying purpose in life , whether it could really be chance that an animal so small that it could n't be seen by the naked eye could die millions of years ago in the depths of the sea and be resurrected by science to prove a man innocent or guilty . |
| 4 | drinking his beer as if it had gone flat , she thought , seeing him before he saw her . |
| 5 | Except that I probably made some damp patches , handling him after I got him out . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I was reminding him when I said I 'd come with you . |
| 8 | She found herself watching him as he carried their drinks back to the table , the easy way he moved , his casual dress , his ready smile , and in spite of her previous reservations she realised she was liking what she saw . |
| 9 | Ronni followed him back into the sitting-room and stood awkwardly watching him as he poured himself a whisky . |
| 10 | He held out his hand and she gave it to him , watching him as he put it to his lips , her eyes fixed in an almost mesmerised stare . |
| 11 | The interchange would usually end with Gina kicking Nigel on the shin , clawing him or hitting him if she had something in her hands . |
| 12 | What was to stop anyone just shooting him if they thought he was worthless to them ? |
| 13 | Shooting him as he made his approach would be easier than pumping lead into a target . |