Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] he [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been caddying for Ralph Moffatt on the pro circuit and got him through the pre-qualifier at Fairhaven , so I told him I 'd be caddying for him in the Open as I 'd heard nothing from Jack . |
| 2 | Things , however , came to a head one day when a veterinary surgeon on his rounds , in a regulation Volvo estate , was alarmed to see Noddy tearing towards him on the wrong side of the road , in hot pursuit of a Transit van . |
| 3 | I think that he , who could have had as many friends as he wished , never realized how much it meant to a lonely and friendless person to have a friend , to be seen walking with him in the rose-red streets of Salamanca , to be able to go to a concert or an art museum with him , to have him opposite me at dinner in even the meanest , cheapest restaurant . |
| 4 | Nine others are appearing with him at the commital proceedings . |
| 5 | Nine others are appearing with him at the commital proceedings . |
| 6 | Yet , I am not writing about him for the above reasons , it 's rather on account of an unlikely weakness of his than for one of his many strengths . |
| 7 | He was absolutely worshipped by all disinterested persons at G.Q.G. When he entered the hotel , tapping the floor with his stick and looking about him with the mischievous and bright glances of a boy , every one came up to him instinctively , only too pleased to see him . |
| 8 | He was strolling down the steep narrow street towards the sea , his hands deep in his pockets and his shirt open at the throat , very pale and Londonish , looking about him with the fond , proprietorial air of an Englishman returning to a favourite spot abroad . |
| 9 | All this time Marcus was standing , now more upright , looking about him at the various speakers , with an interested air . |
| 10 | Tuan Ti Fo turned , looking about him at the simple order of his room . |
| 11 | Looking about him at the great press of people , the escalator that was a river of people flowing on and on , the crowds that streamed down the stairs so that if a train was held up there would be room for no more to squeeze on to the platform , he wondered why a terrorist group had never thought of putting a bomb in the tube . |
| 12 | He glanced back at her , then turned away , looking about him at the cluttered floor , the smoke-blackened walls , the broken ceiling of the room he was in . |
| 13 | The ambulance came , and she ended up looking after him in the intensive care unit . |
| 14 | He turned away , looking round him at the great nest of screens and machinery . |
| 15 | Looking at him in the dim light I saw he was clad only in vest and pants . |
| 16 | ‘ Sit down , sit down , ’ said Owen hurriedly , looking around him at the crowded cafe . |
| 17 | Georgi Kirov was waiting for him at the appointed place and time . |
| 18 | Cranston was waiting for him at the small tavern just outside Aldgate in the Portsoken overlooking the stinking city ditch . |
| 19 | She told me that just across the road there lived what she described as a mantenuta , a kept woman , whose lover visited her every day : she could be seen waiting for him behind the semi-closed shutters . |
| 20 | After Charlie had finished dressing , he found Sal and Kitty waiting for him by the front door , but he refused to allow them to accompany him to the station , despite their tearful protest . |
| 21 | He had already acquired some ex-episcopal lands back in 1647–8 , in settlement of earlier debts owing to him on the public faith . |
| 22 | Emotion seemed to gush out of her eyes , nose , mouth , as she sighed , wept , mumbled between kisses , covering his face with spit , tears , lipstick and rain , clinging to him with the frantic strength of a drowning swimmer . |
| 23 | He turned , watching the priest coming towards him through the falling snow . |
| 24 | Hurtling towards him in the swirling fog was a huge lorry powerless to stop on the icy carriageway . |
| 25 | They stopped saying , you know , would you buy a used car from this man and started talking about him as the international peacemaker . |
| 26 | Following him out of the office and down into the street , sitting beside him in the cab which took them to Covent Garden , sitting opposite him in the warm restaurant full of good smells , candlelight , fresh flowers , her predominant feeling was one of surprise . |
| 27 | Mrs Brown has been lobbying her MP the Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd for help , even to the extent of standing against him in the recent general election . |
| 28 | But sitting behind him in the public gallery , some of the Nock family started to cry . |
| 29 | ‘ He should have a doctor , ’ said Paviour anxiously , standing over him with the empty brandy glass . |
| 30 | I 'm , I 'm talking to him about the planned s filing system as well , which is |