Example sentences of "[noun] while [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | Iago 's practice of inversion , by which he destroys Cassio while making him and others believe him to be Cassio 's friend , and by which he turns Desdemona 's purity into a black , viscous liquid that will catch his victims like birds in quicklime , has been fully established by Shakespeare and shown to be successful . |
| 2 | Paul opens the door , to be confronted by a bespectacled American doing a poor impersonation of Chuck D. Four Eyes is pursing his lips , pointing a finger at Merton while offering him a mock high five . |
| 3 | It subsequently emerged that he had been assassinated by a young Tamil woman who triggered explosives strapped to her back while presenting him with a bouquet . |
| 4 | Behind him is the god Horus who guides his elbow while patting him lightly on the shoulder . |
| 5 | Convention demanded that a woman must skirt around the truth , fobbing off a man while leading him on . |
| 6 | One held a knife to his throat while forcing him to drive to nearby Hackney . |
| 7 | After the mass murderer hit the deck , I got up and , resisting the temptation to fold my left forearm over my right elbow , make a prong of the middle finger of my right hand and then lift it in Quigley 's face while telling him he was a motherfucking asshole , I went to the door . |