Example sentences of "[prep] him being [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We talked about the possibility of his death , we talked about the possibility of him being permanently brain damaged , we talked about the happiness they had enjoyed together and how important it had been to both of them to find each other . |
| 2 | She was n't too worried , though , by the prospect of him being there , right beside her , for the next hour or so . |
| 3 | But he was a big man and for some reason I had an unhealthy picture of him being more than able to do something unspeakable to Tonka toys . |
| 4 | Normally it would have horrified her to think of him being so cross with her . |
| 5 | I mean I do n't think that many people can do convincing Neville Brody pages , presumably he has three of them — the three- or ten , or however many he has , to be able to turn them out with him being around , but as soon as he walks away it 's not as good . |
| 6 | It 's a real worry with him being so far away . |
| 7 | His actions result in him being utterly and completely lost . |
| 8 | But there 's no point in him being here anyway , as far as I can see . |
| 9 | But I was right about him being up to something she thought . |
| 10 | He weighs 20 stone , and I worry about him being so overweight . |
| 11 | I need n't have worried about him being too delicate to accept my offer . |
| 12 | The girl shrugged and mumbled about him being too busy . |
| 13 | When she looked at poor little Hoomey , she was filled with pity for him being so hopeless . |
| 14 | This can generated close rapport with the buyer , but the salesperson must be aware of the reason for him being there , and not be excessively diverted from talking business . |
| 15 | No as him being really isolated , you know , in a dark forest or whatever , I do n't know . |
| 16 | Just as we saw a few weeks ago Zaccheus was , er , between him being up the tree and hitting the ground , that man was converted . |
| 17 | It was a full two minutes before he pushed firmly into her and felt her envelop him , felt her bury her face in his shoulder , heard her gasp , a little pain , unused to him being there , then the gush of warmth , love and pleasure . |
| 18 | There had been a period when he allowed Barbara Castle , Dick Crossman and George Wigg , all of whom suffered from the belief that politics was a conspiracy , to influence him too much , but in later years he had broken free from them and I suddenly realised how much I had got used to him being there to shoulder the final responsibility , to feeling able to turn to him naturally for a second opinion and for well-informed advice . |
| 19 | Yeah but you 're not used to him being home all the time are you Lyn , I mean for a long period of time like . |
| 20 | It was n't as if you could rely on him being away from home during the working day . |