Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] him [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here you had the governor of a state in a federal system choosing to act in a particular way and the president overriding him and demonstrating his power . |
| 2 | Sometimes Gina sat on the lavatory watching him and making a bad smell or laughing . |
| 3 | To Peggy Say , Anderson 's sister , it seemed that some particularly keen sympathy compelled North never to turn down her requests to see him , when all she would do was sit at his desk upbraiding him and complaining and crying ; and when all he could do was repeat , cryptically , infuriatingly , that the government was doing everything it could possibly think of . |
| 4 | I remember his brother catching him and helping him . |
| 5 | He could hardly see now , the increasing smoke and heat choking him and making his eyes water . |