Example sentences of "[v-ing] a [noun] [to-vb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | She sat with bowed head for a moment then looked directly at him and replied , ‘ It is only my child , sir , the wanting of my child , and suddenly seeing a way to get him , and then it being taken away . |
| 2 | Celtic 's offer of around eighty thousand pounds stands and Macari is now considering a package to take him from Stoke City where he 's a firm favourite with the fans after leading them into the English First Division . |
| 3 | He felt suddenly angry with Maud , who was standing stock still , in the dark , not moving a finger to help him , not urging , as she with her emotional advantage might well have done , further exploration of hidden treasures or pathetic dead caskets . |
| 4 | ‘ Hi , ’ said Lydia , suppressing an urge to apostrophise him by his calling . |
| 5 | Silent , face down in the half-light , the black boy writhes hips and spine , serpentine , oiled , musculature moving as in dance , inviting a cock to complete him , counterpoint his eros of motion with some simpler , maybe brutal , theme . |
| 6 | His mother has been fighting a campaign to have him released ever since . |
| 7 | There is no question that fighting a war to eject him from Kuwait is going to make all the problems of the Middle East more difficult to solve . |
| 8 | It ends with her making a decision to kiss him or get out and swim . |
| 9 | Edward stayed in the Engineers for a bit , then came out and was not very successful in finding a job to suit him . |
| 10 | BRITISH Rail booking clerks watched a man being attacked and robbed without lifting a finger to help him , it was claimed yesterday . |
| 11 | She started to move away , lifting a hand to stop him . |
| 12 | That night , in Stephanie 's house , Marcus dreamed he had gone home and Bill was carving a meal to welcome him . |
| 13 | Just days after overturning a decision to deselect him , the Labour stalwart has now been rejected by his colleagues at the party 's county level . |