Example sentences of "front of him [conj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr. Crowther picked up the papers in front of him and set them down again very neatly . |
| 2 | In the dressing room before kick-off , Ian wo n't need anyone to dangle pieces of raw meat in front of him and make him strain at the leash because he 'll be bursting to get stuck into the Turks more than anyone . |
| 3 | Shales picked up one of the newspapers in front of him and pitched it down the table in Dowd 's direction . |
| 4 | He was only placated by the ale wife placing a frothing tankard in front of him and throwing him the most longing and sly of glances , as if he was Paris and she Helen of Troy . |
| 5 | He picked a newly constructed swatch of samples up from the desk in front of him and chucked it at Antinou , who caught the flopping thing one-handed and proceeded to fondle it familiarly . |
| 6 | His mother came in , fell on her knees in front of him and pressed him to her ; She was gasping and shuddering . |
| 7 | Yeah yeah a good Da Dave manages Doncaster now he 's an ex manager of Walsall as well We lived at the Brown Lion at the time and er , I , I was out the front on the Saturday evening and I er manager 's just been to fetch his Sunday joint from the local butchers and he shouted across the road to his pal how have they got on , cos there was no radio in those days , and er he says they 've won two nil and the man dropped his meat in front of him and dribbled it all the way down the road , it was such excitement it was of course all people over the moon . |
| 8 | Dr Ali , suddenly submissive , moved quickly in front of him and opened it . |
| 9 | Reaching out , he took two of the scented sticks from the porcelain jar in front of him and held them in the thread of laser light until they lit . |