Example sentences of "[v-ing] he [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He grappled with Slatter , tearing him away from the motionless body . |
| 2 | But it 's not that that 's keeping him away from tomorrow 's London marathon . |
| 3 | There was no real way of keeping him away from Irish friends … unless of course , he were to have an accident too — something that would keep him at home for several months preferably . |
| 4 | The wound was clean and dressed ; there was no point in keeping him inside with such a shortage of hospital beds . |
| 5 | Rocastle got a page long interview expressing some puzzlement at Wilko keeping him out of the first team . |
| 6 | If she was n't , he slipped into her mind , the memory of her response to him both torment and humiliation , and dislodging him once he entered her thoughts proved far more difficult than keeping him out in the first place . |
| 7 | If that guarantees he will stay at Leeds for the rest of his career , is nt that BETTER than say signing him now from somewhere else ? ? |
| 8 | In spite of his explanations they 'd insisted on signing him out at the little cabin , and he 'd snatched the case out of his car and run back , wondering why it always rained . |
| 9 | Alain was getting quite hot under the collar and Dieter seemed to be winding him up on purpose . ’ |
| 10 | That , then , was the concatenation of circumstances that lay behind the events of Thursday night : Bill Muggeridge noticing the ring on the kitchen calendar ; Toby winning a victory over the headmaster on Monday night which made him chary of challenging him again on Wednesday ; Mr Crumwallis deciding that , on balance , a public schoolboy who was on the staff would do more for the school 's prestige than a young local , however personable . |
| 11 | Behind him is the god Horus who guides his elbow while patting him lightly on the shoulder . |
| 12 | If the union found against him , that would indicate a minimum four-week ban , ruling him out of Wales 's opening home championship match against France next month — unless , that is , his case were dealt with within the next fortnight . |
| 13 | Soon afterwards , however , Ellcock became the ‘ nearly man ’ again , entering hospital for further surgery to remove the screws that had snapped in his back , ruling him out for the rest of the summer and , ultimately , despite encouraging practice sessions with the England A party last winter , the immediate future . |
| 14 | Ipswich were unfortunate to lose winger Jeremy English with fractured ribs , ruling him out for the remainder of the season . |
| 15 | ‘ Then I shall get a train in the opposite direction , ’ he said , thinking that there was something sad about it , especially now that she was thanking him politely for the drinks . |
| 16 | Cheap , but quite pretty , she thought , thanking him charmingly for his delightful gift . |
| 17 | We turn to God in worship , thanking him daily for all things , pleasant or not . |
| 18 | He was beginning to wonder if they were n't already softening him up for some kind of a change . |
| 19 | Her smile slowly broadened , then , without warning , she launched herself at him , knocking him on to his back , her kisses overwhelming him . |
| 20 | Mark turned , just as the dogs took off together in a huge leap which struck him in the chest , knocking him backwards into the boot where he sat , legs dangling , with both arms wrapped around the excited dogs . |
| 21 | I cleared the gun and fired at the Corporal , the burst hitting him in the chest and knocking him backwards into a line of sheets which he brought winding down around him . |
| 22 | Dozens of journalists blocked his path , almost knocking him over at one stage , and firing non-stop questions at him . |
| 23 | The Scot said : ‘ I was one punch away from knocking him out in the fifth and if I had n't been injured , I would have finished him . ’ |
| 24 | James Shaw was given five years for his part in a later plot to kill Stephen Brown by knocking him down with a car . |
| 25 | So erm if , if it was er if it was a matter of oh bankrolling him out to wherever it was or supplementing his own resources okay , but the , the experience and I mean the personal experience as well as the er the skills experience |
| 26 | He had then polished off Duncan 's leftovers before driving him on to the hotel . |
| 27 | Hazel and the others followed as best they could , with Pipkin limping and staggering behind , his fear driving him on in spite of the pain in his paw . |
| 28 | His mouth explored her eager breasts and she arched up towards him , her responses instinctive , untutored , yet driving him wild with her undisguised need . |
| 29 | Though it looks painfully obvious described so baldly , this scheme is wonderfully successful in dramatising the way in which life gradually closes in on Peter , driving him inexorably to madness and suicide . |
| 30 | Well , Marcus said he 'd come and see Pat , and Ludens is driving him down in the Bentley ! |