Example sentences of "[v-ing] him [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | well she got what she wanted then , whatever it is anyway , she 's keeping him virtually and they got this flat , whatever they 've got , and erm |
| 2 | and he , he just goes around thumping , kicking and , and going berserk during drama and the teacher just looks on and says calm down and I mean in view of the fact I 've written to the school and complained about , but you 'd think they would be keeping an eye and he hates drama so much and it , he 's got drama tomorrow , if he has any trouble tomorrow morning I 'm not sending him tomorrow afternoon I 'm gon na start keeping him home and if they ask why I 'm gon na say because you ca n't control your classes and you wo n't want to now |
| 3 | Erm yes , Mr Chairman I should like to apologise to Bob for interrupting him then because er the enthusiasm about the green code business of course has to do with the Hatfield community project and is not initiated by Welwyn Hatfield when in the use er Herts County Council Paul in the community project , but nevertheless the green cone idea is the individual person , it 's not the District Council and it 's not somebody else taking a taking green erm green type away for composting . |
| 4 | There was a man there now , a short tubby man , quite good-looking , Tabitha thought , checking him automatically as she entered . |
| 5 | She grappled with him as he pressed against her , pushing him away and urging him on . |
| 6 | Wexford took hold of his jacket roughly , pushing him so that his head jerked up . |
| 7 | Not that there was a spare ounce of flesh on him , Robbie decided , eyeing him surreptitiously as she edged carefully around him . |
| 8 | " Irish , " she said at once , surprising him again as he left on his mission . |
| 9 | Dropping the cigarette he grabbed Tommy 's scarf , forcing him backwards until he was against one of the huge machines . |
| 10 | The shambles at the end of his splendid evening was aggravating him sorely and he propelled Fiona into a seat at the table with some of the disgruntled force he 'd shown in Ronnie Curzon 's office . |
| 11 | I 'm expecting him shortly and I 'd like you to be present . |
| 12 | He was one of the first sculptors in England to sign his work , and he had a thriving practice , several families , among them the Shireburns of Mitton , Lancashire , and the Brownlows of Belton , commissioning him more than once . |
| 13 | J said : " The cases are quite clear that you can not make a valuer an arbitrator by calling him so or vice versa " . |
| 14 | She came to help him , kissing him lightly and absently on the face , the neck , the hands as she unfastened it , and his belt , and the ties of his shirt . |
| 15 | Clearly Leopold had been interceding on Wolfgang 's behalf , in the hope of getting him home and back under his jurisdiction as soon as possible . |
| 16 | I ca n't see what Andy 's doing because the man 's body is in the way , but then Andy hits into him , bowling him backwards and he shouts and I wriggle away from them ; I scramble off through the ferns on all fours and then stop and look back and the man 's got Andy , he 's struggling with him , leaning over him , folding him , pressing him down , and Andy 's breathing hard , grunting , trying to break free . |
| 17 | Something hooked under his collar , hauling him upwards and choking him . |
| 18 | I feel like giving him away but I do n't know whether I would , but I feel like it . |
| 19 | But he was , he was threatening him anyway and he said Pete was |
| 20 | Beaumont said : ‘ I have thought about running him again but have decided that is it for now . |
| 21 | Actually , he 's so like my father it 's almost a bonus of having him near as well . ’ |
| 22 | Having him here when the police arrive — wo n't that look suspicious ? |
| 23 | I see them walking back up Great Scotland Yard afterwards , with the historian lost in thought and Summerchild asking him solicitously if he would like to view the Croydon or Kilburn premises after all . |
| 24 | He says to his daughter , very quietly , ‘ Do you think we made him so ill bringing him here that he 's going to die ? ’ |
| 25 | She stood to dry his shoulders and his hair , her body brushing against his , her breasts and thighs touching him lightly as she moved about him . |
| 26 | He had n't given them the satisfaction of firing him there and then ; he 'd shown them the contempt he felt for them … let them suffer ! |
| 27 | And after that I I you know , seeing him again and he he 's not a player |
| 28 | His absence had n't prevented her thinking about him , but perhaps she had allowed herself to believe that it would continue indefinitely , hence her shock at seeing him now and the panicky sensation of a shadow falling over her once more , its darkness an almost tangible threat . |
| 29 | I tried phoning him yesterday but there were no answer and then I thought oh bugger it , forget it . |
| 30 | Bunny sat on him like an angel , as though glued to the saddle , handling him beautifully and gently . |