Example sentences of "[v-ing] him [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But with his defence protecting him from any direct shots , Prudhoe steadily recovered , and he excelled himself after 69 minutes when Noel Blake powered a header goalwards from only six yards , but the indisputable player of the season somehow threw himself along his line to scramble the ball away . |
| 2 | In Shylock 's trial against Antonio , having preached towards Shylock for mercy in line 180 ‘ The quality of mercy is not strained ’ , she promptly forgets to show any mercy towards Shylock , stripping him of all his wealth , possessions and even religion . |
| 3 | ‘ The Secretary of State , in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 21(1) , ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) of the Oil and Gas ( Enterprise ) Act 1982 , and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf , hereby makes the following Order : ’ |
| 4 | And I did n't begin distrusting him until this trip . ’ |
| 5 | Aymer thus stood in the midst of a ramified genealogical network relating him to many families within the French nobility . |
| 6 | True , both the English and the Latin forms indicate he lived by the ash tree , but did they merely permit the taxatores to avoid confusing him with all the other Johns who lived in the same village ? |
| 7 | If he did , was Henry going to be able to avoid serving him with any ? |
| 8 | He should neither do damage to Mr. Jones , nor be slow in warning him of any impending danger ; fornication , marriage , gambling and the haunting of taverns or playhouses was strictly proscribed , and generally a monastic restraint was to be observed in all things . |
| 9 | Marcus was with him , his second sense acting as well as ever , warning him of any storm-troopers . |
| 10 | It was in meeting him on this ground that the British came closest to responding to him as a worthy adversary . |
| 11 | It was really pathetic , meeting him like that in the flower shop . |
| 12 | Abetting him in this is his childhood friend Yohei , a woebegone young husband much harassed by a matronly dragon of a mother-in-law . |
| 13 | ‘ You should be ashamed of yourself , ’ she said to Pooley , ‘ aiding and abetting him like this . |
| 14 | For several days , maybe up to a week before that , whatever I was doing it was leading him to that decision . |
| 15 | Arran accepted the inevitable , and made way for Mary of Guise , in return for various financial inducements for himself and his family , and a discharge securing him from any actions against him for anything he had done during the period of his regency . |
| 16 | Keith obviously is still continuing because s again some money was found to keep his , to keep paying him for another few months . |
| 17 | For , whatever else , she would not marry Havvie Blaine now , and she would lose no time in informing him of that fact . |
| 18 | The office gossip had been quite useful in reassuring him on that point , and he had been able to view the uncomfortable ride in the lift with them in an encouraging new light . |
| 19 | Apart from the above , Richard Baxter records his thankfulness to God for preserving him in several accidents . |
| 20 | Giant trees were soon surrounding him on all sides and their branches made an almost solid roof high above his head , blotting out the sky . |
| 21 | I 'm sure it was Jan egging him on that got him expelled from the Rainbow Crche . |
| 22 | Ludens was by now , in an ordinary sense , more used to being with Marcus , less afraid of ‘ saying the wrong thing ’ , and had resolved today to ask a crude question which had been troubling him for some time . |
| 23 | Please do n't think you 're doing your horse a favour in cold weather by shutting his top door , because you 're actually subjecting him to all sorts of health hazards . |
| 24 | The Race Relations Act 1976 makes it illegal for an LEA or governors to discriminate on the grounds of colour , race , ethnic or national origins or nationality against a pupil — ‘ by excluding him from the establishment or subjecting him to any other detriment ’ ( section 17(c) ( ii ) ) . |
| 25 | She ran at him now , driving one foot up , kicking him with all her force between the legs . |
| 26 | Whatever their differences , could Huy hold himself responsible for sending him to such an end ? |
| 27 | Her hands were in his dark hair , her mouth kissing him with all the love and desire she had suppressed for so long . |
| 28 | The next minute Guido was out of the car and the young woman was in his arms , kissing him on both cheeks , obviously delighted to see him . |
| 29 | With government provision , the good or service may be free or subsidized , so that the amount paid by the consumer will understate the true cost ( higher taxes , etc. ) of providing him with that good or service , thereby encouraging excessive consumption of the item . |
| 30 | He played seven events and earned £8,600 , in prize-money , at least providing him with enough money to live on . |