Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] he [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had the door open and his back to her when , her brother 's hat obviously catching his eye , he halted , stretched out a hand to it , then turned to where Leith , antagonistically-expressioned , stood , obviously wanting him out of her flat . |
| 2 | He was beginning to wonder if they were n't already softening him up for some kind of a change . |
| 3 | Swing , he screamed at himself as his arms crashed into the pine , not holding , but the weight of his body already carrying him on in the next arc of his trajectory . |
| 4 | She was always seeking him out for one of her little chats . |
| 5 | Maltote slumped down on the stool , his long sword catching him between the legs and nearly tipping him over on his face . |
| 6 | Mostly the waiter would go along with this , sensing that Oliver was one of those customers who did not , for all their enquiries , actually want any advice , and it was just a question of slowly reeling him in like a fish . |
| 7 | There were certain crescendos when a particularly macho spectator would sweep a Bisu off his feet and kiss him furiously before roughly throwing him back into the circle again . |
| 8 | Most appropriately , his approach has been to break through the author 's privacy , effectively dragging him out of the closet and giving an imaginative frame to the book by presenting the deplorable facts of Burroughs 's life . |
| 9 | Dozens of journalists blocked his path , almost knocking him over at one stage , and firing non-stop questions at him . |
| 10 | TACKLING your opponent very hard and then lifting him up with your hands under his armpits and pulling his hairs until he is screaming blue murder — and you say to the referee ‘ Well , I 'm only trying to help him ! ’ |
| 11 | On another occasion Ricky knocked Minton out on the platform of the Underground , afterwards propping him up on a bench until he recovered sufficiently to be walked home . |