Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [adj] [noun] [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were plenty of other boys to follow him down the good physician 's route to Fitzwilliam Square . |
| 2 | Mr Brown claimed that his failure to answer the question directly meant that ‘ nobody in this country trusts him ’ . |
| 3 | The inhabitants of the outside world exist for the social actor not as persons whom he knows on an individualised basis , but as social types ( like mechanics or planners ) , or indistinguishable collectivities of persons ( like bureaucrats , Tories or Dinka ) The rules and conditions coming from the outside which in some way affect him are simply taken as given . |
| 4 | As he grew older he adopted more radical views which at one point cost him a job . |
| 5 | He specialised in gathering historical , topographical and genealogical documents and manuscripts , so was a great source of supply for Sir Thomas Phillipps ( see pp.29–30 ) who at one time owed him £3,000 . |
| 6 | Something about this suggestion made him acutely uncomfortable . |
| 7 | Curse me for having nothing in this world to give him but gratitude ! ’ |
| 8 | Also they asked him about some people rating him better than Best . |
| 9 | When , some time later , one appeared , Owen handed the youth over to him with strict instructions to keep him in the local caracol until Owen would question him . |
| 10 | There were men and women there who looked narrowly at Adam when they clapped eyes on him , and being alone with him in quiet places called him tentatively by name . |
| 11 | Fear of hurting her in any way made him abrupt . |
| 12 | You need to dress , undress and bath your baby gently , with lots of soothing noises to reassure him . |