Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [conj] [pron] [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or maybe because she hated him . |
| 2 | She said he asked her once or twice but she turned him down and he soon got the message . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ My main thought was if I offer him my car how will I get to work tomorrow , and also if I give him the car will I be able to collect the insurance ? |
| 4 | From what she 'd gleaned from Janine he came and went like a bloody ghost , flitting in and out as it suited him . |
| 5 | ‘ One moment he 's on cloud nine , and now when I tell him all that 's gone on he 'll feel as though he 's been knocked over by a juggernaut . |
| 6 | Karenin was a direct result of that society and even before she left him she knew there was no way out because she was n't strong enough to sacrifice her position in society . |
| 7 | Leith yelled , and as fury which she just could not contain spiralled out of control , her right hand arced through the air , and even as she hit him with all her strength , she was still yelling , ‘ Since it seems to be taking so long to sink in , you can bank on it — whoever pays my mortgage , you 're far , far at the back of the queue ! ’ |
| 8 | And even if they meant him no threat , how could the Lord Owen be sure of it ? |
| 9 | Now , he does n't say anything about penis envy in , in putting that forward and I do n't know whether penis envy was in his mind at the time he wrote those words and even if I asked him today , he probably would n't admit it . |
| 10 | I was eight years old when he died ; his death affected me deeply and profoundly and I miss him still . |
| 11 | had him out and then when she brought him back he would n't stop crying . |
| 12 | Never called greatest cat , really is , I mean , come towards ya , grab you and bite you and then if I throw him away about five minutes later he 'll come up and bite you again you know , really fucking , do n't just like , just keeps on doing it . |
| 13 | You know , and then if you ask him again he says , I 've told you once ! |
| 14 | In consequence of my suggestion , Harold Wilson asked Aitken and myself to dine with him to discuss the matter and to my amazement Max Aitken said that he would go , but only if I accompanied him . |
| 15 | But long before he reaches him he recognizes him — from the way he 's sitting , sprawled back in an armchair with his feet on a coffee-table , reading an ancient Amazing Science Fiction ; from his spectacles and rumpled hair ; from the fact that he 's taken his shoes and socks off to cool his feet , and tossed them down on the coffee-table ; from the way he does n't look up , even as Howard comes right up to him , goggling head leading the way , unable to believe his eyes . |
| 16 | God set this Iain Og on the hot hob of hell for a thousand years — but not before I catch him ! ’ |
| 17 | I 'd feed him and clothe him but not because I loved him . |
| 18 | Graham frowned as he passed it , partly at its loud white-lettered tyres and obtrusive styling , but partly because it reminded him of something ; something to do with Slater , with Sara even . |
| 19 | I had tried hard to destroy all feelings of love for him , but now that I saw him again , I could not stop myself loving him . |
| 20 | I 'd caught sight of him in the distance from time to time all afternoon , but now when I wanted him his red hair was n't anywhere around . |
| 21 | because like when I see him , you know , and he has been sorted out a bit recently not really sorted |
| 22 | All right , I 'm , I 'm never speaking to you again because ever since you dumped him he 's been hanging around with us and he 's pissing me off ! |
| 23 | ‘ As soon as we got him to a doctor — which took some time — it was discovered that Major Maxim must have held the ammonia under our man 's nose while pouring some odourless spirit — quite possibly strong vodka — onto the blindfold in order to produce the stinging sensation . ’ |
| 24 | As soon as you 've him collared what does he do ? |
| 25 | She knew as soon as she saw him . |
| 26 | It was ridiculous to be upset at all , since she had herself intended to tell Nick she was married as soon as she saw him , or to make sure he saw her left hand on which today she had taken care to wear her wedding ring . |
| 27 | As soon as she saw him look down , she made a sideways dive between a couple of stalls and crossed to the opposite side of the street . |
| 28 | And it says in th , in , as you read through the record , as soon as he saw him he shouted with a shout that must have surprised the passers by , because , he hollered out to him he called out excitedly to him ! |
| 29 | Sampson feels ‘ a very great aversion ’ to Slinkton as soon as he sees him : ‘ His hair , which was elaborately brushed and oiled , was parted straight up the middle ; and he presented this parting to the clerk , exactly … as if he had said , in so many words : ‘ You must take me , if you please , my friend , just as I show myself . |
| 30 | I liked him as soon as I met him and came to do so even more over the ensuing months . |