Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [conj] [pron] [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | The princess kissed the frog and he did n't turn into a handsome prince but that was all right because she liked him as a frog . |
| 2 | But no warning could check Arthur Conway 's fury , and with a lightning leap he managed to grip the young man 's throat , and so fiercely that he forced him backwards , only the next moment to have his arms snapped downwards , when he would have fallen on his back if he had n't come up against the coalhouse wall and , unfortunately , a shovel that was propped there . |
| 3 | ‘ So long as we get him out ’ — Cameron was still cagey . |
| 4 | At that point the creditor could still refuse to have the man released from prison and insist of his being kept there , so long as he paid him a groat a day . |
| 5 | I wanted our collaboration , strange as it was , to continue for eve ; , just so long as it kept him beside me . |
| 6 | Well , it 's all Greek to me , but so long as it keeps him happy . ’ |
| 7 | Mr Newman died on the night of the general election , but police released full details only yesterday after they identified him from dental records . |
| 8 | The edition for 1605 , no longer extant , was said to have foretold the Gunpowder Plot so accurately that it brought him under suspicion of complicity . |
| 9 | ‘ My son was 18 when I moved down here and I left him with grandparents . |
| 10 | But my Commanding Officer brought up an important issue : the question-raising ambiguity of my relationship to Richard : he had another home and his father was still alive ; it would be better and easier all round if I adopted him . |
| 11 | The gun roared deafeningly in the small room , its lethal discharge taking Angel Two in the ribcage , almost tearing him in half as it punched him back across the room . |
| 12 | Not just that we found him so many years ago . |
| 13 | He thought : I knew this man , not well but I knew him . |
| 14 | ‘ I flared up at him right off And I told him rd flay him if he ever sought me out again . ’ |
| 15 | Merely to connect her with the Battle of Trafalgar liquefied him a little further because it moved him . |
| 16 | Well i if his mate comes in , like he 's got a good mate , so if his mate comes in he releases his mate early so if he releases him early , he could be er it takes him about thirty five to forty minutes . |
| 17 | Far more so if we suppose him additionally capable of such advanced functions as listening to prayers and forgiving sins . |
| 18 | He was a little surprised when she said no and even more so when she told him that he was wasting the doctor 's time — there were sick people waiting for these beds . |
| 19 | Was there a chance that those painful feelings could surface once more if she met him again ? |
| 20 | Shannon was pleased to welcome the warmth of the flames , but his easy success with a task she knew would have taken her hours irritated her still further and she shot him a withering look . |
| 21 | His find was still there when they stripped him at the mortuary . ’ |
| 22 | He goes off again when I give him his cloth back . |
| 23 | ‘ I need to look more closely before we carry him back with us . ’ |
| 24 | While one may whizz straight through the enemy , and another might stall in front of your Mob , the other one is bound to end up somewhere where you want him . |
| 25 | He wanted to rush round straight away but I asked him to be patient . |
| 26 | He stood up smartly and she followed him with gratitude as he took from his pocket a large bunch of keys , from each of which dangled a carefully written label . |
| 27 | It came nearer still until it saw him . |
| 28 | He stood up abruptly and she followed him with her eyes , aching at the sight of his powerful body . |
| 29 | The woman 's face brightened up considerably and she gave him a sweet smile . |
| 30 | He ran his hand the length of her spine , making her aware that he wanted her as badly as she wanted him , and for a wild moment she could see no reason why they should n't make love . |