Example sentences of "[prep] him [subord] [pron] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The High Court in Inverness heard that PC John Smith 's curiosity had got the better of him when he learned that a Murdo MacIver from his home town of Stornoway was in custody . |
| 2 | You were right to break with him if you decided that you had made a mistake in accepting him , but oh , my dear , your uncle Orrin tells me that he dare not inform your father of the dreadful things Havvie is hinting about you for fear of what he might do to Havvie . |
| 3 | I was with him when we heard that the invasion might start . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've been through some interesting times of late , ’ Lucy told him , and smiled along with him when she saw that he understood the reference she was making . |
| 5 | It occurred to him as they drove that a particularly splendid piece of jewellery would n't suit her anyway . |
| 6 | It occurred to him as he walked that he had not seen Taheb since their visit to the palace compound . |
| 7 | What would Barry do to him if he knew that he Philip had tried to shoot Rebel ? |
| 8 | Because of this ritual we wondered if Madame was privy to his secret , if she knew the story , if she sat by him because she knew that O 's great self-possession and his quietness were in fact the signs of a pain which had to be kept hidden , a pain which stayed fresh and so had to be controlled every hour of the night . |