Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [noun sg] that [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was good skill and strength that got him around the center-half ( Wetherall I think ) and his near post shoy crept in via Beeny . |
| 2 | Unlike some of the young men attracted into Minton 's orbit , Bobby had a liveliness and curiosity that enabled him to respond and he was soon reading some of the American and Russian authors Minton admired . |
| 3 | Her hands were on his shoulders and she was pleading , but the words were a blur in the swirling mist of need and pain that engulfed him . |
| 4 | It was Elizabeth 's courage and devotion that kept him alive until his own courage could take over . |
| 5 | He opened his lips , struggling to put off the pride and bitterness that held him mute ; but the slight rustle of the tapestry at the door spoke first , and eloquently , and when he looked up David was gone , leaving still silent on the air between them the name that was not to be spoken . |
| 6 | Certainly he never became an outstanding dancer , but as a performer he did have a feeling for movement and character that enabled him to make a theatrical impact in some roles not needing much technique or classical style . |
| 7 | Then , on the eve of the second Test in Madras , Gooch had his infamous encounter with a poisonous prawn that laid him low for several days and was out of the match with diarrhoea and sickness that laid him low for several days . |
| 8 | If there ever was a body , Henry Hippisley took the secret to his grave — oblivious of the rumour and revilement that surrounded him in his final years — and fortunately for him , died of natural causes . |
| 9 | If she stayed here , there would always be the torment of running into Rourke , and stirring up all the pain and unhappiness that loving him had brought . |