Example sentences of "[vb past] him [conj] [pron] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a rough equality between them which pleased him since it ignored and slipped through the magical armour of those clothes , the possessions , the name , the title , the carriage and four , the weight of deference and the history of servility . |
| 2 | Former Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath told him before he left that the Government should have pushed ahead with ratification of the Maastricht Treaty , despite Denamrk 's no vote . |
| 3 | I told him that we had but that we 'd talked about it with them and now things seemed all right . |
| 4 | Pressing his hand against her bosom or kissing his fingers softly and reverently , she told him that she knew and had always known that only she could make him happy , that there was already a mystical bond between them and that if she could not soon feel his arms about her and his lips upon her own , she would sink away into despair . |
| 5 | So so when he 'd done it he said well two hundred and fifty quid I heard him and he said but I suppose you know the of it oh I do n't know and he said why did n't you do it ? |
| 6 | All night long his companions cursed him as he whined and complained . |
| 7 | They stopped at Antwerp where one evening they got so drunk in a bar that when Minton decided to return to the hotel , Norman followed him as he doubted whether he would find his way . |
| 8 | ‘ Oh , Ven ! ’ she sighed , and adored him when he bent and placed a tender kiss on her forehead . |
| 9 | He was grinning wryly , his voice sardonic ; then , as he finished the remark , a little jolt of pleasure hit him and he saw that he was absolutely right : she had . |
| 10 | I asked him whether he felt that this work fed off the troubled times in Belfast , and if so whether it could also have a more universal appeal . |
| 11 | I asked him if he thought that perhaps he was a steadying influence on Ken . |
| 12 | And he does n't like my form of questioning , as when I asked him if he believed that the gates of heaven could only be opened by gold and silver keys ? |
| 13 | A momentary disorientation took him when he found that not only could he not move , but that he was staring straight up at the sky , and there appeared to be no ground underneath him . |
| 14 | Sometimes the effort overwhelmed him and he failed and gave up . |
| 15 | A nurse intercepted him before he left and queried whether William had requested it . |
| 16 | It was a case that bothered him because he felt that in the Assize Court the unfortunate man 's chances had been wrecked by that fool of a cocky young barrister who had concocted an elaborate defence that gave a totally false impression of what had happened . |