Example sentences of "that [pron] [verb] [adv] [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the treaties with the States-General of 1654 and 1667 the English government succeeded in having its claims accepted by its rival ; and so sensible a man as Sir William Temple felt that nothing had ever given him greater pleasure than forcing the Dutch to give way once more on this point in the peace negotiations of 1674 . |
| 2 | Not that he ever mentions it , or that I 've ever asked him , but he 's the type to consider it a sacred duty to have everything in order for every emergency . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Not that I 've ever seen him drunk , ma'am . ’ |
| 4 | I wanted to shout after him that I had made a mistake and that I had really understood him very well . |
| 5 | Frustrated but secretly delighted that I had maybe caught him out with shoddy workmanship until an old fellow from Bernera stopped to give me a lift on the way past Carlaway and showed me the right ones , just before the main stones of Callanish . |
| 6 | ‘ Hi , ’ said the Ukrainian doorman at the Airds ' building , using the sum of the English that I had ever heard him speak , apart from ‘ God bless , ’ ‘ Cab , sir ? , ’ and ‘ You bet your ass . ’ |
| 7 | I can assure you that I did and I can assure you that I have already thanked him on behalf of the Council , shook his hand and said how well he done it , but if you 'd like a letter to go to say how well he done it , then I 'll send a letter telling him how well he done it . |
| 8 | It certainly has no basis in the figures that I have just given him in answer to his question . |
| 9 | My hon. Friend will be aware that I have often urged him to follow the Basildon project with the Skelmersdale project . |
| 10 | I even know , thanks to Montesquieu , that one may be a Persian , but as for Man , I declare that I have never met him in my life ; if he exists it is without my knowledge.1 |
| 11 | It 's just that I have never seen him |
| 12 | It had simply been fun , the sort of fun she had with her women friends , except that she had also desired him , and he her . |
| 13 | Looking back , it seemed to Freddie that she had simply wanted him and him alone — as he had wanted her . |
| 14 | Mrs Stevens got the blame for producing these but she claimed that she had merely kept him talking while her son went for the police . |
| 15 | Though relieved , and fiercely delighted that she had apparently stopped him in his tracks , Polly was apprehensive about going back up on deck . |
| 16 | Heavens , to think she had actually started to feel ashamed that she had ever hit him ! |
| 17 | She wondered that she had ever found him amusing . |
| 18 | He had even imagined that she mocked him with her smile , though he could not be certain that she had actually seen him there . |
| 19 | She could n't believe that she had actually thought him human occasionally . |
| 20 | ‘ Fortunately for you , ’ she agreed swiftly , having momentarily forgotten that she had deliberately given him the impression that she wanted their affair kept secret . |
| 21 | ‘ Cara Kingsdale , ’ she replied , and , while he ignored the fact that she had yesterday told him that her name was Fabia , she again experienced an uncomfortable feeling at having to lie to him . |
| 22 | Rose realized with a shock that she had never seen him handle a book before , and watched him curiously . |
| 23 | Cathy was crying in a corner , afraid that she had really hurt him . |
| 24 | It was true that she had literally brought him back from the dead . |
| 25 | For a moment she could n't think what he meant , then she remembered with dismay that she 'd already asked him to join her and Elaine and a few of the island friends they 'd made on the new power-boat Stephen had treated them to as the hotel neared completion . |
| 26 | But , as she trailed after him into their own bedroom , leaning against the door while he quickly packed his case , she realised that she 'd already lost him . |
| 27 | It crossed Juliet 's mind that she 'd never given him her home number , so how could he know it ? |
| 28 | Oh , help , she thought , wishing with all she had that she 'd never told him that she was twenty-two . |
| 29 | It was only towards herself that she 'd ever seen him act meanly . |
| 30 | She made for the new extension , hoping she had imagined that speculative look in her young assistant 's eye , and feeling that she 'd better let him think the Palmer & Pearson file had dropped on her desk while he was absent on Friday . |