Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alison met him in the same bar . |
| 2 | Father Devlin clapped him on the shoulder with a large heavy hand . |
| 3 | Devlin clapped him on the shoulder . |
| 4 | He took charge of his third club in almost as many months after Alex Ferguson recommended him to St Mirren . |
| 5 | Acheson , as acting Secretary of State , may not have gone so far ; although just before the war began , when it looked as if Moffat was going to meet Ho in Hanoi , Acheson asked him to ‘ keep in mind Ho 's clear record as agent international communism , absence evidence recantation Moscow affiliations … and support Ho receiving [ from ] French Communist Party . ’ |
| 6 | Robins has so far scored seven goals after Ferguson sold him to Norwich for a cut-price £800,000 on the eve of the season . |
| 7 | But after three disappointing Five Nations games , Ciaran Fitzgerald drafted him into the side — as well as making him captain — for the game in Paris . |
| 8 | Pepys met him in 1665 . |
| 9 | William met him at university . ’ |
| 10 | Mr Baker appointed him without interview because he had been impressed by Professor Stubbs 's publications on the importance of knowledge about language . |
| 11 | Biff lowered him to the ground , and untied the rope . |
| 12 | Bratby had obtained permission to paint in the roof area of the Victoria and Albert Museum and there Minton visited him for tutorials . |
| 13 | Two months later Minton visited him in the country , pale from a pub crawl in Ipswich , and seemed to Lehmann ‘ more settled with Rickie [ sic[ off the booze ’ . |
| 14 | Susan Einzig regarded him as one of the brightest jewels in a smart set . |
| 15 | But when the RSPCA found him in January , he was in a starved condition , his ribs and hip bones showing through , and his back legs hardly able to support him . |
| 16 | When Stoker approached him with a play intended for his master , Irving , taking no thought of the devotion shown by his factotum , reacted along a scale from dismissiveness to contempt . |
| 17 | Wiping the old man 's mouth on a facecloth , Trent helped him to his feet . |
| 18 | Bantam moved him from a Christmas slot to this summer place last year in an attempt to increase his sales , but this summer the horror leads appear more plentiful , making it a tougher market . |
| 19 | Foley regarded him through clouds of aromatic smoke . |
| 20 | Gary helped him with his chemistry and deserves much of the credit for the good grades William got in tests when he got back ( the teachers were amazed ! ) . |
| 21 | When Pauline Kael reviewed him as the bloated Jake La Motta in Raging Bull , she said that what De Niro was doing was certainly something , but she 'd hesitate to call it acting . |
| 22 | Trent caught him by the forearm . |
| 23 | Even his close confidant Manning described him in later years as imprudent . |
| 24 | When Kendall left , Colin Harvey moved him to right-back after a season . |
| 25 | Patrick Devlin regarded him as the most effective speaker of his time : |
| 26 | Britain 's golden boy who lost his shine when newcomer David Grindley beat him for the final place in today 's 400 metres final is ready to take a year off from the track if it means he can beat the trouble . |
| 27 | Santerre was about to protest but Mandeville dismissed him with a curt move of his gloved hand . |
| 28 | Then Robert Altman cast him as Vincent Van Gogh in Vincent And Theo . |
| 29 | When Oliver Cromwell died in September 1658 , his son , Richard succeeded him as Protector . |
| 30 | David Beaton clapped him on the shoulder . |