Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [prep] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were no accidents unless you count ‘ Survival ’ wildlife cameraman Dieter Plage being run down by an enraged tusker who passed right over him as he lay on the ground . |
| 2 | Rose fussed discreetly around him but he could not remain the centre of attention for long . |
| 3 | For those first few fraught seconds she just gazed dumbly at him . |
| 4 | It crept stealthily towards him over the mud , advancing , retreating , advancing again like a living creature stalking its prey . |
| 5 | She gazed shyly at him , her large red cheeks and wide bulging lips spreading out beneath two round blue eyes . |
| 6 | He could hurt those who cared most about him — his parents when he became a monk and Mirfield when he followed his resignation with a national television account of what was personal and private . |
| 7 | Oliver , being left to himself in the undertaker 's shop , set the lamp down on a workman 's bench , and gazed timidly about him with a feeling of awe and dread , which many people a good deal older than he will be at no loss to understand . |
| 8 | Matthew McIllvanney , even by the standards of the expatriate retired Americans who lived all around him , was a rich man . |
| 9 | From the beginning she had never tried to pretend that she was in love , although she was very fond of him , and Fred had told her he was happy that she cared enough for him to become his wife . |
| 10 | But she did n't mind as she cuddled his warm little body next to hers , played hide-and-seek under the bedclothes , or read aloud to him . |
| 11 | Helen had drawn Edward into this sheltered place , and read aloud to him . |
| 12 | Father Poole gazed thoughtfully at him , noticing the way his hand shook . |
| 13 | Frightened by what had happened , the girl bent nervously over him . |
| 14 | The man stood up and moved slowly towards him . |
| 15 | She shook her head as she moved slowly towards him . |
| 16 | Rachel moved slowly towards him , her eyes intent on his dark , handsome profile . |
| 17 | So off we went out and we played our football , and I came back , and we were sneaking in through the back door and bumped right into him . |
| 18 | But as she moved instinctively beneath him he buried his face in her hair with a groan and then plunged into the very flower of her being . |
| 19 | Her eyes on where to place her feet , she failed to notice that Travis had come to a halt , and cannoned right into him . |
| 20 | One first-year student , whose father was a nuclear physicist , referred constantly to him during her interview , even on one occasion prefacing an answer with ‘ I know what my father would say … ’ . |
| 21 | Eachuinn Odhar bowed his head in acknowledgement of the murmur of assent that rose all round him . |
| 22 | To Bernard alone Laura admitted she was unable to compromise , a talent she rated highly in him but was unable to foster in herself . |
| 23 | Serve him right if she sneezed all over him . |
| 24 | A white waterfall of plaster burst down from the ceiling and slapped and pattered all over him . |
| 25 | Worried , she moved gently towards him as his speech grew ever faster . |
| 26 | He was n't touching her , but even so Robbie strained away from him , the hard edge of the wooden top bruising her spine . |
| 27 | She moved easily towards him , and he would have backed away but for the stone wall against his shoulders . |
| 28 | She looked sad as she drew away from him . |
| 29 | She drew away from him , feeling the cold sap of fear . |
| 30 | In Alexandra 's expression as she drew away from him , stepped back , turned to leave , in her brown eyes , Matthew read a hundred messages . |