Example sentences of "[prep] him [verb] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The social worker might hold that the client 's general conduct towards him indicated that she would not object to this action ( implied consent ) ; that he carried out the act in good faith as to its consolatory and therapeutic implication ; or ( perhaps less validly ) that the relationship was sufficiently close to allow a gesture of endearment without sexual implication or threatening content . |
| 2 | Some secret part of him wished that he could , because in that recognisably human act of revulsion , his own humanity would be reaffirmed . |
| 3 | Riven wanted to find Madra , for she was no longer at his side , but the man in front of him fell and he found himself confronting an enemy militiaman . |
| 4 | I sat in front of him watching as he ate , my eyes following his hand from the moment his fingers plunged into the bowl until it rose into the air , and carried the food into his mouth . |
| 5 | I was looking at the vectors on either side of him to see if he had any friends and when I came back he was gone . ’ |
| 6 | It was kind of him to suggest that my father should teach you . |
| 7 | The garments might be placed by his hemiplegic side , if there is no risk of him falling as he reaches for them , and if he is beginning to use the hemiplegic arm . |
| 8 | It excited her to feel a man like him shudder as he pressed himself against her , to feel his weakness underneath all that Parisian aplomb . |
| 9 | As a leader , Cade was able to maintain discipline among his men , at least until they reached London , and his success in defeating the force sent against him argues that he possessed some military capacity . |
| 10 | He paused at that and I 'll swear he almost looked behind him to see if anyone was earwigging . |
| 11 | The space behind him clears and he uses it , knowing it 's there without turning to look . |
| 12 | So after a quick glance behind him to check that there was nobody coming in on his blind side from the corridor , he crossed to his locker and pointed to the bulge in its door . |
| 13 | He had found milk at the ā gri 's house and the old man had come back with him to see if he could be of any use . |
| 14 | ’ Would you leave a message with him to say that I 'd like to speak to him rather urgently , please . ’ |
| 15 | She pairs with him assuming that he will help her rear the young . |
| 16 | Yeah he said , but the girl that was with him said that you were very highly honoured to have a letter that length cos usually she gets dear oh I her name 's what her but dear whoever , got loads to tell you , love Mario . |
| 17 | It was extremely likely that she was pleading with him to escape so she could lead him straight into a trap which would result in accusations of spying or some such thing . |
| 18 | And with him adding that he had to get rid of a notion in football that Manchester United was a drinking club . |
| 19 | And , at one point , Malcolm must have asked him if he 'd consider coming over to join the band , because Hell wrote to us via him saying that it sounded interesting but that because money and visas would be a problem he just could n't . |
| 20 | The report states : ‘ She knew it was not right in him to act as he did and … she knew it was not right in herself in permitting him … she knew it was wrong in both , and that it was against her will at all the tunes . ’ |
| 21 | Well there 's no point in him working cos he just loses his |
| 22 | The foal was called Bonfire and was splendidly nosy and confident and trod delicately all round him pretending that he was lying on the sweetest grass in the field . |
| 23 | But then , as if Waimea had prematurely taken its gloves off , the waves all round him eased and he took advantage of the lull to belt the last thirty yards to the beach . |
| 24 | He felt he ought to query his presence — particularly his use of poor old Eddy 's desk — but everything about him suggested that his right to be in the room was finely established — perhaps more firmly even than Bob 's . |
| 25 | I met her in Cambridge and she introduced me to her new boyfriend who was a Dutchman called Erik Hazelhoff-Roelfzema , I was most impressed with this keen and very handsome young man , but I knew nothing whatsoever about him save that he was anxious to get into the Pathhnders . |
| 26 | But this , this bloke has sort of said , ooh he said , apparently one of the blokes that were working for him said that he had overheard him saying they were gon na burn the coach out . |
| 27 | Soon it was time for him to return and it was arranged that Anne and Sarah who were both free would see him off at the station . |
| 28 | Much safer for him to say that he approves of better education and better health-care for all . |
| 29 | Anyway , look , it 's not for him to say that he 's gon na keep the trades council movement alive , the trades council movement can well look after itself , without the interference of the dead hand of the T U C. |
| 30 | If she was waiting for him to say that she did n't need to diet she had a long wait . |