Example sentences of "[prep] him and [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He caught hold of the two nearest him and knocked their heads together , kicked two more and grabbed the ringleaders . |
| 2 | Three of the remaining four were working together until Sunbury when Anderson and Ferrari missed the rollers , allowing Pereira to break away but Andersen chased after him and passed him before the finish . |
| 3 | She leaned across to pull the door shut after him and felt his warm breath on her cheek . |
| 4 | Without time to do more than yell in protest as he set off , Sarella launched herself after him and did her utmost to keep pace . |
| 5 | I ran after him and grabbed his arm to stop him . |
| 6 | She sat down opposite him and propped her chin on her hands and gave him the look of limpid honesty at which she was particularly gifted . |
| 7 | Half-blinded by the glare , Manville picked out two black shapes moving towards him and brought his gun up quickly , thumbing off the safety catch . |
| 8 | She leaned towards him and lowered her voice . |
| 9 | He now thrust his arm out and pulled her tightly towards him and waltzed her round the table , saying , ‘ One , two , three ; one , two , three ; one , two , three . |
| 10 | Then he pulled her towards him and asked her to give him a kiss , but she pulled away quickly when she saw Mum 's scowl . |
| 11 | Suddenly he drew her towards him and kissed her . |
| 12 | He caught her towards him and kissed her until she was breathless , and even in her daze she heard Candace 's high heels clicking angrily across the back of the hall . |
| 13 | ‘ Then goodbye , friend , ’ Vitor said , and , cupping two large hands around her shoulders , he drew her towards him and kissed her . |
| 14 | As he got into bed she rolled over towards him and put her arms round him . |
| 15 | As he began to shout his reply , he only managed the words , ‘ Bloody tacky , ’ when , at the sound of his raised voice close to her ear , Daisy swung her head towards him and caught him full in the chest with her nose . |
| 16 | Creed walked towards him and handed him an envelope . |
| 17 | Suddenly a passing girl suddenly swerved towards him and threw her arms round his waist . |
| 18 | Ben the actor appeared beside them and started his piece , and I saw Filmer turn a bland face towards him and watched his mouth shape the unmistakable words , ‘ Go away . ’ |
| 19 | Burton was so elated at his tough bargaining that he took a rare taxi back to Pelham Crescent , where he met his neighbour , Emlyn Williams , who winkled the details out of him and sent him back for £30 . |
| 20 | Shales picked up one of the newspapers in front of him and pitched it down the table in Dowd 's direction . |
| 21 | He picked a newly constructed swatch of samples up from the desk in front of him and chucked it at Antinou , who caught the flopping thing one-handed and proceeded to fondle it familiarly . |
| 22 | His mother came in , fell on her knees in front of him and pressed him to her ; She was gasping and shuddering . |
| 23 | There had been a steady diminution — since the operation — in his own interest in dentistry but she had tapped his experience out of him and collected it with care . |
| 24 | She came over and put her arms round him , knelt in front of him and buried her head in his shoulder . |
| 25 | She knelt in front of him and raised her crossed hands . |
| 26 | Their responses had short-lived effectiveness in that they grabbed hold of him and tugged him back to his ‘ work ’ while scolding him loudly . |
| 27 | Guido stretched his legs in front of him and crossed his canvas-shod feet at the ankles . |
| 28 | Yeah yeah a good Da Dave manages Doncaster now he 's an ex manager of Walsall as well We lived at the Brown Lion at the time and er , I , I was out the front on the Saturday evening and I er manager 's just been to fetch his Sunday joint from the local butchers and he shouted across the road to his pal how have they got on , cos there was no radio in those days , and er he says they 've won two nil and the man dropped his meat in front of him and dribbled it all the way down the road , it was such excitement it was of course all people over the moon . |
| 29 | The Controller of the Silver Mines laid his arms on the table in front of him and clasped his hands together , sinking his head . |
| 30 | Dr Ali , suddenly submissive , moved quickly in front of him and opened it . |