Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pron] [verb] him " in BNC.

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1 His occasional outbursts of anger shocked those around him , but he felt an uncontrollable flame of fury whenever he saw a child being bullied or mistreated which blinded him to all else .
2 Has it made him more docile and thus easier to control , or has it destabilised him ?
3 Dana darted after him but Roman did n't appear to notice her , or to hear her calling him , and she could only watch as he drove away .
4 but he used , instead of him buying the wood or getting me to give him the money for the wood , he cannibalized the fucking wardrobes and used the sides and the
5 ‘ And almost every night I 'm woken by the sound of Graham trying to scratch himself or asking me to scratch him .
6 According to the Laws of Manu , a vānaprasthin must control his senses , keep his organs in subjection , abandon his belongings , commit his wife to his sons or allow her to accompany him , be chaste , patient , friendly , and compassionate towards all creatures .
7 ‘ Do we ask Sir John to restrain the soldiers — which he can not do — or do we bind him not to pursue or hound us for this action ?
8 Or do you crucify him ?
9 Or do you reject him ?
10 Do you walk with him or do you put him in a baby walker ?
11 Or do you see him as an inconvenient remnant of outmoded superstition — a bit like a gallstone — of which we must all be purged before religion can take on its true form , that is , without him . ’
12 ‘ Do you love him or do you hate him ?
13 Or do you spurn him ?
14 Did he suggest that or did you ask him ?
15 Had he ditched his wife , or had she ditched him ?
16 Or had she found him ?
17 I ca n't believe you 've persuaded Sharpe to attend , or have you turned him into a dancing man ? ’
18 Or have you resurrected him ? ’ he sneered .
19 She could feel the hard muscles of his body pressing against her side , his arm sheltering her in a way that made her trust him .
20 He curled his arm round Claudia 's waist , smiling at the receptionist in a way that made her assure him she would keep his secret .
21 It was only her own hyped-up state that made her goad him .
22 It was you that made me like him .
23 She had thought long and hard before deciding that it was best for him to hear it from her rather than risk it reaching him through the more sensational tabloids , but she had braced herself for an outburst of shock , anger , even disgust .
24 She thought of him as a big tree , with strong branches that enabled her to climb him , which she did when he was home .
25 Where before he went off at obtuse tangents , now he takes the songs where he wants them to go rather than let them control him .
26 Nor do I want him to become blase about the violence many of these packages feature — he might get the notion that beating up people in real life is no big thing .
27 Instead , the finger of doom is pointing at Malcolm Crosby , a Wearside hero when he led Sunderland to the FA Cup final last season , but perilously close to getting his P45 if the players that love him let him down again today at Derby .
28 Nor did they see him the day after that .
29 Her husband did n't reply , nor did she expect him to .
30 He did n't smile ; nor did she expect him to .
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