Example sentences of "[pers pn] [conj] [verb] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They must have drunk deeply because the very next week in her column Beatrice introduces her readers to a ‘ charming book of Breton verse by Max Jacob ’ , translates a poem of his and describes him as ‘ one of the few classical critics in the world ’ . |
| 2 | Isobel stared at him , then laughed , drew her arm through his and pulled him towards the door . |
| 3 | And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation . |
| 4 | Yet again , looking at this urbane relaxed figure seated opposite me and comparing him with the romantic figures of Spender and others or with the scruffy Auden , I found it difficult to believe that he was a poet and not rather some worldly and successful company director . |
| 5 | ‘ Andrew had his defences down as Waterworth came across in front of me and hit him in the mouth and knocked his head on the floor . |
| 6 | Hitherto the older waist-band had tended to slip on to the horse 's neck and either throttle him or prevent him from pulling hard ; hence the slower and less efficient ox had been generally used . |
| 7 | Yeltsin had said at a press conference after the Alma Ata meeting that " we do not want to follow the tradition which has taken shape since 1917 of burying each [ former ] head and leader of the state and subsequently reburying him or regarding him as a criminal " . |
| 8 | Yeah that 's right , very good , so nine , by pouring out this holy spirit and Jesus , Jehovah was er knighting him or appointing him to be the king of this coming kingdom , thing thus have anointed with the spirit , Jesus became the Messiah , which words in the Hebrew and Greek languages mean appoint , a anointed , therefore he became in fact Jesus Christ or Jesus the United , so , so it was Apostle Peter spoke of Jesus who was from Nazareth , Nazareth , how about anointed them , but all the spirit and power , also by his baptism and water , Jesus was presenting himself to God , to carry out the work that God had sent him to earth to do , what was that important work ? |
| 9 | Story-telling is considered a part of a woman 's magical repertoire — a device she can use to affect the listener , melting his heart , distracting him or binding him to her as the occasion demands . |
| 10 | There 's no proof , and … and she 's fond of him and she would n't do anything to hurt him or get him into trouble . |
| 11 | She did n't want to think about Timothy Gedge , to dwell on him or to consider him in any way whatsoever . |
| 12 | I 've seen the man 's face actually resting on the foot of the horse ; but never at any time the horse stand on him , tramp on him or damage him in any way . |
| 13 | Thereafter Helen frequently walked to meet him or to accompany him on his return home across Wandsworth Common and on January 1896 they had their first long walk to Richmond . |
| 14 | Claudia Arbuthnot was never cross with him or punished him for anything . |
| 15 | Gabriel had broken his apprentice 's bond and no one had hanged him or flogged him or thrown him into prison . |
| 16 | Zacchaeus became reconciled to God because Jesus , instead of ignoring him or treating him like an outcast , had deliberately gone out of his way to meet and befriend him . |
| 17 | The claim failed when the EAT held that neither the derecognition of an established trade union , nor the disadvantages for employees resulting from that derecognition , was action taken against Mr Wilson ‘ as an individual ’ for the purpose of penalising him or deterring him from being a union member . |
| 18 | There was a core of hardness to him that prevented him from ever responding to her . |
| 19 | Remember that it is better to kill the reader with kindness by selecting information for him than to batter him to death in a flurry of factual blows ! |
| 20 | The other gentleman to whom I referred , Mr. Williams , was deported some little while ago , it being cheaper to deport him than prosecute him for the gross fraud that he has perpetrated against the United Kingdom . |
| 21 | She did not remember anyone inviting Tim , he had just tagged on to them , but she felt it was safer to take him than leave him near Durance in case he made any further blackmail attempts . |
| 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 was a fine line to walk between protecting him and urging him to self-reliance . |
| 24 | MacIver denies assaulting and abducting a 46-year-old Ross-shire man , Donald Beaton , while acting with others , by hooding , binding and threatening to shoot him and robbing him of his load of spirits , tobacco and foodstuffs . |
| 25 | I realise you were desperate to protect him and keep him from harm . |
| 26 | Albert Tailors , in the shape of old Mr Albert himself , took one look at him and channelled him to the Teens Room , which was festooned with guitars and pictures of pop singers . |
| 27 | Even as he hacked his way free more tentacles looped around him and dragged him into the filth . |
| 28 | I would hope that you would see beyond that , and issues like it , the primary claims of Christ in his Church , to love him and to promote him as Lord of the Church . |
| 29 | If you put him to bed and he cries , check on him every few minutes , reassuring him you 're there by talking to him and stroking him before leaving the room . |
| 30 | Of course , at last a train got him and killed him in a horrible way . |