Example sentences of "[adv] and [verb] [verb] him " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ANC president Nelson Mandela was informed by Bush of his decision personally and tried to dissuade him . |
| 2 | I wondered , if Jean-Claude were there , why the child had not said so and gone to fetch him for me ? |
| 3 | I pulled him away and tried to get him upstairs in case he was traumatized for life , but he kicked me in the balls . |
| 4 | Hearing the Vice-President was downstairs and wished to see him , President Cormack walked through into the Yellow Oval Room and said he would greet Odell there . |
| 5 | She looked around her despairingly and began to push him towards the pantry . |
| 6 | Dennis Tighe , prosecuting said police spotted Millman driving a BMW at about 11.30pm and tried to stop him . |
| 7 | She 'd replaced the receiver instantly and refused to tell him who she 'd been speaking to , but then , as now , there was something challenging in her expression . |
| 8 | I lay on his bed later and strove to want him , strove to feel even a faint shadow of the sensations that had always engulfed me before , when I had known they must be frustrated . |
| 9 | Dean Walker , 18 , of Lambton Drive , Bishop Auckland , approached Andrew Harrison from behind and began hitting him repeatedly and then forced him against the shutters of a shop . |
| 10 | Mary had some vague idea that Adam 's parents might suspect he was down here and come to see him . |
| 11 | We only have this screen operating when we 're all in here and want to observe him directly — ’ |
| 12 | This led to a certain amount of friction , as Matthew was in the habit of practising on his flute when he went to bed , and this was not appreciated by the men trying to sleep over his head , let alone those in the next room to him , and one day in the Mess they protested strongly and threatened to flatten him if this continued . |
| 13 | Harry hurried out behind her , heard her shoes clicking with angry swiftness on the platform , wondered what he had done to annoy her — was he too obtuse , too inquisitive ? — and was about to call after her when she pulled up abruptly and turned to face him . |
| 14 | Sobbing , she seized Jimmy roughly again and began to drag him away , towards the office door . |
| 15 | He had threatened to do it for some time , but only Hank had taken him seriously and tried to dissuade him . |