Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] he [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Alison met him in the same bar .
2 Father Devlin clapped him on the shoulder with a large heavy hand .
3 Devlin clapped him on the shoulder .
4 But after three disappointing Five Nations games , Ciaran Fitzgerald drafted him into the side — as well as making him captain — for the game in Paris .
5 Biff lowered him to the ground , and untied the rope .
6 Two months later Minton visited him in the country , pale from a pub crawl in Ipswich , and seemed to Lehmann ‘ more settled with Rickie [ sic[ off the booze ’ .
7 Nine months on Mr Boulton is still waiting for the two and a half thousand pounds he claims Brit-Pol owes him for the coach .
8 When Pauline Kael reviewed him as the bloated Jake La Motta in Raging Bull , she said that what De Niro was doing was certainly something , but she 'd hesitate to call it acting .
9 Trent caught him by the forearm .
10 Patrick Devlin regarded him as the most effective speaker of his time :
11 Britain 's golden boy who lost his shine when newcomer David Grindley beat him for the final place in today 's 400 metres final is ready to take a year off from the track if it means he can beat the trouble .
12 David Beaton clapped him on the shoulder .
13 Maisie pecked him on the cheek .
14 Mountbatten 's task was not simplified when General MacArthur saddled him with the additional responsibility of taking over Indonesia and Indo-China , previously within the American sphere .
15 Angie led him through the living room .
16 Hari led him to the bench and watched as Lewis tied on his apron .
17 David clapped him on the shoulder and simply said :
18 Japanese director Nagisa Oshima wants him for the lead in Valentino , a movie which will explore the destructive effect of fame on silent screen stars .
19 Grimma prodded him in the stomach .
20 One moment of astonishing creativity in the dying seconds on Saturday transported him to the centre of Arsenal 's universe .
21 Ramsey had moved out of the Barthian influence which via Hoskyns attracted him during the earlier 1930s .
22 He was good with people : one day , when Madge trapped him outside the kiosk , Marie had been embarrassed hearing her prattle on .
23 He asked Ken to walk him along the Rue Dante .
24 Late that evening , Corbett was found by a servant sent by Selkirk , who announced in broad Scots that the knight would be grateful if Corbett joined him in the outer bailey near the main gate .
25 Grimma followed him across the chilly floor as more nomes filed into the shed and huddled apprehensively along the walls .
26 The use of special juries of merchants by Lord Mansfield to guide him on the law is well known — not that he always followed their suggestions .
27 Corbett followed him across the yard as the English envoy made his way carefully through the throng and up a flight of steep stairs into the main keep of the castle .
28 Molly followed him into the room , struck a match and lit the oil lamp .
29 Meredith followed him down the lane .
30 Scott grabbed him by the lapels and hauled him to his feet .
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