Example sentences of "they [vb past] [verb] him [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they 'd seen him the moment he saw them , so he kept on walking towards them . |
| 2 | Timothy Gedge , with his hollow cheeks and his gawkiness , had picked on them even though he did n't know them , even though they 'd done him no harm . |
| 3 | If they did report a rape and they 'd told him the woman opposite , at the top last night er , next week come back . |
| 4 | He wished they 'd left him the radio mast , so that he could at least listen to some music and pick up the news . |
| 5 | Before either of them could say a word , he turned and began to speak as though they had asked him a question . |
| 6 | When Derek got the run they all cheered and a reporter commented that they had given him a great welcome , but could not possibly have known the significance of the run . |
| 7 | But to teach the man a lesson they had given him a supply of twigs that were old and weak ; poor twigs for making brooms with . |
| 8 | But his persecutors were frustrated when they had to release him a week later , partly due to a technical fault in the warrant for his arrest and partly due to the influence of his friend , Sir Matthew Hale . |
| 9 | This was an important mission , yet they had sent him a minor police official who seemed to have little standing or influence . |
| 10 | They had sent him a WPC who looked like a schoolgirl dressed in police uniform for a school play . |
| 11 | It could have been the second , but he had swallowed his pride when they had shown him the room that was allocated him . |
| 12 | The man in the doorway was certainly old and infirm , and none too reliable either , but when he ceased to be of any use to the Guild as a working docker , they had found him a sinecure job as night watchman on the Wharf . |
| 13 | They had offered him the position of editor in chief with , apparently , more direct control over the content of the paper , but only if he came off the Board . |
| 14 | They had told him the chaprassi would want a bribe , but instructed him not to pay it . |
| 15 | The assembled kids would have more confidence in him if they continued to believe him a cop , rather that just the old man of one of their number chancing his arm . |
| 16 | It is an amazing turnaround as , back in 1986 , Arsenal let the young Keown go when contract talks failed after they refused to pay him a mere £50-a-week more . |