Example sentences of "and [pron] [vb past] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | They say he walked to the centre of the Sun Chamber , and that as he did so , the disguise fell from him , and everyone saw him for what he really was . |
| 2 | Then , in 1964 he won the Masters again and everyone expected him at St Andrews for the Open Championship . |
| 3 | The husband was called Jack , and everyone called him by his first name , but for some reason one always called his wife Mrs Thwaites , although we all knew her Christian name was Margaret . |
| 4 | Everyone remembered him as a big man in all senses but not as a good headmaster except that he liked everyone and everyone liked him and in chapel he was a superlative speaker . |
| 5 | In the event of trouble , remove the villain , let the other fish settle for a few days and them put him back . |
| 6 | He hated to see a dripping tap , and nothing made him angrier than Blackpool Tower blazing with , what to him was , utterly squandered energy . |
| 7 | He was no respecter of persons or institutions or ideas just because they were vested with a brief authority , and nothing gave him more pleasure than to prick the bubble of pretension . |
| 8 | Under his guidance , Parliament House was transformed from a nineteenth-century warren into a modern court-house and nothing gave him greater pleasure than to explore , and share with others , its secrets and treasures . |
| 9 | I did n't know him very well and I despised him for being well behaved and creeping around telling stories about me . |
| 10 | After a few minutes , he got out and wandered over : ‘ Here , son , give me a shot at that , ’ he said , and I passed him the rod . |
| 11 | Benjamin just stared fascinated and I studied him rather than the condemned man for , as I have remarked before , Benjamin had a horror of public executions . |
| 12 | My priestly friend set me down outside the two cathedrals and I bade him a fond farewell . |
| 13 | ‘ I was looking for the bathroom , and I surprised him — it was an accident . |
| 14 | He zipped it up again , and I imagined him going to sit on a black plastic jerry-can to drink his own tea and have a smoke . |
| 15 | ‘ He came round the desks and I kicked him in the back of his legs to get him to the floor and I used my shirt to put out the flames and Hazel gave him first aid . ’ |
| 16 | The artist who did my album cover used an airbrush and I got him to do three guitars for me . |
| 17 | At the time we took up the , the secretary took took up the matter and I got him to send us er a copy of the reply , and it , it appears that , as you know it 's all voluntary and , and it relies charity for individuals , but I noticed , I only got this from Ron yesterday , paragraph here says , where the community demonstrates it 's active support for such adventure , then there is an increase likelihood of the establish of a service , although it has to be said that there already exists a waiting list of communities eager to re receive P D S A support . |
| 18 | And I got him . |
| 19 | and I tried all weekend trying to get only there from five to seven , and I got him after five o'clock on Tuesday |
| 20 | Erm cos one of the kids wanted to watch a twelve , and I got him in . |
| 21 | I bought him one Christmas years and oh hey , we were just married and I ordered him an extending ladder from the Co-op |
| 22 | And I ordered him one . |
| 23 | We 're still having trouble getting insurance , and er , anyway I phoned , and I wrote him again yesterday , and he 's given this number , who er , who he 's with . |
| 24 | During a sojourn in Northumbria one of these ‘ academic high-flyers ’ remained implacably ‘ not one of us ’ , and I heard him summed up in the following terms : |
| 25 | A few minutes later he rose and I heard him say , ‘ Goodnight and thank you for giving me your interesting reminiscences . ’ |
| 26 | He did , and I heard him say , ‘ Well , at least I lived long enough to meet you , love . ’ |
| 27 | There was a pause , and I heard him take a deep breath . |
| 28 | Then he climbed out , and I heard him unlock the door . |
| 29 | Silver and the rest were a hundred metres behind , and I heard him shouting , ‘ Jim , Jim ! ’ |
| 30 | Then there was another scuffle and I heard him go in a falling of bits of mud . |