Example sentences of "they [vb past] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he slipped into a deep sleep , and all at once the warm feeling of happiness deserted him and his stomach heaved as he recognised the same old nightmare returning : the walk along the jetty , the cruel hands dragging him to the edge , the utter helplessness as they lowered him into the icy water , the wave that broke over his head — and at last , that terrible choking sensation . |
| 2 | The other prisoners gasped because they expected him to be shot on the spot . |
| 3 | ‘ They got him to hospital , but then he had a second attack . |
| 4 | They got him in the boat and they he had to lie down in the bottom of the boat and they and they covered him with a tarpaulin . |
| 5 | ‘ His parents were too poor to keep him so they lent him to a forester . |
| 6 | I mean when he was born they laid him on me , he 'd had the cord round his neck three times and he looked like a tortoise with his long neck and this little tiny head [ laughs ] . |
| 7 | They laid him on the cool grass and bathed his forehead . |
| 8 | Eventually , they laid him on the bed in his own room , and undressed him . |
| 9 | Following this , they laid him on the bed again , and when he started to groan May said , ‘ He 'll live , ’ and turning and looking at Mrs Funnell , she added , ‘ Unfortunately , ’ before marching out of the room . |
| 10 | I think sometimes I ca n't help but think it 's how they made him in a way , you know , like I , you , sometimes your , I think you should sit down and play with something , but he wo n't sit quiet and amuse himself |
| 11 | They battered him over the head and threatened him with a shotgun . |
| 12 | Whether they get the computer software , dolls and musical instruments they asked him for remains to be seen . |
| 13 | They asked him for a swimming pool and a better playground , but he was n't making any promises . |
| 14 | Also they asked him about some people rating him better than Best . |
| 15 | The rich merchant thought the children should always salute him and call him ‘ sir ’ when they passed him in the street . |
| 16 | Lionan , the dandy , was talking behind his hand to the brutal Mullach , who was gulping his beer moodily and staring at the serving maids as they passed him in a bustling procession . |
| 17 | Many aspects of his analysis were similar to those advanced by Blauner , but they led him to an opposite conclusion . |
| 18 | They led him through the great court and round the cloister to the flank of the east end of the church , where the mitred graves of the abbots lay . |
| 19 | The Court of Appeal dismissed an Inland Revenue challenge to a High Court ruling that £75,000 paid to England and Derby County goalkeeper Peter Shilton by Nottingham Forest when they sold him to Southampton in 1982 should be treated as a ‘ golden handshake ’ . |
| 20 | The story going around at the time was that he had ticked off the Lebanese bureau staff to the point where they sold him to Hezbollah for a bit of peace and quiet ! |
| 21 | United will be getting around three hundred thousand pounds of that … they sold him to Stoke on the proviso of a share of any future deals — bingo ! |
| 22 | They attacked him with a gun barrel before escaping . |
| 23 | the school are doing nothing , okay what did they do , they stopped the money , yeah , they stopped him from having money , they made him pay money back which I 'm pleased about that he got |
| 24 | They approached him at a steady pace as though unconcerned by his presence , but they went in single file , Allen with his hand lying lightly on the knife at his belt and Marian carrying her bow , strung , and with an arrow ready notched , lightly and inconspicuously in her left hand . |
| 25 | Even Daley Thompson , who insisted he had very little interference from teachers , said they helped him in a non-involved way : ‘ They were all right ; they left me alone and let me get on with what suited me . |
| 26 | After that , they moved him to a building near Rue Michelle Boutros , and later on to the cellars of two different hospitals in West Beirut , both of them supplied by Tony 's company , AMA Industries . |
| 27 | When the band sensed that Harvey was growing tired they moved him towards a finale and spread a musical carpet and drew a musical curtain and the trumpet milked the applause . |
| 28 | The Russian official recently so upset his domestic association that they suspended him for two months , although UEFA insist : ‘ He 's still one of the best referees in Europe and the right man for the job . ’ |
| 29 | The Russian official recently so upset his domestic association that they suspended him for two months , although UEFA insist : ‘ He 's still one of the best referees in Europe and the right man for the job . ’ |
| 30 | They regarded him as an oddity . |