Example sentences of "him [conj] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
Previous page Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 31 | There was something about him that set him apart from the other men in the room . |
| 32 | ‘ And Mrs McDougall told you something about him that changed your minds ? ’ |
| 33 | No ; I could n't stay close to whatever it was in him that liked it so much . |
| 34 | ‘ Did n't you know it was him that found her ? |
| 35 | It was the part of him that found it too much of a strain to even think about organizing his work . |
| 36 | His ribs were bandaged , his jaw in traction , and wires were stuck in his wrists and chest to register his hearbeat on a sinister machine behind him that flashed his beats per minute in red digits . |
| 37 | There was too much of the outlaw about him that held its own fascination . |
| 38 | It was the implications of his presence as much as the sight of him that heated her skin and caused her heart to thunder as her mind leapt treacherously forward to the night that lay ahead of them . |
| 39 | He 'd remember me , too , because he would have wondered what percentage I had on him that entitled me to come down from her apartment in the early morning . |
| 40 | Topknot spread his arms above him and muttered something at the sky . |
| 41 | They also lay down beside him and pressed their bodies against his to heat him . |
| 42 | His mother came in , fell on her knees in front of him and pressed him to her ; She was gasping and shuddering . |
| 43 | If the fall had n't killed him , the large diamond of glass he 'd brought with him and impaled his neck on certainly had . |
| 44 | The men surged round him and jostled themselves to a standstill . |
| 45 | His mother had encouraged it , over-indulged him and assured him that he always came first . |
| 46 | Shales picked up one of the newspapers in front of him and pitched it down the table in Dowd 's direction . |
| 47 | Napoleon despised him and exploited him because he guessed his motives and could not take seriously his defence of Spanish independence . |
| 48 | ‘ Everyone in the area knew him and followed him everywhere , as he was well known for bringing provisions and medical supplies . |
| 49 | Michael took the case from him and led him away to the hired car . |
| 50 | At 10 o'clock , as Jackson walked past Sauchiehall Street Station , a stranger spoke to him and led him away . |
| 51 | A pack leader saw the police in hot pursuit , called six Sturmabteilungen to him and led them into the stadium . |
| 52 | He had brought his telescope ashore with him and mounted it in the little dormer window high up under the eaves of the steep-pitched east-facing gable of his house . |
| 53 | Hayling had seemed unusually pleased to see him and offered him some champagne . |
| 54 | Election and investiture had been accomplished in a confused way when the king nominated him and offered him the pastoral staff , round which the bishops pressed Anselm 's resisting fingers . |
| 55 | John Dalton eventually elicited the truth of his identity from him and offered him sanctuary as a hermit in his own home ( perhaps Richard had been reconnoitring in his disappearance before dinner ) and at his own expense . |
| 56 | Twice Michael had lashed out at him and hurt him , only to be contrite and loving in the next breath . |
| 57 | You could kick him and hurt him , you could hit him on the face and on the eyes so that he could n't see , but he 'd still manage to torment you . |
| 58 | All the people who had taunted him and hurt him and confused him and denied him . |
| 59 | He threw her away from him and flung himself flat on the ground as Liartes ' dragon thundered by , leaving another smoking scar across the turf . |
| 60 | I pulled the coat off him and flung it onto the hawthorn bushes where it rested upside down , spilling the contents of the torn pockets . |