Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wo n't have anything to do with the boy and my husband has said she used to mistreat him . |
| 2 | It seemed he had become confused over the time I 'd said I 'd pick him up , although it was always the same , and Miss Prescott thought he was a little agitated and so brought him round herself . |
| 3 | ‘ We thought she 'd thought we 'd run him down , ’ Fernando laughed , throwing his head back and holding his forehead . |
| 4 | ‘ I should 've thought you 'd want him to know . ’ |
| 5 | They seem to think you will move him from the Tower . ’ |
| 6 | like to say er if you 'd like to ring you could ring him , I 'll ring him next week |
| 7 | But I would have thought you 'd expect him to be faithful to you for a day or two at least . ’ |
| 8 | I 'll have to believe we can trust him , he thought . |
| 9 | ‘ We did say we 'd limit him to thirty mares as he 's been so busy competing , but somehow we managed to allow our arms to be twisted a few times . |
| 10 | She had said it would do him good . |
| 11 | It 'll mean seeing so much less of him , and God knows I seem to see little enough already , but being an only boy I 've felt I must pack him off to boarding-school to get some men in his life and break the apron-strings . |
| 12 | But then he se he seemed then as if he 'd think twice before he 'd do anything when he used to come in you know I er I said to him I said look we used to call him in them days you know , now what did you that for ? |
| 13 | She had thought she would hear him calling Rob 's name but instead he hissed , ‘ It 's Mac 's girl . ’ |
| 14 | And she had thought she could subjugate him ! |
| 15 | She said , ‘ Oliver , ’ and there was no answer , though she had thought she could hear him breathing . |
| 16 | Recently he had begun to suspect they would like him to leave and , if they could have been sure of finding a substitute fourth , would have asked him to do so . |
| 17 | Ben , if she 's gone it 'll kill him . |
| 18 | I have to say it would help him . |
| 19 | If Bowe wins and opts for a first defence against veteran George Foreman , the WBC have confirmed they will strip him of the title and declare Lennox Lewis champion . |
| 20 | Well , in her case , presumably , she wanted to say she would obey him and and subsequently perhaps she has , and he 's very happy with that , but that 's a fairly cynical view is n't it , the the the bride 's a kind of ceremonial heifer , who 's had |