Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | Devious devil ; she should have known better than to think she could fool him . |
| 2 | That was bad enough , but when he told my daughter it started three weeks after they married and lasted until three months ago , she threw him out and she 's changed the locks of the house and says she will divorce him . |
| 3 | But when — suddenly — for no apparent reason your twin rejects the offer of marriage from the man you always believed she loved , and whom you always loved yourself ; when she turns round and says you can marry him yourself if you feel that strongly about him … suddenly your world is upside down . |
| 4 | Miranda thought of M. Apéritif last night , and decided she would let him go further when she next saw him , in spite of the lizard darting of his small and oddly hard tongue in the kiss she 'd allowed him at the door of the hotel . |
| 5 | He just quoted the verses , smiled , and said they would bring him great success . |
| 6 | Cynics might doubt his commitment to social security , as he introduced himself as the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry ( his previous job ) , but in his usual good-humoured style , Frank Field simply thanked him and said they would recommend him to Downing Street for a new job because of his social security knowledge . |
| 7 | He asked whether she would mind calling him a cab and she dangled car keys and said she would drive him herself . |
| 8 | And some chap came down from the M G B Owners ' Club and said he 'd offer him six thousand for it . |
| 9 | But he knew that he was right and , much more , he felt that he was good , that he had been given this chance to act well , that he must take it and to take it would get him off on a new and better path ; while to succumb would be the broad and easy road to hell . |
| 10 | He sat in silence , afraid whatever he said would be taken the wrong way , and wished they would leave him in peace . |
| 11 | When he said too readily , ‘ Yeah , could be , ’ she knew the blue haze of his need to reassure her , and wished she could believe him . |
| 12 | Hoeness has recently made discreet enquiries about Robins , in action against Tottenham today , and believes he could prise him away from Carrow Road , where he is on a four-year contract , providing the terms were right . |
| 13 | Sir Sidney Barton was apprehensive for my safety and suggested I should join him and Lord Airlie on a short hunting trip near the Awash Station . |
| 14 | That puppy-dog expression of one who has been up to mischief and is worried you will find out but knows you will forgive him anyway . |