Example sentences of "'s [noun] [pron] [verb] him [prep] " in BNC.

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1 They bound the restaurant owner , who moaned feebly and thrashed about a bit ; then with Lambert 's aid they hoisted him to the high seat .
2 But for Ilsa 's sake I asked him about the gleaming star and discs on their rainbowed ribbons and he became almost talkative .
3 We were later told about Piggy 's asthma which stopped him from doing many physical things like swimming and running .
4 Edgar , on the other hand , has his father 's nature who saves him in the disguise of ‘ poor Tom ’ .
5 If the truth be told , it was Norman 's putter which kept him in the hunt down the stretch .
6 When he went to open the door to Ballater 's knock he greeted him without enthusiasm , annoyed by the interruption .
7 In a desperate appeal to his son 's conscience he reminded him of all his own personal sacrifices for the furtherance of his son 's career .
8 It was Alan 's wife who entered him for his first rally and he enjoyed it so much he decided to continue .
9 From his letters and his wife 's memoirs we picture him in cheap cafés hunched up in his greatcoat over a cup of coffee , with Russian and European newspapers spread about him .
10 On his saint 's day she summons him into her inmost boudoir , dismisses her girls , permits him to braid her hair and for a moment to fondle her breasts .
11 Stukeley in his diary tells us how he invited King Vortigern to be entertained there and on the king 's arrival he introduced him to Rowena , his beautiful daughter , who presented Vortigern with a gold wassail cup .
12 Three days after Calley 's conviction he freed him from jail pending his appeal and allowed him to live in his officer 's quarters .
13 It was important to Michael Ramsey , not only then but much later , that before Frank 's death he felt him to be less far apart over religion .
14 ‘ Come quick , ’ he cried , and tugging at Meredith 's arm he toppled him from his stool and ran him out of the door .
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