Example sentences of "they [verb] him [prep] [art] [adj] " 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 | They laid him on the cool grass and bathed his forehead . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Many aspects of his analysis were similar to those advanced by Blauner , but they led him to an opposite conclusion . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Oh there was this interview with Mick Jagger yeah but like it must have been written about cos they described him as a neanderthal rocker . |
| 9 | They told him in no uncertain terms that he could not take a holiday whenever he felt like it . |
| 10 | The thin , pitiful cries were somehow unearthly when they waked him in the dark small hours . |
| 11 | Even if they locked him in a dark cell and pulled out all his teeth with rusty pliers , he must keep his promise to Sweetheart and tell them nothing . |
| 12 | They portray him as a confused mixture of honesty and cantankerousness : a big heart governed by a stroppy mind . |
| 13 | He opened the door by his desk , and they followed him into a large room filled with dark , solid furniture . |
| 14 | They followed him through a narrow passageway into the old town . |
| 15 | Why , one wonders , did they fire him in the first place ? |
| 16 | But they started him on a new course of treatment yesterday and he 's begun to respond . ’ |
| 17 | Then they were both fearful for him and they took him into the cold scullery , where they hid him from the intruders . |
| 18 | This time they saw him as a public enemy . |
| 19 | They saw him at the same time as he realised he had n't understood what the man had said . |
| 20 | And that , I I was , my hus , during the time mother was ill , my husband took ill , now this is where authorities do n't give you any back up , instead of sending him to hospital which was fifteen minutes by bus , I could have visited him every day they sent him to the other side of the county which only allowed a visit once a week , and meant I had to leave at twelve o'clock and get home at six ! |
| 21 | Ca n't they supply him with a personal Jeeves ? |
| 22 | They reminded him of a Distant Early Warning System . |
| 23 | They reminded him of the ignominious episode of the oath-taking , and pointed out that Rodrigo now had a personal ‘ army ’ almost as large as the King 's . |
| 24 | Other cottagers the teacher from Glasgow visited gave him a proof of their kindness ; they presented him with a large basin of milk : he took a drink of it , and would have left the remainder , but they signalled to him to drink it all , and the old man stood opposite the door to prevent his getting away till he was obliged , in answer to Gaelic gesticulations , to drink all the milk that was in the basin . |
| 25 | They presented him with a thick dossier containing new information about the alleged confession that led to the convictions . |
| 26 | The Barons in England were furious at John and they presented him with the Great Charter — Magna Carta — prepared by Archbishop Langston , to which John authorised the attachment of his seal at Runnymede , beside the River Thames , in June 1215 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | They catch any gay guy with AZT , they throw him in the federal penitentiary like Jimmy fucking Cagney , and then they throw us out of the country . |
| 29 | Lord Atkin laid down the narrow rule in Donoghue v Stevenson [ 1932 ] AC 562 : A manufacturer of products , which he sells in such a form as to show that he intends them to reach the ultimate consumer in the form in which they left him with no reasonable possibility of intermediate examination , and with the knowledge that the absence of reasonable care in the preparation or putting up of the products will result in an injury to the consumer 's life or property , owes a duty to the consumer to take reasonable care . |
| 30 | Refreshed by a nimble in-flight claret , they serenaded him with a special song and behaved , generally , like the lower fourth on a trip to Whipsnade . |