Example sentences of "him [conj] [conj] [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I firmly told him that if he ever came near me again , I would fight back for all I was worth and , even if he managed to beat me every time , sooner or later I would get lucky and hurt him . |
| 2 | Shifting her belongings more comfortably in his arms , he explained mildly , ‘ I told him that if he ever came within one hundred yards of you I 'd break his neck . |
| 3 | It also occurred to him that if he ever found a German plane as helpless as this , Woolley would require him to destroy it . |
| 4 | Until a few weeks ago she had been scarcely aware of him except as a friendly and familiar face in class ; but now , now she was very much aware of him — and he was very definitely aware of her ; much to Erika 's embarrassment sitting with her and Rosa at lunch , at the next desk in class , asking her out to the cinema and even , to Erika 's amazement and , she suspected , his own , offering to help Paul with his homework — in the Nordern home , that is — an offer declined both by Erika and Paul , although Paul did corner Fritz in school and suggest to him that if he actually did the homework then he , Paul , would further his , Fritz 's , courtship of Erika ; Paul being shrewd enough to guess the motive behind Fritz 's philanthropic gesture even though the square on the hypotenuse might remain a mystery to him . |
| 5 | Ted had given up all hope of enlarging his holding and was concentrating his efforts on farming his existing soil , making a reasonable living from his multiplicity of vegetable crops , when a letter arrived one day explaining to him that if he still wanted to buy the adjoining land , the owners were interested in discussing the matter . |
| 6 | I told him that if he suddenly wanted to rape me , I would n't resist , I would let him do what he liked , but that I would never speak to him again . |
| 7 | They 'd had a a lot of trouble er difficulty in getting hold of him and but they finally got him today and |
| 8 | ‘ Antonia told me she had been watching Mellor on TV in the run up to the General Election and said she had suddenly been taken over by this incredible desire for him and that she badly wanted to meet him . |
| 9 | But he was in no way repentant , for he had parried this by saying he wished he had killed him and if he ever came across him again he would make another attempt . |