Example sentences of "him [conj] [vb past] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Topknot spread his arms above him and muttered something at the sky . |
| 2 | A pack leader saw the police in hot pursuit , called six Sturmabteilungen to him and led them into the stadium . |
| 3 | He had brought his telescope ashore with him and mounted it in the little dormer window high up under the eaves of the steep-pitched east-facing gable of his house . |
| 4 | I pulled the coat off him and flung it onto the hawthorn bushes where it rested upside down , spilling the contents of the torn pockets . |
| 5 | Albert Tailors , in the shape of old Mr Albert himself , took one look at him and channelled him to the Teens Room , which was festooned with guitars and pictures of pop singers . |
| 6 | Even as he hacked his way free more tentacles looped around him and dragged him into the filth . |
| 7 | Two men attacked him and forced him from the bike . |
| 8 | The gang pounced on him and knocked him to the ground — but he curled up into a ball to save himself as punches and kicks rained down . |
| 9 | They tried to grab the cash from him and knocked him to the ground . |
| 10 | Harry Carpenter came up to interview him and asked him about the last putt . |
| 11 | Dad was told how naughty James had been and then shouted at him and sent him to the bedroom . |
| 12 | Juliet hugged him and sent him into the garden . |
| 13 | ‘ He was yelling out in terror and must have run 50 yards before two blokes caught him and rolled him about the pavement to put the flames out . ’ |
| 14 | On another occasion his reference to the duty of the Old Testament prophets to denounce God 's judgements to the King and Court was reported to James II , who sent for him and reproached him for the controversial bitterness with which he had spoken . |
| 15 | He took out the photograph which he always carried with him and compared it to the woman he had just seen . |
| 16 | The robot put Buff to sleep , then put the spacesuit on him and carried him to the spaceship . |
| 17 | He gave support to William Wallace in his fight for Scottish independence but deserted him and aligned himself with the English King Edward I who was trying to dominate Scotland . |
| 18 | She wriggled away from him and stared him in the face . |
| 19 | Then she went out and picked him up and cuddled him and fed him on the cream of a new bottle of milk . |
| 20 | He now thrust his arm out and pulled her tightly towards him and waltzed her round the table , saying , ‘ One , two , three ; one , two , three ; one , two , three . |
| 21 | Sure enough , someone met him and took him to the adjutant of No . |
| 22 | He made coffee , then found the piece of paper Roxborough had given him and took it to the phone . |
| 23 | He struggled even more when four men pounced upon him and pinned him to the ground , but his frantic movements were more an attempt to breathe than to escape . |
| 24 | As on every night , she went up to him and kissed him on the lips . |
| 25 | Christina flung her arms around him and kissed him on the cheek . |
| 26 | She cupped her hands underneath him and eased him over the edge . |
| 27 | If he had come begging and pleading , I would have laughed at him and kicked him in the teeth . |
| 28 | He plunged for the side , but with three swift strokes Nails caught up with him and collared him round the neck . |
| 29 | Three of the remaining four were working together until Sunbury when Anderson and Ferrari missed the rollers , allowing Pereira to break away but Andersen chased after him and passed him before the finish . |
| 30 | You 'll be doing him a favour , she 'd thought , and so as he wandered past the kitchen on a mid-afternoon stroll she crept up behind him and grabbed him by the neck . |