Example sentences of "[adv prt] [pers pn] [vb past] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't want to put any extra pressure on him , and when he went on I told him to keep it simple . |
| 2 | It was as if I owed him financially for everything he 'd given me , he 'd drawn up a sort of balance sheet , setting adoption against the chances he 'd given me ; because he 'd taken me on I owed him . |
| 3 | Later on I heard him go with them to the dorm . |
| 4 | I wrote it all down I asked him as I wrote it down . |
| 5 | As he looked me up and down I examined him in turn from the corner of my eye . |
| 6 | As soon as he came in I made him let me look at his head , and I dabbed some Dettol on it . |
| 7 | In I made him eat his potatoes , similarly , where the realizer of eat is " him " only , the person referred to by the direct object is represented as being involved in eating at the same time during which he is the object of the causation denoted by make : since make evokes the idea of " producing an effect " , it is impossible to conceive the making as being under way before the effect has started coming into existence . |
| 8 | When he first came in I offered him a drink out of courtesy and I think he thought I was taking the Mick out of his drinking in the past . |
| 9 | Well they used to ask you to invite the e actually invite the American soldiers into your homes and my friend in Chuckery a couple of years ago , I was visiting him one Sunday lunch and a knock came to his door and he went and it was a guy who came over to see , his mum is now dead , but he , he come over he remembered him from the war . |
| 10 | Once we got it off we showed him around the fire appliances and he went away happy , ’ said John . |
| 11 | And it ended up we owed him say ninety quid . |
| 12 | There was nowhere to park the car , and that solved any uncertainty about how to handle the parting ; before she slid out she gave him a quick kiss on the cheek like a schoolyard dare , and was gone before there could be any reaction . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh , he does not do that , ’ said Sally-Anne cheerfully ; all her normal brio had returned , and she was not going to allow Dr Neil to put her down , and when he came back she gave him her most dazzling smile , and prepared to do battle with him , whenever battle was necessary . |
| 14 | ’ — and then it turned out they wanted him to stay on over there . |
| 15 | Cos they did n't smear Biff right away , and when he did n't fight back they took him in for terrorgation … |
| 16 | Yeah we had him about we had him a year look cos I bought him just before Christmas |
| 17 | As Rogers came by he grabbed him , and said , ‘ That 's right . |