Example sentences of "[vb past] him [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some gave him their answer at the door , others invited him inside and sat him down to ask his question . |
| 2 | Whilst he was laid up for six weeks in Middlesex Hospital , Minton visited him regularly and kept his family in Northumberland informed as to his progress . |
| 3 | ‘ He used to be bitter because his father never visited him either but he never let his feelings out . ’ |
| 4 | Gavin fished the spoon out , wiped it on his shirt , and gingerly offered it to his master , who gripped his wrist , jerked him forward and clattered his ears for him before letting him go . |
| 5 | She drew him inside and led him towards the candle-light . |
| 6 | It seemed to come from nowhere , it transformed him utterly and it invariably caused her anger against him to feel quite suddenly totally inappropriate . |
| 7 | The admiration which churchmen such as Cardinal Arthur Hinsley and Bishop G. K. A. Bell of Chichester [ qq.v. ] had for Dawson involved him actively as vice-president in the Sword of the Spirit , a proto-ecumenical movement which , to his disappointment , proved to be too visionary for the Roman authorities of the time . |
| 8 | She summoned him to court , chastised him ferociously and slapped his face before the entire assembly . |
| 9 | The force of the blow caught him squarely and sent him sprawling , gasping for breath , temporarily blinded , rolling in the dust . |
| 10 | The Foreign Office said a British official who visited Paul Ride in prison yesterday found him well and in good heart . |
| 11 | Coming out for the same reasons , Nicholas found him there and heard him make his excuses . |
| 12 | But he survived it anyway and there was er folk found him there and kind of looked after him . |
| 13 | ‘ She had always admired Robert De Niro 's work and she phoned him repeatedly when we were living in New York , using the name of a mutual friend . |
| 14 | She apparently phoned him shortly before I spoke to her today , and she 's got an assurance that she 'll get her money back . |
| 15 | He mattered to Shelley very much — as a doctor and as a person , and she could n't bear to think of him losing that precious heart to this young girl , who regarded him just as someone to pay her bills . |
| 16 | M. Berton regarded him alone as capable of directing [ diriger ] the large Paris Opéra orchestra , after himself . |
| 17 | ‘ They beat him badly and I do n't know what to do . ’ |
| 18 | But his disastrous 76 on Saturday cost him dearly as Zimbabwe 's Nick Price kept his head to take his first major title with a battling 70 for 278 and a three-stroke victory ahead of Faldo , John Cook , Gene Sauers and Jim Gallagher Jnr . |
| 19 | It seems that the proposal that Haymo should be Bishop was opposed by the Pope and it necessitated his travelling to Avignon to be consecrated , a journey which cost him more than 1,441 florins . |
| 20 | Mr Reynolds is admitted directly from the surgical Outpatient Clinic where his General Practitioner referred him urgently because of his history of an alteration in bowel habit , rectal bleeding and constipation . |
| 21 | George cracked him again and hauled him off the cart . |
| 22 | It pleased him too that Cora-Beth seemed to be getting on so well with his best friend . |
| 23 | Dalziel noticed him also and made a motion of the head . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm never afraid , ’ Maggie assured him firmly but her face flushed and his eyes moved to her hands , still tightly grasping the edge of the seat . |
| 25 | Certainly it was the case that the new religious enthusiasm that was replacing the dying Puritanism assured the individual of his intrinsic worth , and assured him also that he was loved and cherished by God . |
| 26 | I assured him truthfully that I had been impressed by his skill and speed , and I thought his results marvellous . |
| 27 | Barton assured him warmly that Angela had done a great job and he was now confident of getting planning permission on the vast site he had wanted . |
| 28 | Julie smiled at him but Nigger ignored him completely as he stuck his hand out to Yanto . |
| 29 | I told him simply that I had felt ill at a very unfortunate moment . |
| 30 | ‘ I think we 've concluded our business , ’ she told him crisply as she snatched open the driver 's door and climbed into the sun-warmed interior . |