Example sentences of "him and [verb] he " in BNC.

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1 His mother came in , fell on her knees in front of him and pressed him to her ; She was gasping and shuddering .
2 erm James and Alex and Danny laughing at him and thinking he 's funny because they all fancy him
3 His classmates started , started to curse erm to curse him and to humiliate him I think from the first or the second grade , and erm he was my friend , I had to , to fight for him .
4 in the deepest recesses of my heart , how truly I could love him , honour him and obey him . ’
5 In the later years of the dynasty there was a growing belief that the Queen of Sheba had visited Solomon in Jerusalem , had been seduced by him and borne him a son named Henelik , who founded the Abyssinian royal line .
6 His mother had encouraged it , over-indulged him and assured him that he always came first .
7 Find him and bring him back . ’
8 In the end I had to go up to him and bring him back to the fire .
9 ‘ They fetch him and bring him back . ’
10 Even when the need in her grew strong in the dead of night and she lay dose to his slack body , caressing him and urging him , he was never able to fulfil the need in her .
11 There was a fine line to walk between protecting him and urging him to self-reliance .
12 Alcuin wrote to Aethelred , probably in 791 , expressing affection for him and urging him to display kindness not cruelty and reason not anger in his deeds , and to speak truth not falsehood , but the sack of Lindisfarne by Vikings in June 793 ( ASC D , s.a. 793 ) provided a shocked and outraged Alcuin with an opportunity to declaim against the evils of Northumbrian society , as he saw them , and the shortcomings of the king himself in a letter to Aethelred and his nobles .
13 He guessed his mother was making it all up just to frighten him and to stop him ever going out of the house alone .
14 MacIver denies assaulting and abducting a 46-year-old Ross-shire man , Donald Beaton , while acting with others , by hooding , binding and threatening to shoot him and robbing him of his load of spirits , tobacco and foodstuffs .
15 In response to this request he gave them the Lord 's Prayer , in which we pray first of all for God Himself , that all may know him and revere Him , that his mile may be extended over all , and that his will , so right and good and loving , may be done on earth , as it is by angels , prophets and saints in heaven .
16 Napoleon despised him and exploited him because he guessed his motives and could not take seriously his defence of Spanish independence .
17 ‘ Everyone in the area knew him and followed him everywhere , as he was well known for bringing provisions and medical supplies .
18 How happy she would be now , if she could turn her head and see him there , and reach out her arms to hold on to him and pull him close .
19 With a sigh , she lifted her arms to reach him and pull him down to her , and the sheet , like her resolve , slipped away .
20 Interestingly Tom Jones told me , ‘ Even if he runs well I might miss Cheltenham with him and keep him fresh for another good race at the Grand National meeting at Aintree . ’
21 And more pleased than ever when Captain Goldsborough , arriving rather late as somehow one had expected , went to sit beside him and keep him company .
22 I realise you were desperate to protect him and keep him from harm .
23 Michael took the case from him and led him away to the hired car .
24 At 10 o'clock , as Jackson walked past Sauchiehall Street Station , a stranger spoke to him and led him away .
25 Philip the Bastard , half brother to Robert Faulconbridge , and son of King Richard the First , discovers himself in a position of authority when King John knights him and dubs him Sir Richard Plantagenet .
26 Hayling had seemed unusually pleased to see him and offered him some champagne .
27 Election and investiture had been accomplished in a confused way when the king nominated him and offered him the pastoral staff , round which the bishops pressed Anselm 's resisting fingers .
28 John Dalton eventually elicited the truth of his identity from him and offered him sanctuary as a hermit in his own home ( perhaps Richard had been reconnoitring in his disappearance before dinner ) and at his own expense .
29 The jockey 's race never stops … never stalls … so far this season Richard Dunwoody has had three hundred and sixty nine rides … he should be celebrating his century of winners any day … only one man can catch him and stop him and that 's Peter Scudamore … at Wincanton this week the reigning champion came galloping back with a winning treble …
30 Twice Michael had lashed out at him and hurt him , only to be contrite and loving in the next breath .
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