Example sentences of "[verb] him [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Maggie was even more startled to find him alone when she came in and instantly relieved that she had n't allowed the boy who had seen her home from the village further than the road gate . |
| 32 | She had an exhaustive knowledge of Sunday Schools and it was depressing to find him full of the same bogus affability that she detected on every Sabbath of the year . |
| 33 | They always seemed to find him attractive , and were prepared to make excuses for his more glaring defects . ’ |
| 34 | The blow caught him off-balance and he teetered for what seemed an age to the watchers , before falling into the rushing water with a hoarse scream . |
| 35 | They caught him unprepared , before he could blank out his mind , making him remember the last time he had heard that sort of ringing , last Sunday . |
| 36 | As he began to shout his reply , he only managed the words , ‘ Bloody tacky , ’ when , at the sound of his raised voice close to her ear , Daisy swung her head towards him and caught him full in the chest with her nose . |
| 37 | Her spittle caught him full in the face , caught him offguard . |
| 38 | It caught him full in the middle of his back , throwing him into the air before he crashed down on the cobbles . |
| 39 | There 's nothing quite like sexy lingerie to put you in the mood so knock him dead on Valentine 's Day with some of this sizzling underwear from the latest Freemans Spring/Summer collection . |
| 40 | Instead , he might be cursed with one who would rob him blind and charge him three-times the wages for the privilege . |
| 41 | They 'd have been able to certify him insane , or he 'd have done something so terrible and criminal they could have put him in prison , where he 'd be sodomised and knifed ; quietly disposed of without any fuss because the rules were different in there . |
| 42 | Diana has helped Charles by bringing him into the modern era , teasing him and leavening his spirits , and keeping him young and abreast of young people 's thinking . |
| 43 | Instead of 'er keeping him young , she 's , he 's making her old . |
| 44 | On cold days it does have the advantage of keeping him warm , but on hot days it can be unbearably uncomfortable . |
| 45 | She had concentrated on keeping him warm and preparing the food he liked best . |
| 46 | All the way down the street he jumped and fidgeted and laughed and chatted , and Beth held his hand , keeping him close , keeping him safe . |
| 47 | So she 'd do just the opposite , keeping him close and at the same time keeping a watchful eye on all he was doing . |
| 48 | According to this poem , his dread of foreclosure by his creditors is keeping him awake at night . |
| 49 | Only she 's coughing that bad it 's keeping him awake . |
| 50 | David Beaton , shaking his head , said that the interest was keeping him alive , and his mind was clear . |
| 51 | But he thought he knew a thing or two about muscles , and the knowledge that it was only a couple of big muscles that were keeping him alive was not comforting . |
| 52 | In optimistic moments , he liked to think the forest itself was concerned for him and keeping him alive . |
| 53 | Kate Taylor has lots of ideas for keeping him amused — and they wo n't cost you a single penny ! |
| 54 | Somehow the glove was keeping him aware and conscious , blocking any opiates of the brain , preventing any saving reflex of a swoon . |
| 55 | Keeping him busy out on estimates and |
| 56 | All the way down the street he jumped and fidgeted and laughed and chatted , and Beth held his hand , keeping him close , keeping him safe . |
| 57 | Opponents would have difficulty keeping him quiet . |
| 58 | But by keeping him secret she had given him too much power . |
| 59 | His good looks and twinkling eyes may have won him female fans , but his 6ft 2½in frame and his alleged affair with Gennifer Flowers also firmly marked him out as one of the boys . |
| 60 | She had divorced her first husband because he showed signs of becoming like her father , and now , at her second attempt , the man she had married , while not apparently planning to emulate her parent , yet found him admirable . |