Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] him [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | There was a pause , and the Oak seemed to study him afresh with solemn , scholarly eyes . |
2 | He 'd beaten that habit out of her when she was a child , telling her he despised weakness in any form , and no child of his was going to show him up in public or private . |
3 | Had it not been his solicitors the Inland Revenue would have got him yesterday for unpaid tax bills , but its petition was dismissed automatically once the High Court heard that a bankruptcy order had already been made . |
4 | Any one of them would have promoted him instantly into mainstream Hollywood and even some of his friends thought he was mad . |
5 | Chase turned out to be a tuba player , of all things , though I would have put him down as backing vocals for The Communards on appearances alone . |
6 | Robert von Tonder , leader of the white separatist Boer-estaat Party , warned : ‘ Since De Klerk wo n't allow us an election to get him out democratically , we will have to get him out by other means . |
7 | She had taken to him from the first , and he to her , perhaps , on his part , because she had given him some hot mutton broth and let him eat as much bread as he could manage , which had been half a loaf ; and then she had rigged him out in odd things . |
8 | I concluded from what Heather told me that Alan had taken him on for old time 's sake . ’ |
9 | The er other thing about our crew was that er one time there , I guess after was the only one that got back and they , they had to get him back on flying service . |
10 | He had been thinking , as he frequently did , of pain , and of how it almost seemed as though Rogal Dorn had singled him out for special benediction even before the Primarch 's germ-plasm had been introduced into his body … |
11 | Years of hard training , injuries and arduous touring have taken him ahead of British brothers Martin and Graham Bell , but have brought him little remuneration so far . |
12 | It was partly for shame after all the talk and the things that the papers said , but as well as that they wanted to cut him off for good . ’ |