Example sentences of "[noun] and [verb] [to-vb] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He ruled the new generation with a rod , boys who had worshipped the hero as kids and tried to emulate him in their tennis-ball pick-up games — ‘ Bags I be Washy ! ’ |
| 2 | The Zoo authorities soon recognized that he understood animals and offered to promote him to be one of the keepers . |
| 3 | But his mind was quick , and his memories were all intact ; and the longing never really went away , that awful persistent longing that could find outlet only in frustration and anger , and a wish to do bad things ; to hurt and to insult like he did now while he waited for David to concede defeat and agree to take him to the auction after all . |
| 4 | He emerged then and she dropped her hand self-consciously , straightened her dress and tried to rearrange her expression into one of indifferent professionalism as an attractive blonde girl draped herself decorously around his neck and began to kiss him with quite unnecessary passion . |
| 5 | When he walked in the stable door accompanied by his usual aroma , the foal fastened her ears to the back of her neck and attempted to attack him with feet and teeth ! |
| 6 | They valued his vigour and inventiveness and came to respect him as a reliable man of business . |
| 7 | There he attempted to persuade the counts Ramon and Berenguer to aid him in taking Saragossa , a key fortress which King Ferdinand had long sought to bring under his sway . |
| 8 | Chapman called at Bastin 's home and tried to convince him of the spectacular career he would have at Highbury . |
| 9 | Corbett suddenly grasped that the Bishop , like others , really believed he was here for other reasons and hoped to trap him into an admission . |
| 10 | Mr Seymour recalled the astonishment he had felt when a passenger opened the door of his driving cabin and started to hit him around the head . |
| 11 | Kate had decided to skip the afternoon 's classes and arranged to meet him at the boatyard near the Tech . |
| 12 | And they spat on him , and took the reed and began to beat him on the head , and after they had mocked him they took his robe off and put his garments on them and led him away to be , to crucify him . |
| 13 | With Southampton trailing 2-1 and desperate for an equaliser , he grabbed the fan around the head and tried to drag him from the pitch . |
| 14 | But the Senior Management Team saw him as a somewhat shy and introverted person and sought to persuade him to be more outward-looking and to be the teacher in the Art department to liaise with the Needlecraft department , a development which they were keen to see . |
| 15 | He was rather like a 12-inch gun with no gunlayer ; he always turned up to meetings late and disoriented , although he had a middle-aged secretary who used to follow him about with his diary and try to keep him in line . |
| 16 | to do this week was I did actually see my landlord and meant to ask him about recording some tutorials |
| 17 | They each fall utterly under his spell and promise to obey him in everything , whereupon he tells them that he has to go on a journey and gives them the keys of his magnificent house but forbids them to enter a room which is opened by a particular little key . |
| 18 | Your captain , Seru , was here earlier this morning and began to tell him about the holes in the AOL . |
| 19 | And so that Ven should know how truly sorry she was , she held on to him with both arms and tried to pull him to her . |
| 20 | Willie Moe snorted and picked up the boy by the leg and started to whirl him as if winding him up , which was part of a new routine called ‘ The Living Propeller ’ . |
| 21 | His General Practitioner was notified by telephone of his impending discharge and promised to visit him within a couple of days . |
| 22 | Dalgliesh got out of the Jaguar and tried to extricate him from the pushchair , but the anatomy of the chair momentarily defeated him . |
| 23 | 12.40 : Saw Deputy Head re incident and arranged to see him with Class Teacher in his office when I have completed my dinner duty . |
| 24 | Niall got a cabin call and went to see him during the night . |
| 25 | She sat up very straight on the side of the bed and continued to address him as if he were sitting on a mat in the Top Infants , wrestling with difficult , dangerous new concepts like add-ups and take-aways and the precise whereabouts of Australia . |
| 26 | Here the reader has once again been won back onto Pip 's side after his care of Magwitch which seems especially significant as upon hearing that he was his true benefactor he loathes the man and tried to distance him from him , physically and socially . |
| 27 | Forgetting her half-formed resolution to stay in the car , she scrambled out on to the gravel path and started to follow him up the steps . |
| 28 | Although Gilgamesh failed in his attempt to be a true god , the other gods took pity on his situation and appeared to comfort him with the news that he would live honoured forever as a shadow in the Underworld . |
| 29 | But Mary was out so I gave him the letter and began to tell him about the trouble at home . |
| 30 | James Shaw , 33 , unemployed , of Nelson Drive , Littleham , Exmouth , denies conspiring to murder Mr Brown between June 1 and September 14 last year and attempting to murder him between August 13 and 16 . |