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

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1 Katya ignored him and returned to the kitchens .
2 ‘ Good night , Superintendent , ’ I told him and went down the steps to the police car .
3 Mr Roberts buried him and prayed over the grave .
4 When the British king of Gwynedd in north Wales , Cadwallon ap Cadfan , invaded Eadwine 's territory in 633 or 634 , Penda joined him and participated in the overthrow of Eadwine in battle at Hatfield Chase ( HE 11 , 20 ) .
5 Every six months , she 'd ring him and listen to the ravings of his latest guru .
6 He said , squirming , ‘ Let me go , Carrie , let me go , rotten beast , ’ ’ and she laughed and released him and turned to the window …
7 She abused him and walked round the room .
8 Charlotte thanked him and passed through the barrier into the station yard where a uniformed coachman was waiting with a trim little gig to take her to meet the Hon Mrs Anderson-Hunt .
9 I thanked him and hurried into the rain .
10 He took the seat to which Carson had gestured him and glanced at the message slip .
11 She could feel the muscles of his arms jump where her hands were touching him and exulted in the power she seemed to have over him .
12 As he moved his way down on to the beach , he clumsily knocked the stones and the girls saw him and rushed to the rocks where they picked up not clothes , but sealskins which they wrapped around their bodies and then dived back into the sea .
13 When John returned from lunch — very punctually , just before half-past one — Ianthe found herself studying him and taking in the details of his appearance .
14 He wiped his hand on the cloth his Dad gave him and went into the living-room .
15 Carrie walked around to face him and gestured towards the mess of papers .
16 She left him and went to the table .
17 Willie Noolan gave him a distant wave ; Ted Morgan did an almost military about-turn when he spotted him and disappeared through the door ; even Jacko Roberts seemed to consider his offer of a drink with more sardonic suspicion than usual .
18 By your own admission , when you 're not quizzing him about everything , you 're confronting him and toying with the idea of hitting him .
19 It missed him and smashed against the wall :
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