Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] and [noun] [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wide passages he cut so clearly across the overgrown lawns and terraces delighted him . |
| 2 | There were times when he felt cut off by some imponderable barrier ; the usual sights and sounds reached him but they seemed to do so through a screen of interference , like a badly tuned radio . |
| 3 | He hoped for one , earnestly , and looked forward to these accolades and people telling him he was good . |
| 4 | Mahmoud found some more men and Georgiades showed him where to station them . |
| 5 | Dire Straits and discos filled him with horror . |
| 6 | Inside the kitchen it was warm , and smiling Scandinavians gave him hot blankets and drinks to revive him . |
| 7 | In the decade since Mr McGuinness professed to have turned his back on the IRA and to have become a Sinn Fein politician , more than 40 witnesses and statements placed him firmly at the scene of violent incidents — and at the heart of the IRA 's decision-making process . |
| 8 | Pete rushed off and fetched his big crayons and Mum showed him how to colour the middle of the wheels to make hub caps . |
| 9 | Despite her faint protests and attempts to ward him off , he was busily stripping off her wet and foul-smelling clothing . |
| 10 | When the industry 's senior engineers and managers met him , he appeared to them as a strong-willed , humourless , puritanical idealist , but he was sane , reasonable and had a strong sense of the practical realities of power . |
| 11 | In preparation for the next elections , Williams persuaded a number of local politicians and businessmen to join him in running for office on the P.N.M. ticket . |