Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] [verb] him [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she was free she took him into the office and sank into a chair as though exhausted . |
| 2 | When her breasts were free she teased him with the top half of her peach-coloured bikini , waving it over his head and snatching it out of reach as he stretched up for it . |
| 3 | When I saw my friend Bob Hope in some comedy or other at the age of six I provided him with an imaginary wife , who was called ‘ Nothing ’ . |
| 4 | There was a difference of opinion what happened next — she thought it went in from there , I was convinced it hit him in the head and went in . |
| 5 | At any rate Herbert clearly had a high regard for his services , for in 1734 he presented him with a large silver cup as a token of his appreciation . |
| 6 | When the band sensed that Harvey was growing tired they moved him towards a finale and spread a musical carpet and drew a musical curtain and the trumpet milked the applause . |
| 7 | In July 1908 he recruited him to the Board of Trade with the responsibility of making the proposals a reality . |
| 8 | First he sent him to the Jews to be tried as they said , then he sent him Herod then Pilate thought , if I scourge him that will satisfy them , let me just give him a beating and the folk will be happy and it 'll be alright . |
| 9 | The man was toying with him and treating him with contempt , by showing just how little he rated him as an opponent . |
| 10 | ‘ You might cook him a wonderful pie and then you 'd find he 'd given it to a drunken beggar , and no matter how kind you thought him after a while you 'd want to kill him . |
| 11 | Waugh perceived a resemblance between the two books himself , and in his letter to Orwell on Nineteen Eighty-Four he reproached him in a jibe as potent as any he ever made to friend or enemy : ‘ Men who love a crucified God need never think of torture as all-powerful . ’ |