Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [vb past] him [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite this I had a lot of fun , until my mother replaced him with another pony that Brian could manage , and I gave up hunting . |
| 2 | Her indulgence left him without any need . |
| 3 | He felt it would soon be the moment to make a move , and her behaviour left him in little doubt as to what sort of move it should be . |
| 4 | Her scorn stung him at last . |
| 5 | Terry Melchett , the supermarket manager , whose wife left him for another woman , gave me a hard shove in the small of the back . |
| 6 | He fell about laughing when his agent phoned him with this news . |
| 7 | His apprenticeship took him through various parts of the motor car division until the outbreak of war , when he was transferred to the aviation side to make crankshafts and camshafts for Merlin engines . |
| 8 | On the positive side , his inheritance freed him from financial constraints and so he decided to settle in England , setting up house in London at Carlton Terrace , an event which led Disraeli to write somewhat mockingly : ‘ … |
| 9 | His rounds took him to most parts of the building and Rain was eagerly accepting that it must have been Stan on the second floor making her jumpy when he mentioned that since the murder he did not go into MacQuillan 's room or those next to it because the police were usually there . |
| 10 | His wife predeceased him in 1841 , leaving no children . |
| 11 | In the years that followed , his career took him to many different locations and a wide variety of posts within our Department . |
| 12 | It was a Smythe drill , and his father took him on some ‘ short work ’ , a piece of land where no one could see it . |
| 13 | His father coached him in Dutch , and also introduced him to theosophy . |
| 14 | Miguel was his usual self and his efficiency left him in fifth place . |
| 15 | His journey took him via Saudi , Kuwait , Iraq , Syria , Turkey , Greece , Yugoslavia [ that was ] , Austria and onwards through Europe . |
| 16 | His health prevented him from active service in World War I but from 1916 he worked in the war trade intelligence department and in Admiralty research . |
| 17 | Wycliffe decided on a walk and his walk took him along Green Bank and down the High Street , where crumbling houses and shops were being rejuvenated or demolished , into the main street . |
| 18 | His way took him through narrow alleys , between rows of little granite cottages whose front doors opened to the street . |
| 19 | The marriage was childless : his widow survived him till 1911 , but did not remarry . |