Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv] [subord] [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | Good lord , she 'd all but begged him to take her , yet he 'd walked away . |
| 2 | She heard rather than saw him dive into the water and a moment later he surfaced beside her . |
| 3 | She knew better than to invite him back to Water Gypsy for a coffee . |
| 4 | She felt rather than heard him say her name . |
| 5 | She felt rather than saw him gazing round , trying to work out what had happened . |
| 6 | Denis made threatening noises , but they knew better than to take him seriously . |
| 7 | The consequential shock he suffered all but paralysed him . |
| 8 | For example , where a decision has to be made quickly then it may be more appropriate to tell an individual what to do rather than persuade him . |