Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] him [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I met him for the first time ever when he took over the leadership of the party from the recently deceased Hugh Gaitskell in February 1963 . |
| 2 | ‘ We do n't want you to be neglected , ’ I told him for the umptieth time . |
| 3 | ‘ Not today , thank you , ’ I told him for the umptieth time . |
| 4 | Come and clean my windows and I owed him from the last time . |
| 5 | When I saw him for the first time , I fell in love with him at once . |
| 6 | Well they , I had to go to Road police station , London , it was quite good , the detective took , took me around that little area and er then when I got ready to collect to take him to Liverpool Street Station , I saw him for the first time , man about sixty one and he 'd got two suitcases , one lighter than the other , and while I was signing for him and his property I said to him , you take that light one and I 'll take the bigger one with the view to getting on the bus to get to Liverpool Street st but the inspector there was very good , he said I 'm not going to oh and I said to you take the light case I 'll take the high one , he said I ca n't carry anything , I got a rupture . |
| 7 | I took him to the first Giants game when he was three . |
| 8 | ‘ I thought I had him in the second round be he wriggled off the hook . ’ |
| 9 | I was so relieved it was all over and my baby was alright and I held him for the first time . |
| 10 | ‘ I wanted him in the first place , ’ said Graham , ‘ but the management had already cast Cy Grant . |
| 11 | If he races on Saturday New Level will line up against the much fancied Ringa Hustle and the dog which beat him in the last round , Apres Soleil , which is on offer at 80–1 . |
| 12 | As a former winner at Dornoch ( 1985 ) , where nobody took him beyond the 16th green , Garth has the right credentials for a marathon week 's work — sound legs and wind , a good nerve , great concentration , and all the shots for a course that will test the strong and mock the timid . |
| 13 | ‘ How much money have you given him in the last three weeks ? ’ |
| 14 | Thomas Poole the younger had been born into comfortable West Somerset obscurity in 1765 , and gave little sign to those who met him for the first time of the great gifts of character and intellect which he possessed . |
| 15 | To cover the fact that she had far too many feelings altogether , she ignored him for the first part of the morning . |
| 16 | COMIC Rowan Atkinson is anything but funny in real life and is convinced people who meet him for the first time think he is a disappointment . |
| 17 | She followed him to the third floor , then along the gallery to a closed door . |
| 18 | She saw him at the first lecture , and thrilled at his cultured voice . |
| 19 | You saw him for the last time in 1959 . |
| 20 | ‘ As you follow him through the first forest , ’ he said , ‘ Remember this , if you can … keep asking yourself the question : why did he fail to return . |
| 21 | Jekub can be a bit scary when you see him for the first time . ’ |
| 22 | I would like to think you could perhaps mention to Peter if you see him in the next couple of days , I do n't know whether he pops into the office but we , it would be nice if you could if you could mention |
| 23 | You will remember that we met him in the last commercial . |
| 24 | What Boy had to do now was not walk down those streets , but stand still and choose amongst their inhabitants , choose the right one to follow , the right one to lead him in the next stage of his journey or wandering through the city . |
| 25 | Should one see him as the last of the Pre-Raphaelites ? |
| 26 | ‘ We have him for the last five games of the League run-in . |
| 27 | She would have to have a word with her father about this man and find out what on earth had inspired him to hire him in the first place . |
| 28 | Why , one wonders , did they fire him in the first place ? |
| 29 | It was Cannistraro and his colleagues who also identified the mysterious Libyan who bought the clothes in Malta to wrap around the bomb , based on a photofit picture produced by the FBI from the shopkeeper 's phenomenally detailed description of his customer ten months after he saw him for the first and only time . |