Example sentences of "[pron] [coord] [verb] him [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Isobel stared at him , then laughed , drew her arm through his and pulled him towards the door .
2 When PC Stennett was sent to investigate he searched Hagans , but he found nothing and left him in the car park .
3 Yet again , looking at this urbane relaxed figure seated opposite me and comparing him with the romantic figures of Spender and others or with the scruffy Auden , I found it difficult to believe that he was a poet and not rather some worldly and successful company director .
4 ‘ Andrew had his defences down as Waterworth came across in front of me and hit him in the mouth and knocked his head on the floor .
5 She took him to herself and loved him in the mystical , supreme way she believed her mother had loved her father ; she gave him everything — her innocence , her youth , her maidenhead .
6 Albert Tailors , in the shape of old Mr Albert himself , took one look at him and channelled him to the Teens Room , which was festooned with guitars and pictures of pop singers .
7 Even as he hacked his way free more tentacles looped around him and dragged him into the filth .
8 Two men attacked him and forced him from the bike .
9 The gang pounced on him and knocked him to the ground — but he curled up into a ball to save himself as punches and kicks rained down .
10 They tried to grab the cash from him and knocked him to the ground .
11 Harry Carpenter came up to interview him and asked him about the last putt .
12 Dad was told how naughty James had been and then shouted at him and sent him to the bedroom .
13 Juliet hugged him and sent him into the garden .
14 ‘ He was yelling out in terror and must have run 50 yards before two blokes caught him and rolled him about the pavement to put the flames out . ’
15 If he woke up , I 'd feed him and take him around the block until he dropped off again . ’
16 On another occasion his reference to the duty of the Old Testament prophets to denounce God 's judgements to the King and Court was reported to James II , who sent for him and reproached him for the controversial bitterness with which he had spoken .
17 Rather it will be a case of the researcher finding a means of recording and sorting the mass of detail which continuously bombards him and presents him with the lateral possibilities which make the discipline potentially dangerous .
18 The robot put Buff to sleep , then put the spacesuit on him and carried him to the spaceship .
19 A few of his fellow citizens would wait until the train was about to depart , nobble him and throw him on the train , slip the guards a few dollars and wave goodbye .
20 ‘ Mummy , I want Mummy , ’ hitting him and butting him in the stomach with her head , like a little goat .
21 She wriggled away from him and stared him in the face .
22 Then she went out and picked him up and cuddled him and fed him on the cream of a new bottle of milk .
23 Sure enough , someone met him and took him to the adjutant of No .
24 He struggled even more when four men pounced upon him and pinned him to the ground , but his frantic movements were more an attempt to breathe than to escape .
25 As on every night , she went up to him and kissed him on the lips .
26 Christina flung her arms around him and kissed him on the cheek .
27 She cupped her hands underneath him and eased him over the edge .
28 The lion immediately jumps on him and forces him to the ground .
29 If he had come begging and pleading , I would have laughed at him and kicked him in the teeth .
30 Miriam or one of the older children of the garrison who could no longer play outside since the shrinking of the perimeter sat constantly at his bedside to fan him and to defend him against the mosquitoes .
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