Example sentences of "[adv] and [vb past] him [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | She drew him inside and led him towards the candle-light . |
2 | Then the door of the Earl 's hall slowly yielded , and his father carried him in and laid him on the same bales . |
3 | A hand reached in and grabbed him by the hair . |
4 | A hand reached in and grabbed him by the hair . |
5 | Seeing him kissing you , I felt such a murderous rage that I wanted to storm in and beat him to a pulp . |
6 | Cornelius lifted him down and set him upon the copper map . |
7 | During the summer , and I called into the hospital on several occasions and I was reminded that I had agreed to participate in the ‘ fun run ’ and I decided it would be a good publicity gimmick and improve my chances of sponsorship if I took along and pushed him around the 10 mile course . |
8 | Ronni pulled herself together and looked him in the eye . |
9 | He looked as though a cannonball had hit him amidships and left him with a hollow chest and a permanent arch in his back . |
10 | This bomb came through and whacked this barrel and it took the side of his head away and dragged him to the end of the ship . ’ |
11 | She thought again of the clever pastry-cook who baked her man to her liking , and of La Carmellina , who lost her true love when he climbed a cherry tree into the clouds and found himself in the lair of the sorceress Zenaida — Zenaida , who had been robbed of sleep by the curse of another fairy , and had stolen Carmellina 's love away and changed him into a songbird . |
12 | She walked over and joined him at the table . |
13 | He said , ‘ I 'd love to do it ’ , and the next week I brought him over and introduced him to the cast and he started . |
14 | Gently , he carried him outside and put him in the basket . |
15 | A man pulled him backwards and pushed him against a wall . |
16 | He attempted to stop the wheel of history , but the wheel turned on and crushed him on the cross . |
17 | So I smiled nervously and slammed him in the mouth with the metal box , trying to kick him in the groin as he sagged , but his heavy overcoat protected him well . |
18 | One day a big bit of plaster fell off and hit him on the head . |
19 | She held out a hand and , when he took it , heaved him upright and pulled him towards the bedroom . |
20 | These replies were highly satisfactory to the King , who summoned Baldwin to the Palace at 3.15 p.m. and charged him with the task of forming a Government . |
21 | Jekyll 's servant , Poole , let him in at once and took him through the kitchen and across the back garden to the laboratory behind the house . |
22 | Old Henry VII , father to the Great Killer , was a born miser and inveterate liar who would n't know the truth if it jumped up and bit him on the nose . |
23 | But hardly had the applause for the Collector died down when two hands reached up and dragged him down the stairs by his braces and into the crowd . |
24 | After calling Willie several times and getting no response , he eventually gave up and tapped him on the shoulder . |
25 | She jumped up and punched him in the kidneys before landing a fist on the point of his chin . |
26 | When he stabbed and lightly wounded the driver , they tied him up and took him to the settlement . |
27 | A waitress picked him up and took him round the restaurant . |
28 | Already there was the smell of roast beef and the white-coated cooks stood by with their carving knives waiting to hack the poor beast up and put him between a thousand Yorkshire teacakes . |
29 | Amy helped him up and showed him to the door while Kath stripped off her gown and gloves . |
30 | In 1809 William Bullock moved to London and in 1812 George sold up and joined him at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly . |