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 .
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