Example sentences of "[adv] [noun] [vb past] him [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Perhaps Nigel killed him on the Saturday night . ’ |
| 2 | Two months later Minton visited him in the country , pale from a pub crawl in Ipswich , and seemed to Lehmann ‘ more settled with Rickie [ sic[ off the booze ’ . |
| 3 | Half-an-hour later Akram touched him to the keeper , and as lunch loomed , another gutsy and valuable Mujtaba innings , this time of 50 , cam to an end as Smith scored a spectacular direct hit from midwicket . |
| 4 | The Premier could just as easily have been on the slalom — ducking and diving as MPs taunted him over the Exchange Rate Mechanism fiasco . |
| 5 | He looked so downcast that even Angalo patted him on the shoulder . |
| 6 | Instead , Eubank clinically TKO 'd him in the ninth . |
| 7 | Then Joe called him to the railings and handed him sixpence . |
| 8 | Then Mary told him about the moor , and Dickon , and Ben Weatherstaff , and the robin , and Colin listened to it all with great interest . |
| 9 | Then Kragan kicked him in the stomach and , as Adam doubled forward , he kneed him in the cheek , sending him sprawling backwards , banging his head against the wall . |
| 10 | He was good with people : one day , when Madge trapped him outside the kiosk , Marie had been embarrassed hearing her prattle on . |
| 11 | He told various stories when journalists interviewed him about the book and pryed into his background . |
| 12 | The first time Nathan knew for certain that something was n't right was when Donald smashed him over the head with a can of beans . |
| 13 | Shortly afterwards Dudley tried to waylay Oliver after school , and was probably about to suggest meeting behind the bike sheds with knuckledusters at noon when Oliver punched him in the throat . |
| 14 | So he did not understand why Izzie touched him on the shoulder before they began and said , ‘ At the first sign of any trouble , just stop . |
| 15 | Again fortune favoured him with the death of the Empress in November 1198 and his wardship of the young Frederick II which allowed him advantages denied to his predecessors , not the least of which was the opportunity to build a stronger Papal State . |