Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [verb] him [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then my buddy pointed him out as the crazy maniac making the calls . |
| 2 | Theda opened her mouth to blister him out of the torment that consumed her … and paused , arrested by the look in his face . |
| 3 | The fascination of this book is in its clear-sighted debunking of the myths which many have fondly mistaken for historical truth : that Columbus was really aiming for Asia , that he and his sailors thought the world was flat , that Queen Isabella pawned her jewels to finance his trips and came down with her husband to wave him off from the docks , or even ( a fondly-cherished delusion ) that these were journeys of discovery rather than intentional acquisition and expansion of the Spanish empire . |
| 4 | Patrick was studying medicine , and it was her wish to set him up in a practice of his own one day . |
| 5 | Nails had hoped Biddy would have foregone her offer to meet him out of school the next day , or at least be late so that he would have a chance of escaping her clutches , but when he came out she was there outside the gate on her motor-bike , and there was no escaping . |
| 6 | Her trembling gave him the impression of her own passion being fuelled , which in its turn led him on to further , and deeper caresses . |
| 7 | At first glance only his sword and the shoulder straps attached to his shirt mark him out as an officer . |
| 8 | Hazel and the others followed as best they could , with Pipkin limping and staggering behind , his fear driving him on in spite of the pain in his paw . |
| 9 | Philip did n't believe what Lee had said about his stepdad letting him out on purpose , wanting him to get killed . |
| 10 | McAllister awoke to find him above her again , put her arms around his neck to draw him down to her , but he shook his head . |
| 11 | He had two other wins that year , at Zandvoort and Monza , but his car let him down on other occasions when his excellent driving had put him in a race-winning situation . |
| 12 | Clifford , 16 , who attends Clacton County High School , has brittle bones but his determination saw him through to victory in Saturday 's race , which was also open to the able-bodied . |
| 13 | His intelligence marked him out from other prisoners . |
| 14 | His looks , his temperament , his background — even his name marked him off for ridicule . |
| 15 | In The Quarry Man ( 1908 ) a workman is blinded during blasting operations at a quarry ; later his wife becomes unfaithful and he is driven to suicide ; just in time his wife pulls him out of the river and she now abandons ‘ the downward path ’ . |
| 16 | Seton 's body was quickly reinterred and , despite Sir James ' protests , Corbett insisted that his escort accompany him back to the Abbey of Holy Rood . |
| 17 | He does n't need his father to bail him out of trouble any more . |
| 18 | She only remembered it long afterwards , the night his father turned him out of Riverstown . |
| 19 | His success projected him on to Channel 4 's comedy series Packet of Three and its follow-up , Packing Them In , which starts this month . |
| 20 | Galliano showed two hours late , which could have ruined him , but fortunately did n't because the press loved him and his audience welcomed him back with loud approval after an absence of two seasons ( due to the lack of financial backing ) . |
| 21 | The moment the work was done he had ordered his coachman to drive him back to Millfield as fast as the horses would go . |
| 22 | In the United Kingdom , an employee can be dismissed from his job unceremoniously , but he can not be prevented from working elsewhere , nor can his employer throw him out of his house . |
| 23 | His employer paid him up to that point . |
| 24 | As his chauffeur drove him back to Blue Ash Farm in the Lincoln , he decided it was love which gave her that special glow , that sparkle , that vivacity which drew the young men round her like flies . |
| 25 | Clough , leading scorer at Forest for three of the last four seasons , has been wanted by a number of top clubs since his dad brought him out of local Sunday League football to Forest . |
| 26 | The lean hand gripping his arm thrust him in at a door in the long encrustation of buildings that clung to the curtain wall on the sunny side , where the best light fell and the day lingered longest . |
| 27 | Again , while Nicholas was having breakfast he kept getting down from his place , and his mother followed him round with a bowl of cereal , feeding him with a spoonful whenever she could . |
| 28 | His mother helped him up onto the seat beside Mr McDoodle . |
| 29 | When his mother rigs him out in a pretty pink frock to wear to school ( ‘ What 's a frock ? ’ said my son . |
| 30 | His office wants him back on Monday so his final week here is postponed indefinitely . ’ |