Example sentences of "[adv prt] [coord] [vb past] him [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | Then the door of the Earl 's hall slowly yielded , and his father carried him in and laid him on the same bales . |
2 | A hand reached in and grabbed him by the hair . |
3 | A hand reached in and grabbed him by the hair . |
4 | Cornelius lifted him down and set him upon the copper map . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | She walked over and joined him at the table . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | He attempted to stop the wheel of history , but the wheel turned on and crushed him on the cross . |
9 | One day a big bit of plaster fell off and hit him on the head . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | After calling Willie several times and getting no response , he eventually gave up and tapped him on the shoulder . |
13 | She jumped up and punched him in the kidneys before landing a fist on the point of his chin . |
14 | When he stabbed and lightly wounded the driver , they tied him up and took him to the settlement . |
15 | A waitress picked him up and took him round the restaurant . |
16 | Amy helped him up and showed him to the door while Kath stripped off her gown and gloves . |
17 | In 1809 William Bullock moved to London and in 1812 George sold up and joined him at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly . |
18 | Marc Boyle was brought in to help me and , when everything was ready , he and I stood Michael on a wooden tray , lifted it up and threw him through the roof . ’ |
19 | The fist came up and caught him on the side of the head and Jack went down , seeing little sparkling stars . |
20 | The Woman stood up and faced him across the table . |
21 | We jumped out and met him at the rear of the vehicle and tried to show him a letter of introduction from the Algerian Ambassador to Britain , Lakhdar Brahimi . |
22 | Kath snapped instructions to everyone , and Amy wheeled Mr Thompson out and took him to the interview-room . |
23 | A bolt was drawn back from inside then the door opened fractionally before a hand reached out and hauled him into the room . |
24 | I pulled Armstrong in behind his car , got out and joined him by the gate . |
25 | He was about to skip past me and hit the bomb with the piece of wood — he had already raised it above his head and made the lunge — when I reached out and caught him round the waist . |
26 | ‘ Adam ! ’ she screamed , reached out and caught him by the sleeve . |
27 | They reached out and pulled him into the Ship . |
28 | The front-seat passenger leapt out and slashed him across the neck . |
29 | In the city one morning , as he turned the corner of the street into the shade of the acacias on the main boulevard , a woman ran out and plucked him by the sleeve , pulled him into a doorway and snatched his hand to kiss it . |
30 | Then he slapped Killion hard on the face and took a pace back and kicked him in the groin . |