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 .
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