Example sentences of "[that] [pers pn] [verb] him [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was so surprised that I followed him without a word . |
| 2 | The old Frenchman was delighted with the tobacco and soap and he insisted that I join him in a drink . |
| 3 | Just that I saw him on a train to London a couple of weeks ago . |
| 4 | Ronni smiled a small smile , grateful that the subject of Jeff and Silvia had been left behind , and enjoying , for once , the fact that she had him at a disadvantage . |
| 5 | Clive Kemp 's suggestion that she join him on a cruise across the Mediterranean had seemed the perfect antidote to a long hard winter , a series of temping jobs which had been more demanding than usual , and the unpleasantness of her break-up with Giles . |
| 6 | To the extent that they destroy him as a competitor , they destroy him , speaking generally and largely , as a customer . |
| 7 | The appeal of this closely-worked new study is that it presents him as a comprehensive human being . |
| 8 | Ken said — he came for Sunday lunch now , often with his stepdaughter but without his wife , who felt awkward in Ellen 's presence — that it reminded him of a kitten he 'd given Wendy on the day she gave birth to Apricot . |
| 9 | Mr Sanchez recalls that on one occasion , Mr Keith Richards , a musician once fond of exotic medication , was so vexed by his hound Caesar 's nocturnal barking that he administered him with a soporific known colloquially as a ‘ mandie ’ . |
| 10 | In the second play , Audience , Ferdinand is called in by the head maltster , played by Freddie Jones , who insists that he joins him for a drink and a chat . |