Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [verb] him [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | Duvall was shaking him by the sleeve , bringing him back . |
2 | And now I understand how Selden knew that the hound was following him in the dark . |
3 | Even as the BeSHT delighted his listeners with his pearls of wisdom , his stunning turns-of-phrase , his aphoristic acuity , so Leonard was learning his own , parallel metier ; the butterfly was following him down the hill . |
4 | However : What Mr Taylor [ for the council ] said … was … that the common assumption which lay behind the agreement was that the council was the owner of the … land and that Mr Tillson had no interest in either parcel of land beyond the tenancy which the council was to grant him by the transaction . |
5 | The only way to banish the bogeyman was to look him in the eye without flinching . |
6 | And then the music was drawing him into the fire and the light , and he could see the massive shape of the Chariot limned against the forest now , bathed in its own radiance , hung with silk , lined with satin … |