Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] him [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , I do n't , the story I quoted was I , I interviewed Lord Marshall on the local radio thing many years ago , and I asked him about nuclear fusion . |
| 2 | I caught him by cute observation ; |
| 3 | I told him about Bad Money — another short , no big deal . |
| 4 | And unfortunately , I told him in graphic detail , and thereby of course , lost a contract , because he turned out to be the most senior person in the room , and he did not enjoy being humiliated in that way . |
| 5 | I told him in great detail . |
| 6 | The Forest boss said : ‘ I watched him in five-a-side training and it was as if he 'd never been away . |
| 7 | My sister and I put him to good use . |
| 8 | He was only halfway there when she passed him at full speed , shouting ‘ Slow coach ! ’ as she flew ahead . |
| 9 | ‘ I am not walking to any hut with you , ’ she assured him with icy defiance . |
| 10 | ‘ Thank you so much for the advice , ’ she told him with icy calm , ‘ but I can assure you that it was n't necessary . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Oh … oh , so was mine , ’ she told him with hasty fervour . |
| 12 | ‘ There are other ways , ’ she told him with Spartan vigour . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh , I can think of several things , ’ she told him with soft-voiced hostility . |
| 14 | She told him about open heart surgery , and lasers ; about credit cards and the cost of living , and the vast expense involved when buying a moderately sized residence like Rose Cottage , which he regarded as little short of scandalous , totally unable to begin to comprehend such vast sums of money being paid for such a relatively small return . |
| 15 | ‘ I was n't aware there was anyone awake when I decided to swim , ’ she informed him with regal hauteur . |
| 16 | ‘ You 've no business being here , ’ she informed him with razor-edged control . |
| 17 | She watched him in reluctant fascination as he put to her , ‘ When it comes to being irresponsible , your brother , I 'm afraid , has already proved himself to be in the top league . ’ |
| 18 | She viewed him with deep suspicion , all too conscious of the threat underlying his words . |
| 19 | As she turned she saw him with startling clarity , brightly instantaneous as a camera flash . |
| 20 | She kicked him in mock outrage . |
| 21 | At the door , she embraced him in wordless grief . |
| 22 | We asked him for general news . |
| 23 | Very much on the alert , we followed him into thick bush . |
| 24 | We convinced him in Holy Week . |
| 25 | They found him in robust mood , " his morale seemed higher than at Eighth Army HQ " and he seemed confident that he could " maintain " the " uneasy position " in Venezia Giulia " for several weeks if necessary , while negotiations proceed and decisions are taken on a government level " . |
| 26 | Julia 's questions about the line the defence lawyers were taking were as acute as anything she had ever asked David , and they filled him with relieved delight . |
| 27 | They watched him with sly greediness . |
| 28 | They watched him with unconcealed anxiety , wet already with the light rain . |
| 29 | Whitlock had spent most of the afternoon with them and he 'd come away with the distinct impression that they held him in little regard . |
| 30 | They sedated him with Southern Comfort . |