Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] him [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At this point I thought she might be distracted by the kid whose chair was sticking out , so I asked him for a second time to move back even further . |
| 2 | And my real father — I mean my official , signed and sealed father — struck me the only time I met him as a grandiose old phoney . |
| 3 | A few weeks later I met him in a wild part of Laggan . |
| 4 | He enjoys it all with equal enthusiasm , and when I visited him in a small hut on Denham airfield where he was instructing ab initio pilots in Cessna 172s I detected the same dedication , pride and affection he has for all his aviation exploits . |
| 5 | I cried out in relief and happiness : I thought I recognised him as a former schoolmate , a boy with whom I used to exchange groans about the maths problems whose solutions so frequently eluded us . |
| 6 | I followed him into a small room beside the kitchen . |
| 7 | I followed him into a small room . |
| 8 | ‘ I knew him as a hard-working , modest , and honest politician , ’ he said . |
| 9 | I lived with my husband for er , three and a half years , and I knew him for a good number of years before then , so we made a joint decision after that period of time that we were , wanted to commit ourselves |
| 10 | ‘ I could n't believe he drugged me because I saw him as a caring person , he had got me into his confidence . |
| 11 | I took him to a nearby café . |
| 12 | Soon after I got him I noticed a lump under his tummy , so I took him for a thorough check-up . |
| 13 | Yeah , I said yeah I am , I said I 'm gon na drive up and see , so we got in , went up to Wendy 's , you could n't see through the door Pen , Penny and Kev said well we 'll drive round as well , I said well she 's had us up and down , cos one minute she was quite strong then the next she could n't cope , I said Wendy all I want you to ever know is that I 'm there , if ever you want me phone me , I do n't care whether it 's middle of the night , middle of the morning or whatever , so she says alright , anyway Penny went up , she said she could n't see anything she thinks she 's gone a bed and then me and Rudy went up , it must have been quarter to one cos I took him for a little walk and I got out the car and walked round the back and then , I could see her curtains were open and I could see a light on , so I went round the front and I shouted through the letter box , Wen it 's only me I 've come to wish you a happy new year , let's hope next year will be better than this one and she come to the door and she was broken hearted |
| 14 | This piece of information I gave him with a triumphant smile . |
| 15 | There I had him as a charming , affectionate colleague of mature judgment . |
| 16 | I greeted him in a confused manner , unable to believe my eyes . |
| 17 | I chivvied him into a quick shower . |
| 18 | Handing him a cigarette I left him with a final warning . |
| 19 | So I said OK , and I gave him a real fancy one — it was like topiary , and I left him with a rude word on the back of his head . |
| 20 | She failed him as a great ‘ silver ’ power , as a naval power at Trafalgar , and by 1807 her domestic polities were so confused by court intrigue that she appeared scarcely a reliable political ally . |
| 21 | ‘ You rode him like a real jockey , ’ Nails said . |
| 22 | He caught them and tried to hold her still but she fought him like a spitting cat . |
| 23 | She passed him with a fractional quickening of her pace . |
| 24 | ‘ I know you and Niall did n't exactly get off to a good start , but if it 's any consolation you caught him at a bad time . |
| 25 | She found him behind a tall potted plant in the far corner where , she suspected , he had been deliberately steered by the proprietor in order that as few people as possible should be aware of his presence in the establishment . |
| 26 | She found him in a small single room that was obviously intended to be his dressing-room or study , furnished with a single bed , rows of built-in cupboards , and under the window a desk and chair . |
| 27 | She fixed him with a glittering emerald stare . |
| 28 | ‘ You do n't need to come down with me , ’ she advised him in a stifled tone as she moved towards the door . |
| 29 | She recognised him as a kindred spirit , with the same happy-go-lucky , questing attitude to life which she herself possessed . |
| 30 | Mildred slid him carefully into her pocket and raced up the stairs to her room , where she transferred him to a small box with holes in the lid which she had prepared specially for the journey . |