Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] him [vb infin] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I helped him pull the two long wicker chairs from the far end of the terrace . |
| 2 | I heard him question the Indian and I reached into the cat for the map which he had left on his seat . |
| 3 | If we took de Guichet himself — I saw him pass the other day , twice as thick as when I knew him , and the beard changes a man , but I knew that thwarted , ambitious face of his — if we took de Guichet himself , would Isambard give us Harry for him ? |
| 4 | She heard him close the front door gently behind him . |
| 5 | She heard him slam the front room door and went back into the bedroom . |
| 6 | She saw him read the simple stylish lettering that proclaimed the occupant below . |
| 7 | She felt him flip the short skirt up at the back , and jerk her knickers down to her knees . |
| 8 | She felt him pinch the fleshy outer folds of her labia between his fingers , and clip a peg on to it . |
| 9 | Philip at first took no notice of what he said ; but when he heard him repeat the same thing several times , and saw he was greatly upset by the horse being sent away , eventually replied : ‘ Are you criticising those who are older than yourself , as if you knew more , and were better able to manage him than they ? ’ |