Example sentences of "[pers pn] [v-ing] him [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was she telling him about the plot to de-select Grunte ? |
| 2 | She liked flowers , liked even more the thought behind them , but Gaily only remembered when he caught them staring him in the face — or in the feet , as now . |
| 3 | Examine a scene from the play where one boy creeps up on another and then springs on him stabbing him in the back with his knife . |
| 4 | Taken aback by her anger and foreseeing the likelihood of her leaving him on the strength of it , Jeremy switches tactics to conciliation . |
| 5 | Er er er , I ca n't remember him throwing him over the edge . |
| 6 | Fat women and bald-headed men standing in the doorways of tiny shops make jokes to him which he ca n't quite understand , and shout ribaldries to each other about him clapping him on the shoulder to indicate they 're not serious , and cutting slices of cheese and sausage for him to try . |
| 7 | ‘ Come in , Hari , sure Cleg will be that glad to see you , he 's been wearing his brother 's boots to work in and them pinching him like the devil . ’ |
| 8 | Tony looked again at the poster — felt it drawing him to the past — the glamour of showbusiness , with its stage-door Johnnies and exciting , feminine showgirls . |
| 9 | I knotted my fingers together to stop me grabbing him round the throat . |