Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] him [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Thucydides praises him highly in general terms ( ii .
2 And when Derek emphasized , as he was determined to , that the contents of the letters supported his brother 's protests of his innocence , Golding heard him out with patient inscrutability .
3 Maureen nursed him back to reasonable health in her bedroom .
4 But the kindly bishop Ascanio Piccolomini nursed him back to mental health and at length the authorities in Rome allowed him to go home , though still under house arrest .
5 I understand that Border , 37 , was within one phone call of losing his job when umpire Steve Randell reported him along with fast bowler Merv Hughes for dissent in the first Test at Brisbane earlier this month .
6 Just on half-time , a long ball from Milne put him through within excellent shooting distance of Thomson , but McCart 's late intervention robbed him of the golden chance to break the deadlock .
7 Rodo pushed him back with unexpected strength and stood up arrogantly .
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