Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] him [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 His description of how he watched helplessly as one of the deadly missiles thundered towards him makes chilling reading .
2 Instead his hands were eagerly outstretched , and she moved towards him knowing that life could hold no greater happiness than this .
3 She bent with him to examine troubled roots , spotted leaves , patchy bark .
4 Sir Alf Ramsey was n't popular with many ( it is n't a manager 's job to be popular ) but every player who played for him had enormous respect and liking for him .
5 " We worked on him getting better rotation with his forearms .
6 We thought about him buying some property and letting it out .
7 Claudia pleaded with him to make some defence .
8 It was her present delight , this business with the wax , and Dowd cursed it , given that it fell to him to unpack these treasures .
9 He shouted at me so I sat under the table and waited for him to put some food down .
10 As he pushed away the empty plates she waited for him to make some comment about the meal .
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