Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] him [vb infin] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | He had great respect for Palmerston , but ‘ after the speeches he had heard him deliver on this subject , he would be extremely sorry to obey his edicts on matters of taste ’ . |
2 | Of course , you may retort , as did Mr Graham whenever I expounded such a line during those enjoyable discussions by the fire , that if I am correct in what I am saying , one could recognize a great butler as such only after one had seen him perform under some severe test . |
3 | years which had seen him play in 62 Tests and make 189 dismissals , at the time the West Indian record by a street . |
4 | Jessamy remembered all the times she had seen him look like that in the past , when he had n't wanted her to know what he was thinking or feeling . |
5 | He wondered what on earth had made him talk like that and why had he told McEllhoney of all people ? |