Example sentences of "[vb past] be [vb pp] [verb] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gusev deduced that Volkov was in love with a woman who 'd been sent to entrap him for political purposes , so Gusev deduced . |
| 2 | He believed the order had been given to kill him by the DO . |
| 3 | " I am the sentry who is never relieved " , he said at the opening of new rooms at the Military Museum in Madrid on 7 March 1946 , conveniently overlooking the fact that several unavailing attempts had been made to relieve him since 1939 . |
| 4 | To Ariel , Roukoubé was the creamy colour of a peanut kernel , as if she , in her cinnamon tawniness , had been shucked to reveal him inside her ; and inside him , the pulse of his life , beating in the soft place of his head where the plates of his skull had not yet met . |
| 5 | The remark had been intended to put him in his place , but it had come out sounding peevish and sensitive , as though she actually gave a damn about what he thought of her . |
| 6 | None of these were things that had been known to occupy him on other mornings . |
| 7 | The protagonist had punched one of the soldiers , whom he accused of throwing the glass , and Mr. Long had been forced to hit him in self-defence , which ended the fight . |
| 8 | The sentries had been primed to admit him without challenge , Alexei noted , and as soon as his escort had dismounted a trooper wearing the gorget of a provost came out of the gatehouse and led them away towards the stables . |
| 9 | He said that , during the 20-minute journey to the quarry at Furnace on Loch Fyne , a lit cigarette had been used to burn him on the back of the neck , he had been struck constantly , and as the car travelled at speeds up to 70mph , the man beside him had opened the door and told him to take his chances and jump . |
| 10 | Rory , who had been told to trust him by his father , never pressed him . |
| 11 | Wexford , Ireland , and was sent to the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb at Paris after no expense had been spared educating him at home . |