Example sentences of "[vb past] him [adv prt] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed like a minor miracle when she found herself seated within touching distance of the small group of musicians , until she realised that Rune was well-known here , not only by the management but , as the current number drew to a triumphant close , to the players as well , as they drew him on to the low rostrum and surrounded him with much back-slapping and laughter . |
| 2 | Culshaw , who knew Karajan better than any of these armchair pundits , noted that since Karajan had never been interested in interpretation for interpretation 's sake — which perhaps helps explain why his readings often outlast those of more ‘ personalized ’ rivals — he naturally diverted his attention to new projects , musical , technological , scientific , logistical , until circumstances or new thinking drew him back to the central repertoire that he had recorded earlier , with other orchestras , other technology . |
| 3 | She caught him up in a breathless embrace , then gave a little gasp of alarm as she seemed to notice the two policemen for the first time . |
| 4 | Korda let him out on a three-picture deal with Fox , continued to pay him $15,000 a year but would take a large slice of what Fox paid him : from the three pictures Richard would earn about £80,000 . |
| 5 | The miniature St Christopher on it had a brief treat before Sorrel cooled him off in no uncertain terms . |
| 6 | But he was smiling as they helped him out of the herbaceous border . |
| 7 | Jack filled him in on the scanty information they had already obtained . |
| 8 | When he was no more than knee high and as slender as a pencil , I dug him out of the wild river bank and planted him in a virginal garden , half an acre of island that consisted of nothing more luxurious or exotic than brick rubble , tilled chalk and grass seed . |
| 9 | He went on like that until the chief officer nodded him through with a glazed look in his eyes . |
| 10 | A tube burst and the blow back threw him back against the tender end . |
| 11 | Then Charley Bates and the Dodger took away Oliver 's expensive new suit , gave him some old clothes , and locked him up in a dark room . |
| 12 | Vologsky punched out a sequence on the computer panel , which automatically locked him in to the local frequency . |
| 13 | He was approached by the Huddersfield directors early in 1921 and the offer spurred him on to a determined effort to prove his innocence in the Leeds City affair . |
| 14 | I pressed the door shut , and pressed him back into the lighted room at the rear of the store . |
| 15 | In 1090 the lord of Montpellier exploited it even more successfully when he rose against his lord , the bishop of Maguelonne ; worried by William 's defection , the bishop bribed him back into the episcopal mouvance by extending his fief . |
| 16 | He heaved his snorting , raging mount out of the press of dismounted men , swung him round in a trampling circle to clear ground about him , and drew off to realign his vision and find a just opponent . |
| 17 | ‘ It was supposed to be in my hair , ’ she told him as she followed him through to the spacious kitchen , deciding honesty was the best policy in the circumstances . |
| 18 | Michael Harvey followed him out to the hired car . |
| 19 | I threw some of the water from the bowl over my own face and drank the rest for I was thirsty , then followed him down to the Great Hall . |
| 20 | She followed him back into the little harness store and sat down on a bench while he lit the paraffin stove which soon filled the room with its smell and heat . |
| 21 | He plunged at Rex , who had nowhere to run , scooped him up with a single movement and held him good and high . |
| 22 | Old Trafford boss Alex Ferguson talked him out of an immediate announcement , but Graham Taylor 's decision not to retain Robson for next week 's decisive game in Poland made any further delay pointless . |
| 23 | It 's a well-founded faith he has developed since Michelin this year singled him out as the only French chef worthy of upgrading to the coveted three-star accolade . |
| 24 | Whatever Gould 's personal opinion of Gilbert , or whatever his error , his qualifications as a naturalist were undisputed , and singled him out as the ideal candidate for sharing Gould 's exploration . |
| 25 | His family packed him off to the great University of Nuln where they hoped his energies would be dispersed in academic study . |
| 26 | At first she could n't find him anywhere but finally she tracked him down to the big barn . |
| 27 | Before the startled merchant could think of a reply , Cranston had taken Athelstan by the elbow and steered him out into the sun-baked street . |
| 28 | The State winched him out of the professorial chair when the ecclesiastical authority was lukewarm . |
| 29 | I was relieved to find my protege still motionless underneath his breeze block , so I picked him up , showed him the food and then laid him back on a fresh bed made from the local evening paper . |
| 30 | McGowan took Jed by the arm and led him over to the cardboard box . |