Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [verb] him [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 And , although he had recently been known to talk to an invisible giant white rabbit and peek at his neighbours through binoculars , neither of these traits were deemed enough to blacken him in the eyes of the electors .
2 The first Sara had known of Adam 's injury was when she had turned up to collect him at the school gate .
3 The musical setting is carefully selected too to remove him from the tawdry everyday fray of the pop marketplace : violas , accordions , pennywhistles and assorted kitchen utensils conjure up the timeless integrity of Irish folk music ( or ‘ roots ’ in 1990-speak ) .
4 Yesterday , her other son , Gary , 3 , was at home because she has decided never to bring him to the Strand again .
5 Well the reason they caught him was cos they 've got just flashed him through the computers as and find out what anyway , put it down they then turn round say oh well , you know whatever they 're
6 as if sensing that she had given up fighting him for the present , fitzAlan released her immediately , frowning down at her distraught face .
7 C founds not upon the wrong , if any , done to B but on the fact that A has set out to injure him by the use of an unlawful weapon :
8 The man in the driving-seat had leaned across to watch him through the hood-slits .
9 England , too , came to realise his significance which is why , since the Carling-Guscott partnership began , they have tried somehow to work him into the side .
10 He suspected that Bishop Jon , who guessed , and Tuathal , who knew , had long discussed how to lead him to the state of proper sanctity in which a king should dwell .
11 Newton , who celebrated by clubbing in London 's West End , has played in every position for Chelsea — including goalkeeper for part of a reserve game — and Porterfield must be tempted now to leave him at the front for the next test against Middlesbrough .
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