Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] [vb past] him [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Late that evening , Corbett was found by a servant sent by Selkirk , who announced in broad Scots that the knight would be grateful if Corbett joined him in the outer bailey near the main gate . |
| 2 | Wimbledon champion Edberg lasted until Courier beat him in the quarter finals . |
| 3 | Deborah Sherwin , prosecuting , said Mr Holloway was able to pick out Eyles after police took him around the town to look for his assailant . |
| 4 | Mr Foggerty was agreeably surprised , but when Nutty reminded him of the standard required , he relapsed into grim gloom and stood on the side of the bath in his white T-shirt and jeans looking at his watch and saying , ‘ I ca n't spare the time to do this three nights a week for the next year , which is what is required . |
| 5 | Jimmy with the gun on Rohmer , as Cardiff held him against the corridor wall . |
| 6 | ‘ Not before time , ’ Stevie remarked , as Patrick joined him on the 17th tee . |
| 7 | When the White House lawyer first tried to debrief Reagan on what he knew of the affair , the president was said to have told him stories of Hollywood ; when journalists badgered him about the deals he had half-wittingly struck with Israel and Iran in August 1985 , he replied amiably : ‘ Everybody that can remember what they were doing on August 8th 1985 , raise your hand . ’ |
| 8 | He jumped as Heg tapped him on the shoulder . |
| 9 | He did not know of it , a thought which after a few minutes occurred to Wainfleet when Wickham encountered him in the pub . |
| 10 | Edward was much more confused than Maurice and needed all the help he was getting as Maurice manhandled him to the top of the ladder . |
| 11 | He was so involved in these thoughts that when the school finally loomed into view he failed to notice it and only when Tock poked him in the side did he look up and see the gigantic sight . |
| 12 | Tony was cowering away , shaking as Damian held him by the lapels of his shirt . |
| 13 | A long right arm as hard as steel took him about the body , prisoning his left arm above the elbow , and the grazed breast leaned violently over him and broke his balance . |
| 14 | The political influence of the other major radical figure , Hojatolislam Ali Akbar Mohtashemi , was drastically reduced when Rafsanjani removed him from the post of Interior Minister in his Cabinet reshuffle of August 1989 , following his election as President [ see pp. 36859-60 ] . |
| 15 | He rarely showed any emotion , even when people presented him with the most heart-felt outpourings of their fears and hopes . |
| 16 | He was sure that , even though he and Ari got along well , she must have been disappointed when Leila chose him for the job . |
| 17 | And when Changez embraced him in the street I thought I heard Anwar 's bones cracking . |
| 18 | Arsenal could also have had a penalty when Campbell went crashing down as Forrest challenged him in the box for a Wright through-pass , but the referee dismissed their claims . |
| 19 | Before , he had always been rather frightening but now he looked pathetic with his tear-stained cheeks , grieving eyes and red gaping mouth which could only make gurgling sounds as Benjamin took him by the hand and tried to convey his condolences . |
| 20 | Billy 's eyes shone as Yanto told him about the bike . |
| 21 | King Don Ferdinand was going through Leon , putting the Kingdom in order , when tidings reached him of the good speed which Rodrigo had had against the Moors . |
| 22 | Only nine days ago he lost the Macartney and Dowie Classic when Douglas defeated him in the semi-final , and the loss of another title today could be extremely damaging to morale . |
| 23 | Duncan had asked , when Myeloski told him of the strange situation in which they had found Leeming . |
| 24 | Louis did not at all resemble Dahl 's amiable dream dispenser as Preston remembered him from the twins ' illustrated paperback . |
| 25 | It was after 9 a.m. when Nowak drove him through the gates , past the guards , and into the vast underground car-park . |
| 26 | He seems to have been retiring to his ships again when Edmund overtook him at the hill called Assandun ( probably Ashdon in north-west or Ashingdon in south-east Essex ) . |
| 27 | Robert Stephenson , when John met him after the week 's delay , was amused at the story of the Triumph of Rhyll . |