Example sentences of "i [vb past] him [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But for Ilsa 's sake I asked him about the gleaming star and discs on their rainbowed ribbons and he became almost talkative . |
| 2 | I asked him about the meatless days which the man at Amsterdam had mentioned . |
| 3 | I met him at the Labour Club . |
| 4 | ‘ Once I met him in the local pub , ’ Patrick Newell recalled . |
| 5 | If you are looking for Monsieur Alain , I passed him on the main road . |
| 6 | Like Richter and Tatyana Nikolaieva , I seen him as the founding father of all true musical quality , a composer far removed from conventional notions of sobriety , academicism or dryness . |
| 7 | Er I told him about the other one . |
| 8 | I told him about the cold-water tap , how it did not always produce more than a trickle , how frequently the pressure let us down . |
| 9 | I compared him to the other gentlemen present . |
| 10 | I followed him to the cold lands of the north , and bought dogs and a sledge . |
| 11 | As I followed him into the little building I smiled to myself . |
| 12 | I followed him out the back door . |
| 13 | Leslie did not want me to go with him to the station , and so I watched him from the hotel-room window , his jaunty walk bravely exaggerated . |
| 14 | I knew him through the Civil Service Orchestra , you see . |
| 15 | I saw him at the odd university reunion . |
| 16 | I saw him at the very moment in his life when he earned the name Elethandian gave him : the boy who listens to the voice of the oak . |
| 17 | ‘ I saw him outside the American University Hospital yesterday morning , ’ Laidlaw cut in quickly . |
| 18 | I heaved him at the other two and they went down , firing wild into the air . |
| 19 | I got him into the factory and from there we got the ambulance and … and I took him to the Royal Victoria Infirmary . ’ |
| 20 | I liked him in the Pink Panther . |
| 21 | I greeted him with the age-old aphorism : ‘ Those who can , do ; those who ca n't , teach ; and those who ca n't teach become administrators — in your case I know whether that is true ’ . |
| 22 | That would be about sixty , sixty one as I see , and er they were the last match of the season virtually was that they gained promotion on was Shrewsbury , which was at the game meadow and Arthur , the player manager who was a prolific goal scorer in his day , was playing at the time and er nobody expected Walsall to win but they ran out two-one winners and all down the A five that night all the pubs were full coming back with everyone celebrating , so erm , after then they had a civic dinner at the Town Hall for the players and they did a big flower display in the arboretum all set out in flowers the club badge and congratulation lads on winning promotion , and this when they kicked off the following season , in the second division , prior to that they played a friendly match against Leicester and Gordon was in goal and I took my boy with me Tim , who was only a toddler at the time , and he , I stood him on the old archway where the players used to run out , but the first league match was against Sunderland and Brian , actually played for Sunderland as centre forward and er Walsall ran out four-three winners in the end Tony , who was Walsall inside left got a hat trick and I believe Tommy , got the other goal and Brian scored for Sunderland , then the er we went on to the , the first away match which was at Derby County , and Walsall won that three-one . |
| 23 | I wrapped him in the big blanket we 'd brought as he was already shivering . |