Example sentences of "his [noun] [vb past] him [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Mr Browning had told police his route took him via the M4 , over the Severn Bridge , and not by the more direct route of the M50 . |
| 2 | His route took him past the City of Dreams . |
| 3 | Conflicts with his superiors deprived him of the prospect of promotion , and at the age of twenty-five he found himself on the retired list , reduced to half pay in 1812 . |
| 4 | His Mum took him by the shoulders and turned him to face her . |
| 5 | Even though he had a job to go to with Birmingham Repertory Company , his agent sent him to the Rank interview for the experience . |
| 6 | Inevitably , his steps led him in the end to the Corso , where the evening promenade was in progress . |
| 7 | That many of his clients saw him in the former category is suggested by the fact that they frequently passed to him details of their restless and unsuitable executives in the hope that he would redeploy them . |
| 8 | What was Jesus doing when his parents found him in the Temple at the end of their search for him ? |
| 9 | His friend kicked him in the ribs and asked him what he was doing down there . |
| 10 | A TIPSY husband ended up in hospital when his wife hit him over the head with their Christmas tree . |
| 11 | BARRY WILSON turned in a star performance as Stantondale increased their lead at the top of the second division last week - and afterwards his managers furnished him with the same compliment : ‘ He 's class . ’ |
| 12 | He has had a passion for buses and coaches ever since childhood when his father took him to the Darlington bus depot where he still works as a driver . |
| 13 | A year later his father followed him to the grave . |
| 14 | His diffidence blinded him to the truth that the one book was already influential in modern thinking . |
| 15 | How right this intuitive decision proved to be and how well his intuition served him in the years ahead . |
| 16 | The research Jarvis embarked on for his book took him into the lower level concourse at Bond Street . |
| 17 | In those days he came in with a His coachman brought him in the trap and they got the twenty minutes past seven express train to Glasgow . |
| 18 | His way took him past the local police station . |
| 19 | Isambard 's hand on his shoulder brought him to the bench at the end of the room , where a film of stone-dust coated the floor , and several fragments of carvings and half-cut blocks of stone lay pushed together against the wall , as though discarded long ago . |
| 20 | His misery drove him to the theatre again , uselessly ; he had used up Dinah 's tickets , and was told at the box office that all seats were sold out . |
| 21 | Eventually , his wanderings led him to the ornate frontage of a steam-house . |
| 22 | Incredibly , fourteen months later , in 1981 , his ego goaded him to the Bahamas and another fight , the fat jellied on his middle , his hand-speed sighing and wheezing like a busted old fan ; tropic rot on the trade winds . |
| 23 | A BABY boy had an astonishing escape when his mother dropped him from the balcony of a ninth-floor flat . |
| 24 | When he got home , his mother rushed him to the Royal Infirmary , wherein he was kept for two days . |
| 25 | When he was fifteen his mother told him about the hanging . |
| 26 | ‘ His mother told him on the morning of the killing that Joanne had phoned Dean the night before . |
| 27 | His mother met him at the back door . |
| 28 | Sometimes his mother chased him through the apartment , striking at him while he dodged and ducked , crying , ‘ Look out Mom , look out now ! |
| 29 | His family visited him in the cells before leving the court . |
| 30 | Next came the rinsing , then the part he liked best of all … standing naked before the warm fire , while his mammy dried him with the soft towel that wrapped round him like a cloak . |