Example sentences of "they [vb past] him [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They found him in robust mood , " his morale seemed higher than at Eighth Army HQ " and he seemed confident that he could " maintain " the " uneasy position " in Venezia Giulia " for several weeks if necessary , while negotiations proceed and decisions are taken on a government level " . |
| 2 | He 'd been talking to these erm Greek blokes and they invited him into this bar for erm |
| 3 | before they transferred him to another prison . |
| 4 | Julia 's questions about the line the defence lawyers were taking were as acute as anything she had ever asked David , and they filled him with relieved delight . |
| 5 | The boy had not spoken since they thrust him into this sandstone cell under the ground and left him with his single candle and his narrow bed . |
| 6 | They watched him with sly greediness . |
| 7 | They watched him with unconcealed anxiety , wet already with the light rain . |
| 8 | Whitlock had spent most of the afternoon with them and he 'd come away with the distinct impression that they held him in little regard . |
| 9 | They sedated him with Southern Comfort . |