Example sentences of "and [vb past] him [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I went to visit him at the Benedictine monastery at Nashdom and asked him for any insights which he could give me from his experience in Accra .
2 Speed played well , Dorigo looked like he was on drugs the way he was running around — at one point Breacker ( Headless chicken ) was thinking he had got past Dorigo/Speed and running towards the corner flag — Dorigo went into overdrive and caught him within 3 strides from a standing start ! !
3 After he had been held incommunicado for a month his family were allowed to visit him and found him in good health .
4 After a moment , she sat up in the cluttered bed and regarded him in mock annoyance .
5 But Joffre thought Lanrezac lacked fighting spirit and dismissed him on 3 September .
6 Elizabeth Woodville turned and drew him to one side .
7 The internal structures and emotional attitudes of the party at this time coincided exactly with his own mental state , and provided him with intellectual strength and emotional security .
8 It was n't just Frank they were looking for , if they had n't shot him already and buried him in some bog .
9 She ached with sympathy for him , and if this had been Christmas , or any time in those months when she had felt they were friends , she would have pulled him into her arms and soothed him with soft hands and whispered words .
10 A letter from Mary Evans , possibly written at George Coleridge 's suggestion , begged him to give up his plans for emigration , and addressed him with painful tenderness as ‘ her best-beloved Brother ’ .
11 I put down my lunch and followed him in frantic pursuit .
12 It seemed like a minor miracle when she found herself seated within touching distance of the small group of musicians , until she realised that Rune was well-known here , not only by the management but , as the current number drew to a triumphant close , to the players as well , as they drew him on to the low rostrum and surrounded him with much back-slapping and laughter .
13 The unpopularity of the planned change , however , led Kim Young Sam to reverse his position and exposed him to subsequent attack by DJP supporters within the ruling party , who leaked his role in the memorandum agreement to the press .
14 Nazie , now of 155 Maxwell Drive , Pollokshields , and Ali , now of 2 Redhills , Lennoxtown , struck Mr McCallum , of 16 James Gray Street , Pollokshields , Glasgow , with hockey sticks and killed him in nearby Nithsdale Road on 6 August , 1991 .
15 He put his arms on Myeloski 's shoulders , leant forward and kissed him on both cheeks .
16 Jessamy stood in the doorway and watched him in angry astonishment .
17 One was from the Arisleus Vision : ‘ With so much love did Beya embrace Gabricus that she entirely absorbed him in her own nature and dissolved him in inseparable atoms . ’
18 Judge Geoffrey Kilfoil ordered his arrest and jailed him for 14 days for contempt of court .
19 His parents were keen on the work ethic and equipped him with impeccable manners .
20 Although his chains still held him tight , the slavers grabbed him and burnt him with searing irons .
21 He also allowed Salan to remain in sole possession of military and civilian authority , and treated him with ostentatious respect and cordiality .
22 Crouching down in order to finish dressing his back afresh , she was surprised to feel a lump come into her throat and saw him through sudden tears , making her confused and uneasy .
23 Whitlock , sensing his moment , swung round and felled him with one punch .
24 It took him just five hours , included 29 fours , and took him past 4,000 Test runs ( a milestone Botham had passed earlier in the game ) .
25 Chelmsford magistrates fined him £2,600 and banned him for 18 months .
26 Experts say the house windows ‘ cushioned ’ the impact and saved him from instant death .
27 It denied Mr Yeltsin the right to hold a referendum and accused him of stirring confrontation .
28 Part of the cuff was visible and reminded him of Middy sleeping under the quilt .
29 A rank , fetid odour clogged his nostrils and reminded him of bad meat .
30 OK , we 'll flush him and put him on forced diuresis .
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