Example sentences of "him [verb] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Of course , ’ she replied smilingly , and did n't need him to wait with her by the lift or to see her safely inside . |
| 2 | Then he said , " Burgess is at home , and I 've asked him to report to you at the mortuary . |
| 3 | The Senator took his elder son by the elbow and , still talking , motioned him to stroll with him along the deck . |
| 4 | God raised us up with him to rule with him in the heavenly world . |
| 5 | ‘ I saw him look at it in the car when we were driving to the Lubianka . |
| 6 | Yet she was not surprised to find him waiting for her outside the church , apparently absorbed in the design of an iron pineapple on the railings . |
| 7 | How she managed to find a smile for Ivo when she saw him waiting for her in the foyer , she did n't know . |
| 8 | She went upstairs and slung her bikini bottoms in a bag , along with her suntan oil and a towel , and ran downstairs , to find him waiting for her by the front door . |
| 9 | In one week I listened to the English boy singing the praises of my dark colouring and frizzy hair , felt him kiss me on the cheek with obvious pleasure whenever I cooked a meal and when I came in from work , or when we sat watching television together , and found him waiting for me at the end of the road when I was late back for some reason . |
| 10 | She solicitously asked if all was well , sending constant messages to enquire if there was anything lacking , or inviting him to walk with her in the sweet-smelling orchard outside the convent church . |
| 11 | Then I wished I had asked him to walk with me to the coach , and I could not stop crying . |
| 12 | We told him to look for us in the evening . |
| 13 | Within a few minutes she saw him riding towards her up the hill , his horse 's harness glinting in the sun . |
| 14 | She could not picture him behind the grim walls of Swansea Prison , instead she remembered him riding with her in the park , smiling down at her with his dark eyes , making her feel so small and helpless . |
| 15 | She 'll lie down and let him walk over her till the end of her days . |
| 16 | Later on I heard him go with them to the dorm . |
| 17 | As I looked at him sitting opposite me on the floor of the trench , I was fascinated by his resemblance to the other Commandos I had met over the past five days . |
| 18 | The hardest thing I suppose will be to see him play against us during the season . |
| 19 | I tried to improve it and I remember him screaming at me in the street after the first-night party in London . ’ |
| 20 | In 1790 a great meeting of tanners held in London elected him to speak for them to the prime minister , William Pitt , concerning the distressed state of the tanning trade ; and in 1793 he wrote to parliament on behalf of Bristol tanners to suggest remedies for the scarcity of the oak bark used in tanning . |