Example sentences of "him and [vb past] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Making a mental note to drop the watch into Merryfields watch repairs on his next visit to Berkeley , Yanto hitched the blanket around him and walked through the silent house into the kitchen . |
| 2 | She halted , hesitated , flicked a glance at him and saw from the surprised look on his face that he was putting his own interpretation on why she was scurrying to her room . |
| 3 | She stole an anxious look at him and withered from the frosty blast of his basilisk stare . |
| 4 | She took it from him and sipped at the sweet sherry , reminded by its taste that he bought it specially because she did n't like sweet sherry . |
| 5 | They took no notice of him and stood on the front step , talking in low voices . |
| 6 | He motioned an unwilling Adjutant and Sergeant out ahead of him and stood by the open door , frowning so deeply that Clarissa would have followed if Charity had n't risked leaving her defences and staked all on a final devastating attack . |