Example sentences of "[verb] him [prep] my " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thankfully , he has seen this simple act as one of friendship rather than for what it really is — I am afraid of him and I want him on my side . |
| 2 | ‘ But I want him on my terms . ’ |
| 3 | Edgar must learn to accept him as my friend . |
| 4 | I try to thump him with my left , though my hand is a ball of pain . |
| 5 | Maybe I could introduce him to my sceptical American editor friend ? |
| 6 | I needed to fly dead into wind approaching the pilot , but keeping him on my right , and I 'd drop the dinghy slightly upwind of him so it would blow downwind to him . |
| 7 | I fixed him with my most formidable stare . |
| 8 | We did not let him go upstairs , but one day Tabby found him on my bed . |
| 9 | I 'll come up there immediately and beat him with my stick . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Think he would give me one if I mentioned him in my article ? ’ |
| 11 | I consoled him at my breast when he wept . |
| 12 | But as I read on about the growing disharmony between Mrs. Proudie and Mr. Slope , Trollope rose in my estimation and count him among my favourite authors . |
| 13 | Lunching with Lord Dynevor , I told him of my settled feeling that I am playing in the final of the FA Cup , that there are three minutes to go and that my team is 0-4 down . |
| 14 | I asked him from which part of that county he came and when he said Preston , I told him of my own connections and was amazed to find that his parents had kept the shop in St. Paul 's Road where I had gone to buy sweets in 1920 . |
| 15 | I also told him of my affection for you and that I could n't injure you by marrying you without love . |
| 16 | I told him of my past life in the village , and my expectations . |
| 17 | I told him of my discovery . |
| 18 | ‘ We 're in the same business , ’ I said , and told him about my Mickey Mouse job . |
| 19 | I told him about my robbery . |
| 20 | I told him about my sister who now had no legs . |
| 21 | I told him about my uncle after we 'd been together for six months and , though he was outraged , I persuaded him not to confront Joe or tell anyone . |
| 22 | I told him about my Knights — without revealing their identities — and he agreed that a lot can be achieved with the mind , that attitude is everything , and that life 's ‘ hard knocks ’ shape your character . |
| 23 | I told him about my visit to Mahoney 's apartment . |
| 24 | I told him about my family and where they came from , then told him about my father . |
| 25 | I told him about my family and where they came from , then told him about my father . |
| 26 | I told him about my father 's arrest ; about the doctor ; about life in Fontanellato ; about the mercato nero ; about the Allies being stuck between Rome and Naples ; about the bombing of the cities , especially Genoa . |
| 27 | Like poor Lanyon when I told him about my new ideas . |
| 28 | " I gave him the idea , " Timothy said , " when I told him about my dad . |
| 29 | That was why when I told him about my LCC-subsidized visit to Paris , he insisted that I should pay calls on friends of his like Paul Valéry , Jacques Maritain and Charles du Bos ; and he set about providing me with letters of introduction . |
| 30 | I blew my breath into him rhythmically , faster than normal breathing , squeezing him , telling him , ordering him in my mind to take charge of himself , come back , come back … |