Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] him [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had rarely heard him speak with such vehemence , never seen him so angry . |
| 2 | One has rarely heard him sing with more authority , and never seen him so communicative , happy and funny . |
| 3 | ‘ Better let him tell you about it , ’ Robins advised . |
| 4 | I 've only seen him kiss your woman , that was what three and a half months ago . |
| 5 | His albums ‘ Travels ’ , ‘ Still Life Talking ’ and ‘ Offramp ’ have all seen him walk away with a guitar case full of awards . |
| 6 | I think I had not heard him cry for six years . |
| 7 | Lost in her condemnation of the two young men at the table , she had not heard him come in . |
| 8 | She had not heard him approach her . |
| 9 | The house sighed , wishing it had not let him start . |
| 10 | Why not let him think he 'd won the argument ? |
| 11 | All that was left to her now was to not let him know just how much he had hurt her . |
| 12 | ‘ Better not let him hear you say that , sir . |
| 13 | ‘ If she 'd been in love with Henry she 'd have agreed to be his mistress — not made him wait seven years for a divorce before she let him take her to bed . |
| 14 | She had not seen him arrive at her home , since she had not known who he was when they had encountered each other in the garden — but she had seen him leave . |
| 15 | She had no excuse for going into his part of the house and she had not seen him near the servants ’ quarters since that first afternoon . |
| 16 | I had not seen him smoke before , and did not know he did . |
| 17 | He put his hands on her shoulders and kissed her , then held both her hands and smiled down at her as I had not seen him smile since I mentioned her name that night in the subway . |
| 18 | I 've just seen him go past . |
| 19 | He is much better now and I have just seen him walk out of the office unaided . ’ |
| 20 | A tutor and a year 's hard studying had just helped him catch up . |
| 21 | But before he could get there Mister Johnny gave a high , piercing cry , quite unlike any sound Carrie had ever heard him make before , and flung himself on Frederick , arms flailing . |
| 22 | ‘ Hi , ’ said the Ukrainian doorman at the Airds ' building , using the sum of the English that I had ever heard him speak , apart from ‘ God bless , ’ ‘ Cab , sir ? , ’ and ‘ You bet your ass . ’ |
| 23 | Fifteen years I 've known and that 's the first time I 've ever heard him swear . |
| 24 | After all , he 's been working here for centuries , and I bet no one 's ever heard him say ‘ Cut , that 's a wrap ’ , before . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Well , maybe a bit too enthusiastic , ’ said Glastonbury : it was the harshest thing Amiss had ever heard him say . |
| 26 | Unsatisfied , Morris resumed his tour of inspection , buying a raffle ticket from a woman who claimed to have once heard him speak . |
| 27 | He believed , and she had once heard him say , that eventually she would , naturally , come round to his way of thinking , and she had vowed to work harder at the study of English literature in order to learn enough words to refute him once and for all . |
| 28 | She had never once seen him cry , not even when the baby died . |
| 29 | He hit a low , snap duck-hook off the tee , which I have very seldom ever seen him do . |
| 30 | It was the first time Harry had ever seen him do such a thing for himself , but then he had heard that staff were far less easy to come by since the war . |