Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] him [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of them was Edward Pease , who invited Durham to his home and asked him many questions . |
| 2 | There was in Tolkien 's later life , he notes , ‘ a perpetual discontinuity , a breaking of threads which delayed achievement and frustrated him more and more ’ . |
| 3 | Similar outspoken attacks on Tory rebels over charges for eye and dental checks once boosted a revolt — and made him more enemies . |
| 4 | But this one man did give him Rule Britannia , and got him all taking the same time as him ! |
| 5 | It was she who was the essential element in the alchemy which had absolved him and promised him such a refreshment of security and calm here . |
| 6 | I gave him a pound coin and promised him another if he did his stuff and I walked over to Mrs Newton 's front door . |
| 7 | ‘ The Master took them quietly from his person and told him such things were not allowed to be introduced into the workhouse , he then placed himself in a fighting attitude and threatened to knock the Master 's teeth down his throat , thereby setting bad examples to others ’ |
| 8 | I sat down in Dad 's chair and told him all about the old lady and her brother , or at least what I knew , which was n't much . |
| 9 | I went to Scotland Yard this morning and saw an Inspector and told him all about our suspicions , and about how we knew Nigel had been down at Streatley that Saturday — ’ |
| 10 | I wrote to the Earl personally and told him that Brownie Guides are taught to leave behind nothing but their thanks , but received a reply saying that my letter had been passed on to the agent , Mr. Bishop , who handled all such matters . |
| 11 | ‘ Maybe you should have walked over to Pike and told him that . |
| 12 | His instincts finally rang the bell and told him this man had more than a casual interest in what might be going on downstairs . |
| 13 | I went to the sergeant and told him this , but he ordered me to be on my way . |
| 14 | Then I played a trick on Michael , who was a great chatter-up of girls at that time , and told him this person in costume was very keen on him , so he began to chat him up . |
| 15 | It was not long before his medical knowledge had ingratiated him with the prison doctor and afforded him all sorts of privileges . |
| 16 | No doubt something else had diverted his attention , and afforded him another cue to spread confusion everywhere around him . |
| 17 | Henri Nallet , then French Agriculture Minister , apologized to his UK counterpart , John Gummer , at a meeting in Brussels on Sept. 24 and assured him that lorry drivers who had been attacked in France would be compensated . |
| 18 | I undid my thermos and poured him some milk . |
| 19 | After the second or third week of starting his course , Leonard asked to speak to Professor Dudek , and showed him some of his own poetry . |
| 20 | Neither Brian nor I had told our mother about these beatings but now , incensed , I pulled up my shorts and showed him some half-healed scars . |
| 21 | She got a cardigan and walked him all the way out the lane . |
| 22 | The morning it was announced a vast audience arrived for Ramsey 's lecture and cheered him all the way up to the dais . |
| 23 | She seized on that with triumph and called him That Theatrical Type . |
| 24 | I took Gabriel into myself and loved him more than myself and maybe you 're right and I just ca n't let him go , but it 's not like that , Philippa , I swear it , it 's something else , a force — something wonderful if only I were n't so alone with it , something terrible unless I learn to understand it . |
| 25 | It seemed a lifetime since they had made love but the mere sound of his deep voice brought it back so vividly that she shivered , aware that she wanted and loved him more than ever . |
| 26 | I always wrote the replies and told him the news and reassured him that Mum was watching his widow , which it gave her great pleasure to do . |
| 27 | So I said I went and lay in the in these bull rushes and I got half a brick , yes , he says , and I saw them coming and he says and I threw it and hit him this er blackleg with this half brick . |
| 28 | He pulled her to the ground and indecently assaulted her but abandoned the attack after the woman screamed and bit him several times on one hand . |
| 29 | Hayling had seemed unusually pleased to see him and offered him some champagne . |
| 30 | Mrs ze Schluderpacheru had taken pity on him , and gave him some sweeping-up chores in return for room and board and the occasional session with Fat Juanita . |