Example sentences of "[vb past] him [det] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Robert Forbes pulled out before his partners were indicted , a manoeuvre which cost him all the accumulated wealth of Lorna Lewis 's golden days . |
| 2 | Lucier had taken himself up to the gallery of the chapel — a climb which cost him all the strength that was left him . |
| 3 | When at last he came down to Egypt , Joseph showed him all the love and respect that were a father 's due , all the love and respect that Ham had failed so conspicuously to show to Noah . |
| 4 | She got a cardigan and walked him all the way out the lane . |
| 5 | Or sometimes Andrew had been so drunk that Iain shouldered him all the way home . |
| 6 | The morning it was announced a vast audience arrived for Ramsey 's lecture and cheered him all the way up to the dais . |
| 7 | She silently called him all the names she could think of , then repeated the choicer ones for good measure , as she sluiced her face in cold water . |
| 8 | To begin with I watched him all the time . |
| 9 | The bearded man watched him all the time . |
| 10 | ‘ I was so terrified that I fought him all the way . |
| 11 | it was so erm steep and it took him half the service to get over , just , well then in the equity I am not fit , I 'm gon na lose weight and do exercise |
| 12 | I gave him all the particulars he needed — my name , address , the hospital where I worked , and the number of my Austin Seven . |
| 13 | This gave him all the honour 's lands in Richmondshire except , it seems the castle itself , a deficiency made good in 1478 . |
| 14 | ‘ I must write to Holmes at once , ’ I said , and I went straight to my room and wrote a letter to Holmes , which gave him all the details of Barrymore 's story . |
| 15 | This gave him all the honour 's lands in Richmondshire except , it seems the castle itself , a deficiency made good in 1478 . |
| 16 | Well I gave him all the information that had been given to me and we discussed between us various options that were open to us . |
| 17 | This and his expression of heavy-lidded scepticism gave him more the appearance of an Old Etonian stockbroker than a policeman . |
| 18 | She completely ignored her husband until he fell asleep in his chair , whereupon she woke him up and berated him all the way up the stairs , their shouting and swearing affecting the children not one iota . |
| 19 | They had him all the time , ’ said an astonished DDI . |
| 20 | However , Ballyclare 's Geoff McBride pushed him all the way , only losing out by a quarter of a machine 's length at the chequered flag after having sat on Menary 's rear bumper for the complete race . |
| 21 | It put him five shots behind South Shields ' Jimmy Dryden , who chased him all the way last season in the Northern Masters , but when Dryden crumbled to an 81 , McLure moved to the top of the leader board by covering the open seven holes in level par in his second round and played superb golf to finish with a 72 . |
| 22 | Stephen Pyper pressured him all the way , while Alister McKerr the championship leader fought tooth and nail to take third having started in midfield after problems in practice . |