Example sentences of "[prep] he [verb] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was nice of him to give you that bracelet . |
| 2 | ‘ The thought of him touching you first , holding you in his arms — yes , if I let it , it would drive me insane . ’ |
| 3 | Muttering frustratedly as she struggled to undo it , in desperation she wriggled free of him to make it easier . |
| 4 | Actually he was a very nice man , cheerful and good-natured , but the other side of him blotted it all out . |
| 5 | I divorced my ex-husband five years ago , after years of him making it obvious that I was acting as a ‘ brake ’ on his life . |
| 6 | But them I have seen , and they do say that this third man was called back into the church by one of the brothers , at the end of the evening , for some last purpose , after which the brother came out with him to thank them all , and bid them goodnight . |
| 7 | ‘ Gambling became an obsession with him , eventually he lost everything they possessed , and my mother begged and pleaded with him to give it all up — to find an ordinary job and give up the gaming life . |
| 8 | PC Jones , of Middlesbrough , told the court : ‘ I pleaded with him to leave me alone . |
| 9 | Yet when asked , those who served with him find it difficult to sum him up . |
| 10 | We do a lot of road work with him to keep him fit , but he 's such a liability ; I 'm always worried that he 'll come down on his knees . |
| 11 | I plead with him to get it right this time for his own sake . |
| 12 | Every time it would end up with him giving me some money . |
| 13 | Vologsky kept his face grave , but the surging relief inside him made it impossible to inject quite the right note of abject apology into his voice . |
| 14 | ‘ Your comment about him finding it difficult to live with the idea of someone being better than him forced me into a complete rethink . |
| 15 | he 's only been f here for half of the Debate , under those circumstances since he ca n't have heard all the arguments , it 's a bit rich for him to call us casual . |
| 16 | Capitant 's Union Gaulliste apparently intrigued de Gaulle , but not enough for him to lend it active support or even sanction , and de Gaulle 's reluctance to throw his weight behind this initiative doomed it to failure . |
| 17 | Other cottagers the teacher from Glasgow visited gave him a proof of their kindness ; they presented him with a large basin of milk : he took a drink of it , and would have left the remainder , but they signalled to him to drink it all , and the old man stood opposite the door to prevent his getting away till he was obliged , in answer to Gaelic gesticulations , to drink all the milk that was in the basin . |
| 18 | Coming up to him offering him sour wine and saying if you 're the King of the Jews save yourself . |
| 19 | The sound of her repeating a line back at him drove him mad . |
| 20 | I am now allowed to put the towels around him to keep him warm . |