Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [vb past] him [prep] " in BNC.

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1 To say I forcibly removed him in a headlock because he was ‘ In five short minutes , playing himself back into the job of Athletico manager ’ , is not only true but also likely to get this fanzine banned within a fifteen-mile radius of ‘ The Tip ’ .
2 It only remained for us to forgive one another , and for my part I gladly forgave him for anything that might still need forgiveness .
3 I rather liked him in spite of myself . ’
4 I rather fancied him for myself . ’
5 He was magnificent again at Anfield and I personally thanked him after the game for what he had done . ’
6 Perhaps I was sent to the chippie , or café up the street to fetch cigarettes , or lemonade , or to go at full haste and deliver a note to one of his girl-friends ; or maybe he simply wanted to chastise me for something I had done , as for instance when I inadvertently got him into hot water by mentioning to Mum that I had seen him with a girl ( an infamous young woman ) after he had faithfully promised not to see her again , ever .
7 I only saw him for half an hour .
8 I only saw him for a moment , but my blood seemed to freeze .
9 I used to watch him sleep , wondering what bloody crimes lay in his past , and knowing that I alone protected him from a horrible death .
10 I scarcely met him during my time at COHQ ( 1944–46 ) ; by that time Mountbatten had left , the influence of COHQ had much declined and Zuckerman had more important jobs to do .
11 Cos I had him , I just , I just had him like that first sixteen points and we could n't play properly cos no one won .
12 In fact , I just saw him in the flesh , bruised as that might be . ’
13 I did go out with one of me mates once and he was going burgling and I needed to do one 'cos I had no money or nothing , strung out , and he went to the Old Hall Estate and broke into a house and I got in through the window with him and I just looked around and saw all these photographs of , y'know like , the family that lived there with the kids and that and I just got this horrible feeling , so I just got out the window and walked away , even though I was strung out and I did n't pick nothing up , I just left him to it ‘ cos , like , though all the burglaries I 'd done , they 'd all been shops .
14 and erm I just stuck him in the bath when we got home
15 I just got him in here and then he got into , er the glazier .
16 My focussing was so bad , my mind so fuzzy , he was like a shot from a Renoir film , He had a most serious smile and I think I just recognized him as my surgeon .
17 I just willed him with all my mind to believe me .
18 It 's only cos I fucking told him about it the other night .
19 He turned and came after me waving his revolver , but I easily lost him in the crowd .
20 I once shocked him by admitting that I sometimes took it in my tea .
21 I always admired him for his tenacity of purpose and dedication — and envied his super brain-power .
22 I always admired him in his Swindon days , and advocated him as a viable replacement/competitor for fat Mel .
23 I also told him of my affection for you and that I could n't injure you by marrying you without love .
24 I also told him about the new hip and thigh diet and said I could do with some more volunteers to try it out .
25 Not many spoke out against sending the Taskforce — and I also admired him for taking over the Liberal Party in very difficult circumstances .
26 So tail-waggingly , bone-snafflingly puppyish that I nearly tickled him under the ears .
27 I nearly hit him over the head , I thought it was Jason .
28 I later found him in a dressing room with a cigarette in his hand , but he was shaking so much he could n't light it . ’
29 I really saw him as a wicked murderer .
30 As a consequence of which well we went to Egypt and the Sudan this business , we came back and er the b the the foreman 's brother he ne he never liked me ever this forema when I were a kid you know , he never liked me at all , I never got on with him and and er mind you there 's a long story about that but it 's a silly little thing that er that I really upset him with .
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