Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [verb] him [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked rather pleased with himself so I decided to ask him one more question : ‘ What do we get from chickens ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I went to see him one evening and asked to borrow it . ’ |
| 3 | The Hatchet had not lost those qualities which had made him one of the most respected , and feared , members of the underworld . |
| 4 | On Forgive 'N Forget 's most recent outing he had run fourth behind Combs Ditch at Haydock Park , and that horse was also in the Gold Cup field , third favourite after a highly successful season which had brought him three good prizes and a neck defeat by Wayward Lad in the King George VI Chase at Kempton Park . |
| 5 | But when he reached the place where the cart had been , which had brought him twenty miles from the nearest town , it had been stabled out of sight . |
| 6 | He had returned her stare and she 'd sent him one of her brilliant , flashing smiles , but his features had remained completely impassive . |
| 7 | He never married Tarita , his leading lady in Mutiny on the Bounty , but she did give him two children . |
| 8 | She had sent him four stout dependable Marks and Spencer shirts for Christmas , nursing him like a mother who respects her child 's independence . |
| 9 | They agreed to pay him thirty three thousand pounds but he rejected the offer . |
| 10 | They had given him one written statement . |
| 11 | It had cost him twenty-five shillings , but worth it because of not being able to keep it out of the library long . |
| 12 | He said he was sorry , but it had taken him 10 days to walk here . ’ |
| 13 | Asked why it had taken him 26 years to return , he said : ‘ I was n't invited till last year — though if I had been before perestroika , I would have thought not twice but 10 times about it , and I 'm not sure I would have come . ’ |
| 14 | It had taken him two days to get a seat on the Paris Express from Madrid . |
| 15 | He had looked at one , years ago , but it had taken him three days to read it , carefully , from cover to cover , by which time he realized that , if he was going to do the thing at all conscientiously , he would never be abreast of current developments . |
| 16 | It had promised him 1000 florins a year in a year 's time . |