Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [verb] him [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a red cloak I saw him go , His back was bent , his step was slow , And as he laboured through the cold He seemed a hundred winters old . |
| 2 | Several times I saw him look to see how many pages more he had to read . |
| 3 | Once , when he was the centre of attention at the youth club I saw him do it again . |
| 4 | When Dad had eaten his tea I heard him ask Mum if she 'd kept the payments up on the insurance policy . |
| 5 | Those were the last words I heard him say for over two years . |
| 6 | It was perhaps the small electric heater in my bedroom which made him say that . |
| 7 | He was in his late twenties with pale skin , prematurely thinning hair and wore a pair of steel-rimmed spectacles which made him look studious . |
| 8 | He was wearing a grey suit with a light polo-neck sweater which made him look younger and at the same time more intimidating than he had the day before . |
| 9 | I was just thinking how this feels incredibly … atmospheric , ’ she heard herself admitting reluctantly , waving an arm to encompass the satiny darkness of the sea all around them , ‘ I was thinking of the ghosts of all those Spanish galleons which met a sticky end in these very waters , hundreds of years ago , ’ she added , with a touch of melodrama which made him laugh out loud . |
| 10 | Aspects which made him remember an Olvia and mourn the death of that comparative stranger . |
| 11 | There was a sort of noisy anonymity about the rattling carriage which made him feel safe . |
| 12 | His face , to be sure , is not built for mirth : framed by luxuriant , shoulder-length black hair , his chubbyish cheeks curve round into a pinched mouth which makes him resemble Roshan Seth , the Indian actor who played the hero 's vodka-sodden father in My Beautiful Laundrette . |
| 13 | Len 's mop of unruly fair hair always made him stand out in a crowded goalmouth but , even over 30 years later , he continues to stand out in the memories of Palace fans who saw him play for our club . |
| 14 | As she went towards her car she heard him call , ‘ I 'll look out for you . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ In charge of ’ can be proved by the police officer or other witness who saw him near or sat in the vehicle for example . |
| 16 | Think of the other goals you see him score , the ones that are born of a deftness of touch . |
| 17 | He wanted the youth to go away , for in his mind he saw him fall back with a suppressed scream of terror and pain , holding a handkerchief to his face . |
| 18 | His knees frequently dislocate and he has a painful hiatus hernia which makes him scream . |
| 19 | The court heard Bedworth , now a student at Edinburgh University studying artificial intelligence , spent hours sitting in his bedroom mastering a £200 Christmas present which helped him hack into hi-tech systems . |
| 20 | " He 's been shaking like this ever since he was sixteen years old , " the Keraing told us , " when he first had the experience which made him take up the profession . |
| 21 | Now Mill accepts that representative democracy can be as bad as Russo supposes it is , but there are aspects of Mill 's views which make him sound very much like Russo as well . |
| 22 | This not only showed how out of touch with the English political scene Tyndale was , but illustrated the honesty or obstinacy which made him feel that he had to declare his opposition to the divorce , although it had been supported by most of the other Reformers . |
| 23 | Oddly enough , later on in the Mess I heard him repeat part of the rollicking , but not my reply , to the station commander . |
| 24 | ‘ So , Rosie , like a fool I let him manipulate me into working twice as hard as I imagined I would . |
| 25 | It 's a question which makes him laugh . |
| 26 | From her hut she heard him call to the Moi and her sons , and a moment later they all plunged naked into the river . |
| 27 | She stood up and walked to the door , not trusting herself to look back , and after a second she heard him come to his feet . |
| 28 | For an instant she felt him tense , then she was free , his breathing harsh as he drew away . |
| 29 | As I worked at my translations I heard him mutter and grunt at his desk . |
| 30 | Mark frees the starter with a swift smack from the iron bar , which is the only tool I see him use all day , and gently ticks off the driver , who seems lacking in gratitude or humility . |