Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] him [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wiping the old man 's mouth on a facecloth , Trent helped him to his feet . |
| 2 | Gary helped him with his chemistry and deserves much of the credit for the good grades William got in tests when he got back ( the teachers were amazed ! ) . |
| 3 | The sharp hiss of an angry breath drawn through clenched teeth stopped him in his tracks . |
| 4 | — Like Mrs Plews , Mr Jim Tomlinson , of Richmond , found the study helped him in his work as a teacher at Risedale School , Hipswell , Catterick Garrison . |
| 5 | Epitot helped him to his feet . |
| 6 | His father was a tailor and for some years the young Steen helped him in his business . |
| 7 | The superintendent thanked him for his help and bade him goodnight but with a distracted air as though her attention were elsewhere . |
| 8 | Markby thanked him for his prompt intervention and help . |
| 9 | All gossip about the failures of parochial clergy nourished him in his downtrodden state . |
| 10 | JILTED comedian Jim Davidson stormed off stage after rowdy fans taunted him about his marriage split . |
| 11 | The Association honoured him on his retirement with the award of a medal of honour and elected him as a Vice-President The following year he was made an OBE for his lifelong work for the deaf . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've earned it ! ’ … a bright , distant light halted him in his tracks ! |
| 13 | MICK CLEARY asked him about his future , his captaincy of Quins and his rivals . |
| 14 | Thoughts of butchers ' knives and bloodied axes galvanized the boy into frantic action , but he had no sooner broken into a sprint along the alley than the sound of his own footsteps stopped him in his tracks . |
| 15 | Seb always felt vaguely uncomfortable when Melody caught him on his own . |
| 16 | Their secret organizations had long planned a revolution ; it took place on 18 September 1885 , when the Turkish governor-general was expelled , and a telegram sent to Prince Alexander welcomed him to his new realm . |
| 17 | In fact Charles 's childhood experiences confirmed him in his decision not to employ a nanny for his own children . |
| 18 | An ostler took the cavalryman 's horse while a liveried footman relieved him of his helmet and cumbersome sword . |
| 19 | Ruth thanked him for his information and a few minutes later he raised his hat and walked away . |
| 20 | Hearn rang him at his home to plead with him to change his mind but Benn just snapped : ‘ I 'm not coming . ’ |
| 21 | He was fortunate to have been accepted as a member of the new customs syndicate in 1667 before Clarendon 's fall deprived him of his patron ; but the lease was cancelled four years later , when the farmers sought guarantees against the heavy defalcations to be expected in the imminent Dutch war . |
| 22 | People in the village knew him by his dourness , by the distance he put between himself and them . |
| 23 | But typical Mansell courage and skill took him past his arch rival … and with Patrasse in the pits it was left to Mansell to claim victory … only just though on a set of well worn and blistered tyres . |
| 24 | As we tunnelled our way through the steep rhododendron-canopied paths at Aros , Alistair said the rain , the humidity and the terrain reminded him of his ‘ spell in Assam during the War . |
| 25 | Quiet and modest in manner , speaking with an occasional stutter , his initiative , absolute reliability and willingness to help in the humblest duties endeared him to his many friends , not only in the literary world . |
| 26 | Turner dragged him to his feet by the hair . |
| 27 | For much of the last couple of decades , he has been living in France , where he is accorded a reverence denied him in his native country . |
| 28 | what he has said is that he , it 's a matter for myself to talk to whoever I wish , and that he respects my judgement in these matters , er according to the joint statement issued Mr Reynolds briefed him on his discussions with me on that on that |
| 29 | By now Modigliani could not transform overnight into a conventional husband , and Jeanne accepted him with his failings . |
| 30 | As Alan sat him in his cot and left the room , Christopher began to howl in earnest again , interrupted by spasms of coughing which left him breathless . |