Example sentences of "[noun] and [vb past] him [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During his tour the French government , on Oct. 30 , officially reiterated its recognition of him as Haiti 's President and offered him political asylum . |
| 2 | The crisis secured his reputation as President and earned him immense popularity with the American people . |
| 3 | She got a cardigan and walked him all the way out the lane . |
| 4 | In these heady days , Gould 's greed surpassed even his own bounds and made him capable of an ungentlemanly lack of sportsmanship . |
| 5 | I contacted the landowner immediately after the inquest to inform him of the result and gave him three coins , one for each of his sons . |
| 6 | Seeing the first signs of salt water he was landed on by lots of flies which got into his eyes and irritated him more than the dust . |
| 7 | He grabbed the poor creature by the neck and drew him close , then gazed savagely across at us . |
| 8 | Had I been an IRA man , I could have pulled out my little Luger and shot him dead — a thought so unnerving that the next day I wrote to his private secretary to suggest improved security . |
| 9 | At 11.30 on saturday night ward staff discovered he was missing — they began a search and found him fifteen minutes later . |
| 10 | It was alleged by his widow that Thomas Flete , as agent of Clemens , ‘ … him feloniously slew and murdered and clove his head in four parties and gave him ten deadly wounds in his body and when he was dead they cut off one of his legs and one of his arms and his head from his body to make him sure ’ . |
| 11 | Still holding the old man 's shirtfront , Ellwood yanked him back to the couch and threw him full length . |
| 12 | He went up to see Ivan and found him asleep . |
| 13 | I am thinking in particular of the spirit that came upon Saul and drove him mad ( 1 Sam 16:14–23 ) . |
| 14 | She came a step closer , rested her hands lightly on his shoulders and kissed him full on the mouth . |
| 15 | When a boy arrived at Eton he was allocated to a " classical tutor " who oversaw his work and gave him special tuition . |
| 16 | His return fire lifted Weaver off his feet and flung him two yards backwards , to sprawl at Bodie 's feet as Bodie came racing through the side garden . |
| 17 | The grandparents completely dominated the boy and gave him high levels of attention for his difficult behaviour . |
| 18 | Peach retired in 1905 after 43 years service in a career which had taken him into nearly every part of Scotland and brought him world-wide recognition as an outstanding field geologist . |
| 19 | He did n't go to Mass , but it was said that the priests came down to him once a month and heard his confession and gave him Holy Communion . |
| 20 | Gradually he had started to reject food which had increased her level of anxiety and gained him more attention . |
| 21 | Four boys had beaten him up , forced him into a laundry basket and left him helpless under a cold shower , and all for a few ill-judged words and a bar of soap . |
| 22 | His long fever had peeled the flesh from his bones and left him half his proper bulk , and the brown of his cheeks was yellow and drawn . |
| 23 | She was a lady of unearthly beauty who married a Count of Anjou and bore him four children . |
| 24 | One of them was Edward Pease , who invited Durham to his home and asked him many questions . |
| 25 | I gave him a pound coin and promised him another if he did his stuff and I walked over to Mrs Newton 's front door . |
| 26 | The hardness of Pharaoh 's heart : several times in these chapters God is said to have hardened Pharaoh 's heart and made him obstinate ( 4:21 ; 10:1 ; 20 , 27 ) . |
| 27 | She levered herself away from him with a hand on his chest and looked him dead in the eye . |
| 28 | She looked at Travis for support and found him grim-faced . |
| 29 | A squad of armed and masked men had broken into MacCurtain 's home one night in March and shot him dead in front of his wife and children . |
| 30 | He thanked the singer and gave him another sop , which he could ill afford . |