Example sentences of "[verb] him [adj] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 And Sofia , that foolish child , was eager to accept him any way she could get him !
2 I was happy that he was being made to go to the hospital to have his ankle set in plaster , and because I found him very simpatico I was determined to go and see him there .
3 He did n't want to drag them , because even though it would give him more room there would be a risk of noise which might attract the attention of the housekeeper .
4 Why do n't England give him another chance he may be getting old , but oh boy , he can still play .
5 It 's not gon na do him any harm you know ?
6 Two other garages have been hit by the same man in just 6 days and a police helicopter is on standby to track him next time he strikes .
7 So I showed him that letter you had .
8 She saw no reason to give him any information he did not already have .
9 You must meet him next time he comes home .
10 This is to certify that Color Serjeant Nicholl served in the Grenadier Company of the King 's Regiment for twenty one years , and being myself one of the Officers of the Company during the greatest part of that period , I have consequently had an opportunity for closely observing his character and conduct , therefore it is but doing him that justice which his uniformly good behaviour merits , to state that I have never ( in his station in life ) met with a more truly steady or strictly honest a man .
11 I tolled him i thort he was rong and that the jokes are abowt as funny as some jokes that are very funny .
12 When Wickham met him that evening he told a tale that shook the MacQuillan empire to its core .
13 He tried to hide the crease of worry on his features , but when she asked him whether the debtors had given him extra time he frowned and shook his head .
14 This task was for him somewhat infra dig , but until Burden and Sergeant Martin brought him some information he had little else to do , and this way he could , at any rate , be certain it was well done .
15 I suppose I 'd better not tell him that thing you said about his face looking as if it was carved out of corned beef .
16 If you can tell him next week he 's back in
17 Until she saw him each day her small face was blank with anxiety .
18 He did play really well in the Championship year but any time I saw him last year he seemed to be nervous on the ball , surely not a good thing for a Centre Half .
19 As a result of this , the Earl of Lauderdale , a friend and admirer of Baxter 's , with the King 's permission , offered him any position he cared for in Scotland , either a church , a bishopric or a university position .
20 Someone has probably thrown him some rubbish which he 's swallowed . ’
21 She knew perfectly well that if she gave him any warning he 'd find some excuse to refuse to see her , so , having dumped her own things in her flat , she went straight round to his , hoping to catch him before he went out .
22 They bathed his arm again but with the water of the brook instead of wine , and though this gave him brief ease he was soon moaning and tossing again .
23 They bathed his arm again but with the water of the brook instead of wine , and though this gave him brief ease he was soon moaning and tossing again .
24 This means that not only must I refrain from doing a person bodily harm , but I must also refrain from bearing him any ill-will which might cause him mental suffering .
25 You 'll have to remind him next time he decides not to bother coming that he 's supposed to come in case
26 I will ask him some time what prompted his winning play but it has been known for players to forget matters like that after a week 's hard work .
27 He 'd get him to tell him next time he saw him .
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