Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [verb] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was already within arm 's length , only the door standing between them to prevent him from reaching her , and she clearly suspected nothing because she was moving in and as her hand passed close to the glass , he could see it in vivid pastel detail . |
| 2 | Graham sitting there waiting for me to kick him in the teeth . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , now that I am here and can have the tale formally , direct from the prior , it 's for me to join him in sending word to the bishop . |
| 4 | He gestures for me to join him by patting the cushion to his left . |
| 5 | I was anxious to settle the terms of the contract with M. Chaillot and , because I wanted to avoid being cornered by him in Passy , I suggested to Jean-Claude that he make an appointment for me to see him at the radio , mid-morning , on a date when I had a luncheon appointment . |
| 6 | I quickly discovered that this fish was quite happy for me to take him in my hand , and from that day on I never used a net to catch him , just a hand and a plastic bowl to put him in . |
| 7 | During the next few days I saw a lot of ‘ Deemy ’ and it was he who suggested that Major Hal could clear the decks for me to accompany him on his next flight back to Siberia . |
| 8 | The sight of them filled him with pride . |
| 9 | The point dogs catch him and one of them nips him on the leg — take that for being more popular with the boss . |
| 10 | Some of them poked him with sticks to see if he really was a savage and threw books shouting , ‘ Build us a tower . |
| 11 | George , at one stage , tried to get up , but one of them hit him over the head with his rifle . |
| 12 | On the following Monday some of them pursued him to a review that was taking place on Wimbledon Common , while others went to the City , occupied the Royal Exchange and picketed the coffee houses , carrying placards reading More Wages . |
| 13 | Does a man do murder because a mate of his riles him in a pub or because he 's got more money than he has ? ’ |
| 14 | This one act of his expelled him into the wilderness more forcibly than any other , just as it did the novelist George Gissing in England . |
| 15 | Taken aback by her anger and foreseeing the likelihood of her leaving him on the strength of it , Jeremy switches tactics to conciliation . |
| 16 | Releasing her abruptly , fitzAlan pulled Isabel 's arms away from him and held them , gazing down at her face as if the sight of her tormented him beyond bearing and yet he still could not bring himself to look away . |
| 17 | The thought of it rocked him in his chair . |
| 18 | He was heading straight into the wind and the force of it buffeted him from side to side until his sense of direction became totally confused . |
| 19 | She was staring at him , with her great golden eyes , and her expression was so sad and apprehensive that the sight of it shocked him into asking the question he had been trying to ignore . |
| 20 | Two of us dragged him to his feet and the Section marched back to the barrack block . |
| 21 | ‘ But there is no question of us risking him against Forest if he is not 100 per cent fit . |
| 22 | The others looked uncomfortable too , and none of us joined him in his toast . |
| 23 | None of us mind him at all and he used to be a special friend of Minch 's . ’ |
| 24 | This circumstance encourages me to hope that you may , if you have any opening for such a youth , be willing to take George , who is exceedingly desirous of obtaining the situation — or indeed any situation which through industry and a desire of improvement may hereafter insure a creditable independence ; but , above all things he seems to wish that it may be possible for you to take him into a situation similar to that which was offered to his Brother . |
| 25 | Apparently he 'd fixed up with the travel agency which handled Dalgety 's bookings for you to join him at all the Grands Prix . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ When the time comes for you to tell him about us , ’ she said , ‘ perhaps the pain will not be all that great . |
| 27 | It is not necessary for you to meet him at the moment — in fact , he is not here right at this moment — but you may use the telephone . |
| 28 | through you see him as as the actor but to everybody else he 's like |
| 29 | There used to be a cafe , a cute ; the er you used to go in and have a cup of tea and that and yo , he started selling jam , pots of jam with they had him in court , it was er it had fell off a lorry and he was selling it a bit cheap and er he were telling us about it . |
| 30 | The sight of her legs as they stretched forward to keep up with him lifted him with exultation . |