Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [vb past] him [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's alleged he cut his thumb on the broken glass and that Paterson helped him get rid of the bloodstained clothing . |
| 2 | It was not that God let him get out of hand because he was too weak to control him . |
| 3 | Seriously though there can be no way that Wilko let him go not even for 2.75 million . |
| 4 | At a speed that neither could match Louisa and Horrocks saw him hasten back down the lake . |
| 5 | The mestizo lost his footing , and Trent heard him slide , swearing . |
| 6 | He was half turned towards her , and Maria saw him lift a hand and watched it move towards her , coming to rest against her bare midriff , warm fingers shaping themselves lightly to its gentle curve . |
| 7 | Patrick climbed out first and them helped Jane down ; Collins was the last man out , and Patrick heard him murmur to the driver , " Around the block the long way , only stop if you see us on the street . " |
| 8 | Lunch was set on the terrace , as he 'd promised , and Luce let him draw out a chair for her . |
| 9 | But , for one thing , the sheer size of the defeat made him and his players determined that it would never happen again and , for another , the power of Lillee and Thomson made him realize just what a potent weapon a battery of fast bowlers would be . |
| 10 | He was silent , and Ruth felt him shiver with the memory . |
| 11 | But he did not engage the jackdaws and Hazel saw him pick up another carrot and start back with it . |
| 12 | Nick was some way along the line , at the bend where the track curved round the mountain and Carrie saw him put his hands over his ears as the train blew its whistle . |
| 13 | He paused , and Isobel saw him glance up at Jean-Paul slyly . |
| 14 | There was silence for a moment , then the living-room door opened and Dolly heard him say , ‘ What 's up , Bessie ? ’ |
| 15 | He said the Josephs were not there and Rain let him assume they were on their way and expected to find four very wet friends . |
| 16 | His shoes squeaked on the hard floor and Julia heard him walk towards the door . |
| 17 | Then Jaq and Googol heard him pray squeakingly in proper Imperial Gothic , as if thus he might be heard across the galaxy . |
| 18 | They found the brassiere under the bed and Jo let him hook it up at the back for her . |
| 19 | He went in ahead of her and tried the lights ; they flickered once , but he seemed to know what to do because he went inside and Sandy heard him thump something , and then all the lights came on . |
| 20 | The rank odour of sweat and urine made him wince . |
| 21 | Modigliani 's profound humanism and pessimism made him distrust political systems . |
| 22 | The overhead light went out and Robbie felt him move up close behind her , his arm pulling her firmly into the curve of his body . |
| 23 | He walked down the staircase , his shoulders bowed as if by a great weight , and Kate saw him pull himself erect . |
| 24 | Douglas went back to the sitting-room , and Juliet heard him say , ‘ It 's David . |
| 25 | Others had tried the same demolition job when Ian Hislop took over at Private Eye , but the continued involvement of icons Ingrams and Cook helped him survive . |
| 26 | Griffith 's ambition to be both artist and prophet made him elevate melodrama into something fuller in terms of its emotional and social range and the stunning way in which the totally real sense of society sustained his story-line gave his films what appeared to be the power of history and the richness of literature . |
| 27 | A TODAY analysis of his victory shows a combination of caring policies , sex and power helped him win . |
| 28 | Roots tripped him and rocks made him slip , and in places the path was so soft-edged that it simply dropped away from under him in the darkness . |
| 29 | Its hue and texture made him wonder whether he could risk blowing his nose without making yet another visit to the bathroom . |
| 30 | ‘ There is no doubt , the prosecution suggests , that this young defendant must have realised what had happened , but witnesses saw him accelerate away . ’ |