Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] him [adj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was so terrified that I fought him all the way . |
| 2 | I make fun of him , I attack him all the time , but he senses when I 'm ‘ soft ’ . |
| 3 | How could I tell him all the reasons for my unhappiness ! |
| 4 | I gave him such a black look , however , that the smile froze on his face . |
| 5 | I gave him all the particulars he needed — my name , address , the hospital where I worked , and the number of my Austin Seven . |
| 6 | Well I gave him all the information that had been given to me and we discussed between us various options that were open to us . |
| 7 | ‘ I gave him half an hour and then I went for a spin . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I miss him all the time , ’ said Ben quietly . |
| 9 | But his sacking was an injustice and I wish him all the best in his appeal . ’ |
| 10 | He added : ‘ Tony and I are good friends and I wish him all the best . |
| 11 | I hope that the Minister is more successful with his new portfolio than his predecessors were and I wish him all the best in the difficult task that lies ahead of him . |
| 12 | ‘ I helped you by clearing all the leaves in the yard , ’ she told him half a dozen times , ‘ and I got a cold while I was doing it . |
| 13 | She followed him half an hour later , pleased to find him already asleep when she crept into the bedroom . |
| 14 | They wrangled interminably , he goading her into outbursts of anger just to watch her beauty at its best , she calling him all the names she could lay her tongue to . |
| 15 | Why , oh , why did you tell him such a dreadful fib ? ’ |
| 16 | Not in an evil way at all , but if you gave him half a chance he 'd hammer you into the ground and stamp on you . |
| 17 | We wish him all the very best . |
| 18 | That 's right , he 's gone to near neighbours , Buckingham erm we wish him all the best there , he 's done a fine job for us over two years . |
| 19 | The upshot of this long sessions was that Eliot asked me to send him all the relevant documents , which I did in a letter of 20 May . |
| 20 | ‘ They helped him many a time to keep his head above water or else we should have been in a poor way . ’ |
| 21 | And why was it that this deep empathy with the hard done by inspired her to give him such a hard time ? |
| 22 | They tells him all the problems . |
| 23 | They had him all the time , ’ said an astonished DDI . |
| 24 | More like a volcano erupting than a steam engine blowing its top , Nick always said , but he was touchy about it because it made him sick the first time . |
| 25 | From Henry James , The Pupil The poor young man hesitated and procrastinated : it cost him such an effort to broach the subject of terms , to speak of money to a person who spoke only of feelings and , as it were , of the aristocracy ( 1 ) . |
| 26 | His voice grated , but he spoke out clearly , perhaps even a little louder than was natural because it cost him such an effort to get it out at all . |
| 27 | It amazed him such a slip of a girl could have such passion in her , and by then he had noticed the perfect contours of her body which neither the black dress nor the prim white apron could conceal . |
| 28 | It took him half an hour 's fast driving up the autobahn to reach the disaster point . |
| 29 | He eventually gave this one up and left them both threatening the car park attendant , but it took him half an hour to cross the street and ring the bell at No. 3 . |
| 30 | it was so erm steep and it took him half the service to get over , just , well then in the equity I am not fit , I 'm gon na lose weight and do exercise |