Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] him [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pilot survived , and a photograph of him holding the swastika emblem removed from the fin of the Heinkel was taken recently , naturally a most emotional experience . |
| 2 | Not that you suspect him because you do n't like the look of him walking the streets — he 's got to be a suspected person . |
| 3 | There was no question of him hearing the noise in the stillness of the waxworks . |
| 4 | Well it 's just a question of him arranging the transport to get rid of it . |
| 5 | His behaviour in his marriage was driven by the child in him seeking the truth , and his need to have his perceptions validated . |
| 6 | She wanted to make Reflections in a Golden Eye with him playing the latent homosexual army officer , and Taylor as his wife . |
| 7 | Anderson himself , in scene five , remarks on the fact that language allows him to 'show off a bit " ( p. 63 ) but this comment occurs in the context of his longest turn , which is the most obvious example of him violating the maxim of manner . |
| 8 | ‘ How do I look — ’ She stopped dead , her heart flipping over under the sweater as Penry Vaughan leapt to his feet at the sight of her , the height and breadth of him overpowering the entire room . |
| 9 | But the memory of him holding the Jules Rimet trophy triumphantly aloft is etched on the memories of millions . |
| 10 | ‘ Perhaps those are sounds you could use in your own composition , ’ speculates the school 's head of music , Paul Chamberlain , whose quest for strange noises has led to the possibility of him poaching the National Curriculum 's science of sound course from Fartown 's physics department . |
| 11 | The entire first half consisted of film of Botham 's greatest moments , liberally interspersed with more film of him drinking the sponsor 's lager . |
| 12 | It took a few minutes for his eyes to adjust to the dimness , and he remained still , blinking hard , making out the man standing directly in front of him holding the shotgun , while on the stairs to his left another person — a woman ? — was also holding what looked like a small pistol on him . |