Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb base] him [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The early starts were a disadvantage , but Charles had minimized that by staying with Miles and Juliet and having the car pick him up at six . |
| 2 | It was in his adopted position of right-back that Paul gained two England Under 21 caps and he is one of only a handful of players who have appeared for the Palace in ten post-war seasons , while his 319 games for the club place him firmly in the top five all-time appearances for us . |
| 3 | We watched the small boat carry him out to the middle of the river , where the great black prison-ship stood high out of the water , held by its rusty chains . |
| 4 | Warr is not readily allocated to any single faction , though his suspicion of all governments , his eventual antipathy to land tenures ( ‘ slavish ties and badges upon men ’ ) , and his vocabulary place him close to Gerrard Winstanley [ q.v. ] and the Diggers . |
| 5 | Irina said to Ludens , ‘ For heaven 's sake get him out of here ! ’ |
| 6 | Seton 's body was quickly reinterred and , despite Sir James ' protests , Corbett insisted that his escort accompany him back to the Abbey of Holy Rood . |
| 7 | At first glance only his sword and the shoulder straps attached to his shirt mark him out as an officer . |