Example sentences of "[prep] him [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Below him he could hear the passing wail of sirens , a familiar sound after dark had fallen over the city . |
| 2 | Second , the student wanted to appeal to the rational side of John , to that side of him which could see the futility of his actions . |
| 3 | How can I forget all 4′ 11″ of him who would run across the office and at the last moment hop , skip and jump and land astride his stool . |
| 4 | See what more money they want out of him he 'll scream . |
| 5 | I looked in on him not half an hour ago , and he is fast asleep , and by the look of him he 'll sleep until past Prime tomorrow . ’ |
| 6 | If she warned Ace what her father expected of him he 'd laugh in her face . |
| 7 | Straight ahead of him he could see the dome of the Texas State Capitol , second-largest in the nation after the Capitol in Washington , gleaming in the late-morning sun . |
| 8 | Already ahead of him he could see that he would marry , and it might be disastrously , he had that in him , but at the moment what he had was Rose Hilaire and Gabriel and it was 1966 . |
| 9 | Now , from what I know of him he can get a good sound out of anything , but the amps he 's been using recently ( until he had them nicked from his car ) were Marshall Valvestate 80s . |
| 10 | At the sight of him I would smell the dust of the confessional and remember the mixture of boredom , shame and relief as I said my penances . |
| 11 | She was screaming at him now , that with a man like him she should have found another , her life had been nothing but work , work , work , worry , worry , worry , and now he made out she was a common whore , when she had n't had an instant 's pleasure in her livelong days . |
| 12 | Behind him I could see my mum , Emily and Mrs Quigley , who appeared to be carrying a large sheaf of corn . |
| 13 | Behind him he could hear one of the boys mutter that Mr Wilson had gone mad , and another reply that he always had been . |
| 14 | With a reasonable lump sum behind him he could afford to throw in his job , sell the London flat and move to the country . |
| 15 | I think your difficulty arises from the fact that if you choose someone who 's alive , they 'll deny it , and if you indicate that it was Dr Wetherby , whose bedroom on my plan is next door to yours , you immediately establish a connection with him which will interest us . |
| 16 | She 's a very conceited woman , Pete the adulterous told me she was a very conceited woman and er Neil says I I I 'd have to talk to him to him about this , she could n't discuss anything with him she would lay down the law , that was how it had to be and I said no I said Gerry and I , I had no hesitation , as I said , in putting the boot in and Brenda and Dave take the same the attitude to children that you let them first of all when they 're small , you have to tell them no like you do not |
| 17 | He always felt honoured to have been chosen , because if she had n't been comfortable with him she would have worked him out of the job long ago with little finesse . |
| 18 | After she had talked with him she would let everyone else know . |
| 19 | If she had n't been with him she 'd have been here before now . |
| 20 | One of his ideas had been to take a small naval party with him who would attempt to scuttle a ship in the harbour mouth . |
| 21 | I think that with him you must seek the answer to your problem . ’ |
| 22 | Mm and just think Jane if you 'd of stayed with him you 'd have your hands full . |
| 23 | They reckon if you concentrate with him you can do the same |
| 24 | With him you can expect a lot of gratuitous sex and violence , a trail of corpses and a thrilling roof-top — ’ |
| 25 | Had I not worked closely with him I would have seen little of this . |
| 26 | He is the most remarkable looking creature I have ever seen , and I believe I could love him very much , and I believe that with him I could forget Fergus . |
| 27 | I was not in love with Terry , never had been ; I went after him , deliberately , because I was ripe for an affair and I thought with him I could have one and enjoy it and still feel like the nice clean girl-next-door afterwards . |
| 28 | come on you no course teachers will pick on him , the only secondary school teacher that John he walked round with him he might have shot out of there |
| 29 | I told Debbie about the house because they 'd quarrelled , she and her father , and I was afraid that if she did n't try and make it up with him he would change his mind . |
| 30 | I have often missed him , often felt that if only I could talk over a particular problem with him he would help me to see the way . |