Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] he [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or she might drown him in the bath or push him under a train . |
| 2 | We had n't heard or seen him for a while so my father suggested I go round and check I 'm really horrified . |
| 3 | Two women seemed anxious to provide Tate with an alibi , or to use him as an alibi for themselves . |
| 4 | Or delivered him to a house in that vicinity ? |
| 5 | The final goal of all the Waldens , Dimblebys , and Days is to hit the headlines on the news broadcasts ( or in the next day 's papers ) by tripping up their interviewee or extorting an apology from him , or convicting him of a contradiction . |
| 6 | Zacchaeus became reconciled to God because Jesus , instead of ignoring him or treating him like an outcast , had deliberately gone out of his way to meet and befriend him . |
| 7 | Again , if a dog-owner deliberately sets his dog on a peaceable citizen he is guilty of assault and battery in the ordinary way just as if he had flung a stone or hit him with a cudgel . |
| 8 | Yeltsin had said at a press conference after the Alma Ata meeting that " we do not want to follow the tradition which has taken shape since 1917 of burying each [ former ] head and leader of the state and subsequently reburying him or regarding him as a criminal " . |
| 9 | He would quite willingly lay aside his own business in order to take Hayward to a party , or wheel him in a park . |
| 10 | I then saw the other soldier standing behind him — either going to hit , or hitting him with a rifle on the leg , ’ he told the court . |
| 11 | Humility is to orient our lives towards God , so that we understand and obey him in a greater and greater sense . |
| 12 | According to Antony the Devil came to tempt and torture him in a variety of fantastical forms from lascivious women to wild beasts . |
| 13 | Then they peeled back the bedcovers and laid him on a crisp sheet , covering him from the waist down with another sheet . |
| 14 | And she brought forth her first-born son , and wrapped him in swaddling clothes , and laid him in a manger ; because there was no room for them in the inn . |
| 15 | And she brought forth her first born son , and wrapped him in swaddling clothes , and laid him in a manger. because there was no room for them in the inn . |
| 16 | " And she brought forth her first-born child , and laid him in a manger , because there was no place for them in the inn . " |
| 17 | I contrived to get Martinho beside Goreng 's jeep and laid him against a wheel . |
| 18 | She took Mungo 's case , hung up his mac and led him to a fire as lively as the one in the waiting-room . |
| 19 | Someone grabbed his arm , and led him to a waiting horse on which he galloped away leaving behind his winnings . |
| 20 | Despite the quality of mind which had won him his first-class honours degree and led him to a study of modern philosophical and psychological theory , he rode like a conqueror over the rules of logic and morality . |
| 21 | Sylvie wrapped her hand round Thomas 's arm and led him towards a far corner . |
| 22 | As they passed through the hall , she saw him glance at the picture that was hanging there , and asked him on an impulse if he knew who the original was . |
| 23 | I told him this and asked him for a prescription for a warm , dry home . |
| 24 | So with this going on we found our company would get on better if I had collateral so I wrote to this boy and asked him for a million and put it in a trust fund that I would get after his death , and we that way so okay . |
| 25 | What I did n't mention to him was Gilbert 's phone call where he said she rang him on Saturday evening and asked him about a box . ’ |
| 26 | He was unexpectedly a man of great gaiety and to see him at a dance was an absolute delight . |
| 27 | I made contact with Sheringham through an agent and met him at a hotel . |
| 28 | Dana ran after him , catching his arm and bringing him to a standstill . |
| 29 | But in the same split second something like an iron band clamped round his waist , squeezing the breath from him and bringing him to a dead stop . |
| 30 | Cameron wondered if it would be possible to raise the matter with him again , and bring him into a more realistic frame of mind , before the soldiers came . |