Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] him [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He preferred to forget about those , or to pretend to himself that ‘ the real Marie ’ had not sent that bottle crashing into the wall by his head , or hunted him down in the darkness of the tunnels . |
| 2 | Sometimes the violent power of the Spirit is seen in almost physical terms , as when the Spirit of the Lord entered into Ezekiel and set him on his feet , or lifted him up , or brought him out into the valley ( Ezek. 2:2 , 3:12 , 37:1 ) . |
| 3 | No detractor however imaginative or ingenious could find anything that would pain him or put him out of countenance . |
| 4 | She took hold of his hand and led him over to the small bed . |
| 5 | McGowan took Jed by the arm and led him over to the cardboard box . |
| 6 | The guy let him carry his own case and led him through into the concourse where the English driver from the Embassy pool was waiting . |
| 7 | Senga took her brother 's hand and led him out into the hall . |
| 8 | Two policemen forcibly took her arms from around her son , and led him out to the car to join his sister . |
| 9 | They beat him up in the alleyway , tied his hands and led him off to the Marshalsea . |
| 10 | Esther was saying , returning to the guest list , recalling scores not settled a quarter of a century ago : ‘ Yes , the very man , he 's a something or other in the DES , he 's a very important chap now , you ought to have a go at him , ’ Liz replied , and as she spoke the doorbell rang , and there was the first guest , on the dot of two minutes past nine o'clock , tall , thin , grey , anxious , clutching a bunch of yellow roses , ex-priest turned analyst Joseph O'Toole , standing stranded on the black and white marble tiles , not knowing where to turn , how to divest himself of his coat , to whom to deliver his roses , a lost man , gazing mildly at the unexpected butler , waiting for the arrival of familiar Liz Headleand , who advanced upon him , took the roses , embraced him , restored him , and led him in to Charles , Alix and Esther : a quarter of an hour earlier she had predicted the time of his arrival accurately , to the minute , and now smiled triumphantly as she effected the introductions , a smile of complicity in which Joseph O'Toole , who was acutely aware of his own punctuality problem , was able with a pleasant relief to share . |
| 11 | As well as capturing Irwin from Elland Road , they picked up defender Andy Linighan for £45,000 and sold him on to Norwich for £350,000 — and they got an extra £150,000 when he moved to Arsenal for £1 million . |
| 12 | Edward was glad to escape from Shelgate Road : his father seemed to undermine his self-confidence and made him out to be ‘ several kinds of fool ’ . |
| 13 | In a way , though , that limited him and made him out of touch with modern medicine . |
| 14 | The Head gaped , and passed him on to Sylvester . |
| 15 | I took this bandage off and put a cold compress on , making a proper patella dressing , got the ambulance and got him off to hospital , and put in a Report about this broken gas-lid . |
| 16 | Well , I just told Ruth not to be a silly girl and got him off to Nurse . |
| 17 | Choking , he shifted one hand from his enemy to claw at his own throat , and instantly the fist that was strangling him heaved him roughly back from the edge and flung him down in safety at the foot of the wall . |
| 18 | At the New Contemporaries Exhibition in 1961 he and his wife bought Hockney 's Doll Boy for £40 and invited him round to tea — ‘ black hair , crew-cut , frightfully shy , I arrived late . |
| 19 | So er I went down the Red Lion in Willenhall and fixed him up for a night 's dosh , did n't I , and the driver and then er I worked on , worked on and on and was able to get these er done for him to take back to fit this ship . |
| 20 | As Armstrong was riding homewards along the river bank at the end of the session , a group of English horsemen set off in pursuit , captured him , and bore him off to imprisonment in Carlisle castle . |
| 21 | He stood there , his face awash with blood , his swollen mouth hanging open , but still conscious , still awake enough to see his younger brother 's eyes as they fixed his own and lined him up for the coup de grace . |
| 22 | Strong hands turned him round and helped him out into the street again . |
| 23 | Strong hands turned Soapy round and helped him out into the street again . |
| 24 | Charles was grumbling as Damian supported his weak body and helped him out to the car . |
| 25 | Bernard grabbed the front of Barak 's shirt and slammed him up against the wall . |
| 26 | He grabbed Brett the moment he opened the door and slammed him up against the wall . |
| 27 | The vocabulary is different from the comments of fifty years earlier which wounded and infuriated Pound , and drove him out of England , but the sentiments are identical . |
| 28 | His team-mates Andre Agassi , Pete Sampras and John McEnroe rushed on court and lifted him on to their shoulders to carry him to the sidelines . |
| 29 | Mr Chan grabbed him and lifted him out in his arms . |
| 30 | For a moment she looked furiously at Donald , her teeth bared like a cat 's , then she shook her hair out , spattering Donald with bree and barley , and hauled him back into the dance . |