Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] [verb] him [art] " in BNC.

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1 It seemed imperative to tell him the truth .
2 I said it 've been better if we 'd all gave him a , a half a day 's gardening
3 But the cost of the new sails will , in fact , be met by Conner 's sponsors , who seemed reluctant to back him a year ago .
4 Finally she returned to the information desk where she 'd first encountered him the previous day , and found a pretty young woman sitting there stacking up guide books on Dublin .
5 When the coughing stopped again , he signalled Myeloski to give him the pad and pencil .
6 He might have saved her from Jem , but did that give him the right to such a ruthless inquisition ?
7 Nor did this do him the least harm in his relations with the police .
8 But he had seen it at once , when Berdichev had first shown him the Aristotle File .
9 Tom handed him a towel and after he had dried himself and had his hair rubbed and combed and had put his pyjamas on , he sat down on the pouffe by the armchair while Tom sat ready to tell him a story .
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