Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] him [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to catch him this morning , before we went to our appointments , but he would n't speak to me . |
| 2 | Several drunk Britons tried to hang him one night , and would have succeeded had not a French Corporal cut him down in time . |
| 3 | The weight of Garvey on his narrow , bony shoulders , combined with the close fit of the donkey-head , seemed to cause him some distress , because he suddenly reeled up against a wall and snatched off the head . |
| 4 | Well he thought your dad was buying that mould from Jim so he did say that , he , he 'd lent him that book on how to actually build them , but that 's |
| 5 | He were parked up there well every coalman I 've pulled him about this coke stuff and I 'd seen him other day and I pulled him , explained that I were going over on April first |
| 6 | She had n't simply evaded him ; she 'd evaded him each time with an ease that had left him looking like a fool . |
| 7 | When it was loose at night he gathered it in his hands and buried his face against it before kissing her , and it seemed to give him more satisfaction than the hurried , clumsy act of love which followed . |
| 8 | I 'd called him Chinless Wonder on the same basis that regular enlisted men in the Army call Sandhurst graduates ‘ Ruperts ’ . |
| 9 | She 'd tossed him some bait , and he 'd swallowed the rod . |
| 10 | ‘ Someone forgot to release him last night , ’ one of them shouted . |
| 11 | Edward retreated to Brussels , but in the winter of 1339–40 he achieved an important diplomatic success in Flanders when he persuaded James van Artevelde to enter into an alliance with him under which Artevelde recognized his title to the French throne and agreed to give him military aid . |
| 12 | " Yeah , but when you got Lorne Guyland in a picture , you got to give him some beef , you got to give him some size , you got to give him some — it 's got to be like big , you know ? |
| 13 | " Yeah , but when you got Lorne Guyland in a picture , you got to give him some beef , you got to give him some size , you got to give him some — it 's got to be like big , you know ? |
| 14 | He was older , seventy , and his legs began to give him such pain . |
| 15 | Wordlessly she pulled herself from her chair and swiftly began making him some ham sandwiches . |
| 16 | In the kitchen his congaie began preparing him another drink without hesitation , although she had noticed he was swaying on his feet . |
| 17 | ‘ Yesterday probably because the photos were n't in the house when I called to see him last night . |
| 18 | They started to give him more advice . |
| 19 | She decided to give him another chance , this time on her own terms . |
| 20 | I immediately started giving him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and heart massage . |
| 21 | I decided to offer him some food . |
| 22 | The twins also began to see towards the end of the book that Piggy was very clever and started to show him some respect . |
| 23 | ‘ I went to see him one evening and asked to borrow it . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ You went to see him this morning … ? ’ |
| 25 | I think the family managed to find him some kind of posting in a province in the north-west , towards the Land of the Twin Rivers . |
| 26 | ‘ Sarah did n't know he was n't home until she went to call him next morning and found he had n't slept in his bed . |
| 27 | The recollection appeared to cause him further amusement . |
| 28 | But it did give him unique access to the Shah . |
| 29 | When Sophie praised a necklet of rubies that she was wearing , it appeared to give him great pleasure . |
| 30 | No , but Mr did , did tell him this morning . |