Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [verb] he [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was Isambard bent on winning him by kindness now ? |
| 2 | OPPONENTS of Mr Frank Field , the Labour MP for Birkenhead , believe they succeeded in deselecting him at the secret ballot held last Tuesday . |
| 3 | He thought about cutting him in future , but he was short of people to talk to . |
| 4 | She thought of ringing him on the off chance of catching him at the flat , but shelved the possibility as unlikely . |
| 5 | Remember I thought of having him in Ireland - I wish I had . |
| 6 | When my colleague had said that , with me sitting right beside him , I felt like punching him in the face ; it was that kind of attitude that any campaign would have to fight . |
| 7 | Lisa felt like slapping him for his sarcasm and his arrogance . |
| 8 | Mungo felt like patting him on the back to show him that they sympathized , but the moment passed , and anyway Mr Zamoyski might not have understood . |
| 9 | Wycliffe felt like patting him on the head , but he thanked him and saw him off with his samples , then he went back to his little office and sat staring at the wall . |
| 10 | I felt like hitting him on the back of the head with a rock . |
| 11 | Violet shook free from his grip , this dwarfish creep ; she felt like hitting him with her shoe . |
| 12 | The other day , in America , the driver of my car said : ‘ I do n't know how you can leave her , ’ and I felt like smacking him in the face . |
| 13 | The guilt she felt in depriving him of any pleasure was like a stitch in her side , yet the thought of the long day and the long drive were beyond acceptance . |
| 14 | Mine host insisted upon introducing him to everyone , which helped identification at the cost of making him somewhat more conspicuous than he would have liked . |
| 15 | She took to following him in her car , being willing to sit for hours outside his house waiting for him to come out and then trailing and following him until he came home again . |
| 16 | As he cried out , she insisted on taking him for a drive in her car . |
| 17 | She half turned to go , then stopped , unable to understand the strange reluctance she felt at leaving him with this bitter anger lying between them . |
| 18 | He cried for put him on the bed , could n't do no college work so I just went to bed and left him . |
| 19 | He also spoke about beating him for alleged sins . |
| 20 | AUSTRALIA 'S David Campese is to receive a written apology from the fan he accused of tripping him after Saturday 's win over Wales . |
| 21 | When I apologised for dragging him into this , there was no bitterness in his gracious reply . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I warned him time and again — he got sometimes so drunk they had tae carry him inside the cage — but what kin ye dae wie a man that wo n't listen ? ’ |