Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [vb pp] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ No , I think I 'd better put him in touch with you . ’ |
| 2 | It 's as if I 'd only seen him at twilight ; and now suddenly I see him at dawn . |
| 3 | We 'd just settled him along the back seat when I realised that he would need some money . |
| 4 | At least he was spared the knowledge that he 'd given the doge 's ring to a heartless little bitch who 'd just taken him for a ride . ’ |
| 5 | I 'd not seen him for six months . |
| 6 | He 'd even wanted him to . |
| 7 | ‘ I wish I 'd never employed him in the first place ! ’ |
| 8 | I 'd never seen him in anything as soft-looking , as human as the pair of scruffy trousers , open-necked shirt and dressing-gown he wore then . |
| 9 | ‘ I wish to hell I 'd never sent him to your school . ’ |
| 10 | The President accepted the law , but under protest , delighted that the Assembly had thereby provided him with a weapon which could be turned against them when the need arose . |
| 11 | She had rarely seen him outside the context of the family . |
| 12 | Why , she wondered , when she had effectively let him off the hook ? |
| 13 | It was true she 'd avoided him , had gladly left him to Merry , but it had n't occurred to her that he might be aware of that . |
| 14 | His youth had perhaps exposed him to charges of being too much under the control of guardians ( bajuli ) but none is documented after Atto in 838 . |
| 15 | Despite their common backgrounds , shared interests , and childhood ties , Gould 's pre-eminence had swiftly distinguished him beyond social association with his former colleague . |
| 16 | He became angry , as though I had personally betrayed him by not giving him a boy . ’ |
| 17 | But he was troubled ; his low birth had hitherto endowed him with a most precious obscurity to sweeten with sons and with the presence of his God . |
| 18 | She began to see why the previous nurses had all thought him worth chasing after . |
| 19 | She laughed silently at herself ; she had only known him for a few hours , and here she was , assessing his character as if he were an old and true friend . |
| 20 | In line with his overall political goal of proving that Labour was ‘ fit to govern ’ , Macdonald abandoned the visions of democratic diplomacy which had so excited him in 1917 and proceeded to adjust to the reality of a balance of power mediated through the League , helping to resolve the Ruhr crisis by lending his support to the rescheduling , rather than the abolition , of German reparations payments . |
| 21 | Without naming names , he goes on to outline the situations which had so interested him in the cases of the Melanesians and the Tari Furora , as he points out that to tamper with the pattern of primitive culture at one point is to endanger the whole structure . |
| 22 | Robert 's expression had obviously convinced him of his innocence . |
| 23 | Fiver sat trembling and crying among the nettles as Hazel tried to reassure him and to find out what it could be that had suddenly driven him beside himself . |
| 24 | Though relieved , and fiercely delighted that she had apparently stopped him in his tracks , Polly was apprehensive about going back up on deck . |
| 25 | The morning 's adventure had apparently left him in hot water with the lady of the moment . |
| 26 | Fitzosbert , however , had already dismissed him with a flicker of his eyes and was staring coolly at Sir John as if to prove he was not cowed by any show of authority . |
| 27 | When he finally surfaced , his mouth stale and his eyes hot and gritty , Lucifer 's atmosphere had already enfolded him like a shroud . |
| 28 | Luckily , though , his adventures had already turned him into a local hero , and his bosses were only too happy to allow him to devote as much time as he wanted to his art . |
| 29 | The neglect of his appearance had already caused him to be shunned , in the Borinage and elsewhere . |
| 30 | Mr Fractor threatened him with a sum stretching right round the classroom if he did n't stay awake and had already punished him for not finishing his work on time . |