Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] him [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Who cared about him to the depths of her soul , even though he was , in his own mind , completely underserving of her love . |
| 2 | After the overthrow of Avitus in 456 Majorian had to use force to bring the Visigoths into line , but thereafter they fought for him against the Sueves in Spain . |
| 3 | Something made for him in the darkness and struck him a violent blow just under the knee . |
| 4 | She moved past him to the kitchen , where she put the kettle on the gas . |
| 5 | Smiling shakily back and in response to his urging , she sank with him to the floor . |
| 6 | Once , months later , when she went to the Regency on a Saturday night with some girlfriends she practically bumped into him on the stairs . |
| 7 | Just as he disagreed with him about the essential or principal properties of body , Locke disagreed with Descartes about the mind . |
| 8 | ‘ They disagreed with him on the size of the tax reduction . |
| 9 | Black fury rose in him against the evil creature who was leeching Ireland of her youth , but Nuadu quenched it , lest the Robemaker turn it to his use . |
| 10 | In 1741 Collinson reported to him on the miraculous achievement at Thorndon : |
| 11 | Iron Josh beckoned him down , and Denis knelt beside him in the cart . |
| 12 | Everyone deferred to him in the casting of lots , and after he had tossed his white counter into the bowl which was placed in the centre of the chamber there was a wild scramble for precedence . |
| 13 | Vehicles started up again and a familiar voice shouted to him from the side of the truck . |
| 14 | Some referred to him as the Furie ; some as Zach or Zacho or Mr Zee ; others called him Gentle , which was the name she knew him by , of course ; still others John the Divine . |
| 15 | I stopped beside him as the other three went on ahead . |
| 16 | It occurred to him for the first time that Celia would be a bad enemy , just as she was a good friend . |
| 17 | Ma peered at him over the top of the evening paper , Her eyes were shifty with guilt . |
| 18 | Then she peered at him over the barrier of her firmly folded arms and expressed a thought that had occurred to her before , but that now she felt impress itself on her even more strongly . |
| 19 | She peered at him through the semi-darkness . |
| 20 | Kypov shouted at him across the few metres that separated them , and the breath spouted white from the Major 's mouth . |
| 21 | His father shouted at him over the noise of the engine , ‘ I want you to see , Alexei . |
| 22 | He stopped by the gate and waited as she limped towards him in the darkness . |
| 23 | As Mr Mansell hesitated , Emerson Fittipaldi from Brazil and Arie Luyendyk from Holland zoomed past him on the main straight . |
| 24 | The other travellers tottered towards him through the throng of birds . |
| 25 | With as much dignity as she could muster , she stalked past him into the bathroom . |
| 26 | Then I asked of him concerning the suffering . |
| 27 | Blackberry did not answer and Hazel and Bigwig hopped towards him along the verge . |
| 28 | He had thought he had not cared what became of him in the battle and he had thought that , when it was over , he would return to the Wolfwood and that the creatures amongst whom he had lived would return , also . |
| 29 | Her legs felt absolutely leaden as she trudged after him towards the house . |
| 30 | As relief spread to pure pleasure she waved and came towards him across the yard like a young girl . |