Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] him [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she objected to him sharing the blame with the editor , he brushed her aside and said that without the keys a lot of information would have been kept from him . |
| 2 | Major appealed to him to withdraw the threat to break off talks with the South African government [ see above ] , but at a press conference Mandela reiterated that such negotiations would cease on May 9 unless de Klerk acted to halt township violence . |
| 3 | As vicar , the Rev W H Dale Chapman owned a piece of land which went down to the lake but , when he began to plan such a service , the idea came to him to follow the example of Christ and preach from a boat . |
| 4 | Police believe they 've identified the man who arranged for him to smuggle the drug and that he 's currently carrying out his business abroad . |
| 5 | If the first furrow was straight , example and actual guidance helped to persuade the ploughman who followed after him to draw the other furrows in the stetch in like manner : if the first furrow was bent nothing could prevent the others from being less than perfect also . |
| 6 | ‘ 'Morning , ’ he said cheerfully , as she walked towards him to take the proffered bottle . |
| 7 | She sent Silas a baleful glare , then , ignoring his question , she brushed past him to leave the room . |
| 8 | Her embarrassment forgotten , Folly craned across him to see the dome which , until now , she had seen only in pictures . |
| 9 | Among other things he chastises Renault for their failure to respond to BMW 's challenge which led to him losing the 1983 world championship , chides Dennis for his lack of punctuality and disinterest in anything that is not his own idea and expresses his admiration and respect for Niki Lauda , with whom he was partnered in 1984 . |
| 10 | She thought of him nicking the crisps , of him not caring what he did . |
| 11 | Yevgeniev , the King of the Boards , was leading into the home straight but I surged past him to take the gold medal . |
| 12 | Major Vine , thus unable to confirm or deny the sound which had so alarmed his Colonel , merely offered a bad-tempered scowl as a reply , so Colonel Ford looked past him to seek the opinion of the Captain of his light company . |
| 13 | Christopher went with him to feed the chickens and let out the sheep which were used as ‘ mowers ’ for the steep lawns . |
| 14 | The giant , for sport , set Wolfhead to worrying the sheep and when Gunda pleaded with him to call the dog off , the giant turned upon her and , struck by her beauty , tried to ravish her there and then . |
| 15 | He felt a need to get out of London , Eric Verrico was keen to see Paris and the £40 Minton brought with him fuelled the ‘ larks ’ all four now had . |
| 16 | The news that something was amiss quickly spread to the rest of the group , who gathered round him to hear the latest developments . |
| 17 | It fell to him to change the look of advertising for a well-known brand of cigarettes . |
| 18 | ‘ Do you have a message for me ? ’ said Huy finally , recognising that the boy looked to him to break the silence . |
| 19 | I went with him and sat in his music-room and listened to him play the D minor English suite . |
| 20 | Maxim reached around him to pull the front door shut and ushered him down to the car . |
| 21 | When it seemed he was running out of support , Jason Little suddenly appeared inside him to take the scoring pass . |
| 22 | He made no reference to the separation and everyone who spoke to him avoided the subject . |
| 23 | — Tony leaned over him to lock the safety-bar into place and Simon said : ‘ Tony , turn the lights out , on the Wheel . ’ |
| 24 | The fall of France , in June 1940 , appeared to him to present the ideal opportunity for the redistribution of her overseas possessions . |
| 25 | She peeped at him to see the effect of her words . |
| 26 | Wrenching up the boot , she waited for him to put the suitcase inside , then , still hugging Gwen Bear , walked round to the driver 's side and climbed in . |
| 27 | Ginny waited for him to break the silence . |
| 28 | Robyn waited for him to break the spell of this wonderful , strangely companionable silence . |
| 29 | She handed him the two parts of the torch and waited for him to piece the thing together . |
| 30 | We prevailed on him to ensure the appeal was heard in public , and worked through Wales Wildlife and Countryside Link to help form a Campaign Consortium to prepare evidence to present to the inquiry . |