Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] him [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While this internal argument reached its height , his superiors argued about him without his knowledge . |
| 2 | ‘ He 's old enough to have respect for one who cared for him during his teenage years . |
| 3 | Before kiln operator Steve Kelly died at 55 , he asked for help to be given to the team of Macmillan nurses who cared for him in his last months . |
| 4 | And Roger laid about him with his whip , and left the print of it on two of the rogues before they downed him and used the thong to bind him . |
| 5 | Now he laid about him in his denunciations of England 's political leaders and institutions . |
| 6 | It must be remembered that , nine times out of ten , the third party solicitor will be relying on descriptions of locus , machinery , etc. provided to him by his client — and will not have had the opportunity of visiting the LOCUS himself . |
| 7 | They have no , they have no personal , erm , relationship with me er , I 'll give you the example of one of our , erm er , er er erm , er most recent directors who 's , who 's just joined the board , Mr Ruben , who 's the head of Colgate Palmo Palmolive , and I just described to him to you how we , erm how we , er er er er er selected him . |
| 8 | Sturt was about to proceed upon a new expedition into the interior of Australia I beg to send for your perusal a Letter I have lately received from him and from which you will perceive that he has written to Lord Stanley ; as I know no one better fitted for such a purpose than this enterprising and persevering Gentleman I do hope the Government may be disposed to second his views ; perhaps , your Lordship , could obtain and favour me with some information on the subject ; from the manner in which you referred to him in your Letter I am led to believe that some arrangement has already been made ; pray say if such be the case . |
| 9 | Peter Catherwood finally snapped when the child referred to him by his second name . |
| 10 | Peter Catherwood finally snapped when the child referred to him by his second name . |
| 11 | There remained a core of committed supporters who had accompanied Edward into exile or who rallied to him after his landing in Yorkshire in 1471 . |
| 12 | There remained a core of committed supporters who had accompanied Edward into exile or who rallied to him after his landing in Yorkshire in 1471 . |
| 13 | She beat at him with her fists , striking him in the face , making him jerk back his head . |
| 14 | I lay down on him and beat at him with my fists . |
| 15 | She stood to slip the dress down over her hips , and pouted at him in her petticoat . |
| 16 | Benson peered at him through his pipe smoke . |
| 17 | He also suffered from a morbid fear of castration which lingered with him throughout his life ; possessed of plenty , as he saw it , he realized how much he had to lose . |
| 18 | It was n't so much Cora-Beth 's looks which appealed to him as her character . |
| 19 | When the vicar got a new bishop who was Anglo-Catholic he appealed to him for his sanction , in the hope that the bishop 's approval would make up for the lack of faculty . |
| 20 | And then there was that night just before the murder when William came to him with his plan . |
| 21 | Yet it has to be acknowledged that his glimpses of absolute Truth came to him through his understanding of , and his faith in , the specific content or the essential teaching of his own religious tradition despite its imperfections . |
| 22 | My father slept with an indelible pencil and paper by his bed because gags often came to him in his sleep and he 'd wake up laughing . |
| 23 | If there was anything here that came to him from his father , it could be nowhere but in the church , and he had never yet been allowed past the gate-towers , and could not believe in any such concession now . |
| 24 | It was the sacrament of justification by grace ; the physical , palpable reminder that God acted for him without his aid and prior to his response . |
| 25 | ‘ I wondered if you also acted for him in his private affairs ? ’ |
| 26 | Cowslip , coming up near-by , turned towards him with his unnatural smile . |
| 27 | Everyone who raced against him in his good years says roughly the same thing : as a driver , Emerson was enormously consistent , not especially aggressive , very thoughtful and possessed of an excellent racing technique , the source of which was undoubtedly a long apprenticeship spent in motor-cycle racing , karting , Formula Vee , in Renault Gordinis , sports-car racing and so on . |
| 28 | About five that afternoon Miss Prescott arrived with him in her car . |
| 29 | Allen turned on him with his bow at full stretch , but the little man did not stir . |
| 30 | Then they beat him with the pipes once again , but when they realized that he had managed to keep his secrets from them , that this small Englishman was not for talking , they turned on him in their fury and kicked and beat him until they feared they had killed him . |