Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] him [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mother cared for him with a gentleness born out of genuine relief at still having him to care for . |
| 2 | Jack thought of his mother 's anguish and his stepfather 's injuries and anger rose in him like a demon . |
| 3 | Fred Archer referred to him as a ‘ pretty ’ jockey . |
| 4 | It occurred to him as a possibility , for instance , that , prior to being ‘ kept alive ’ for ten days , Dobson might first have been murdered . |
| 5 | It occurred to him with a sudden pang that this was now in jeopardy . |
| 6 | The helmeted figure shouted at him through a face mask . |
| 7 | Except on that one occasion when she lost her temper and shouted at him like a fishwife in front of her husband . |
| 8 | Saunders was arrested later and told police he ‘ legged it ’ after someone shouted at him from a car . |
| 9 | Appeal from a decision of Macnaghten J. on the further consideration of an action tried by him with a special jury . |
| 10 | The animal seemed to understand Sir John 's words for it lunged towards him with a strangled growl ; its top lip curled , showing teeth as sharp as a row of daggers . |
| 11 | He looked up at her , as she swooped towards him like a sparrow hawk . |
| 12 | They came past him at a run , three of them , two heading straight for the room that Pope had indicated on the floor plan . |
| 13 | But the others evidently had not , or Rufus had not , walking jauntily and with swinging stride across the tarmac , his stethoscope bobbing up and down , letting himself into the main hospital block , Shiva later saw , by a door marked ‘ Private ’ , which he slammed behind him with a fine disregard for the notices exhorting all to silence . |
| 14 | I first came under him at a period in his life when he was abandoning the piano . |
| 15 | A satirical poem alluded to him as a ‘ spiritual dragoon ’ . |
| 16 | His Majesty appealed to him as a Statesman and as one who had been a Minister of the Crown to place before everything the present dangerous situation of the country , Sir Herbert replied that he and his party were just as patriotic as the Conservatives : the country would be in far greater danger from Tariffs — price of food stuffs would rise , there would be strikes and outbreaks all over the country . |
| 17 | Tolstoy clearly appealed to him as a great apostle of non-violence , and one who enabled all votaries of ahi sā to realize and understand that non-violence involved not only the negative attitude of freedom from anger and hate but also the positive attitude of love for all men . |
| 18 | Very few came to him with a complete understanding of who he was and what he had come to do , so their faith was correspondingly weak . |
| 19 | It came to him as a Revelation , descending upon his mind in all its complex glory , that there was a man in the City in need of his help , and that the man — his name did n't matter-would free everyone as this awakening had freed him . |
| 20 | To develop his system , the idea for which probably came to him during a passing involvement with cable trams , Holroyd Smith built three experimental miniature lines in Halifax during 1883–4 . |
| 21 | If it now came to him in a new way it was no doubt simply an aspect of his belongingness with Marcus and Irina . |
| 22 | The sun came to him in a warm gust or like a warm veil enveloping him . |
| 23 | The idea of the vampire count , he said , came to him in a nightmare following a dinner of dressed crab . |
| 24 | It came to him in a flash . |
| 25 | It came to him in a flash . |
| 26 | It was late in the afternoon , during double English , that the answer came to him like a bolt out of the blue . |
| 27 | Every time he heard the sacred name pronounced by this strange voice , Henri thrilled with joy ; it seemed to him like a voice from beyond the grave , something mysterious and superhuman . |
| 28 | She gave the king 's son honey to eat , and played to him on a golden zither , whose strings she brushed with a silver feather . |
| 29 | You could 've fooled me , ’ she lashed at him on a half-sob , her arms crossing her chest while her hands made an effort to massage the shoulder soreness caused by his gripping fingers . |
| 30 | Wherever he walked , spring came at him with a rush , overwhelming him with sensation . |