Example sentences of "[vb past] him [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Richardson , too , made a mediocre start being one over par for his first six holes , but then birdies at the seventh , ninth and 10th moved him on to the leaderboard . |
| 2 | ADRIAN MAGUIRE moved upsides reigning champion Peter Scudamore at the head of the jockeys ' table when a double aboard Calapaez and Mr Felix moved him on to the 32 winner mark at Plumpton yesterday . |
| 3 | It was a glimmering he had , but no more than that , and she cast him down from the height of her knowledge . |
| 4 | His wife Mable scolded him out of the house on a bright May Saturday afternoon in the late 1920s . |
| 5 | Then she drew him on to the covers and pushed him gently back . |
| 6 | It seemed like a minor miracle when she found herself seated within touching distance of the small group of musicians , until she realised that Rune was well-known here , not only by the management but , as the current number drew to a triumphant close , to the players as well , as they drew him on to the low rostrum and surrounded him with much back-slapping and laughter . |
| 7 | She drew him away to the corner by the iced water machine . |
| 8 | A hand caught his and drew him quietly into the room . |
| 9 | The story of a man compelled to search for a pure virgin , read one evening while his mother was mending stockings , left him ‘ haunted by spectres ’ whenever he was in the dark ; other stories drew him out to the churchyard , where , with his imagination overflowing , he would race up and down through the great avenue of elm trees , and act out among the docks , nettles and rank grass whatever he had been reading . |
| 10 | Culshaw , who knew Karajan better than any of these armchair pundits , noted that since Karajan had never been interested in interpretation for interpretation 's sake — which perhaps helps explain why his readings often outlast those of more ‘ personalized ’ rivals — he naturally diverted his attention to new projects , musical , technological , scientific , logistical , until circumstances or new thinking drew him back to the central repertoire that he had recorded earlier , with other orchestras , other technology . |
| 11 | It was almost a treasonable thought , and Denis was relieved when Boxer , observing that the tractor was a ‘ queer-looking contraption ’ , drew him back to the present . |
| 12 | He stood there , his face awash with blood , his swollen mouth hanging open , but still conscious , still awake enough to see his younger brother 's eyes as they fixed his own and lined him up for the coup de grace . |
| 13 | Carrefour faltered , doubling over as the bullet caught him just below the sternum . |
| 14 | He continued to go forward and even when Hodkinson caught him flush on the jaw with a straight right , it did n't stop his forward march . |
| 15 | The man ducked , weaving to his left so that Trent 's fist caught him high on the right cheek . |
| 16 | ‘ Master Daunbey , ’ Mandeville caught him up at the corner of the gallery . |
| 17 | Hazel caught him up by the culvert . |
| 18 | She beamed at her husband , bravely facing the barrage of produce , and winced as a particularly juicy specimen caught him right on the chin . |
| 19 | She caught him again on the way back between oven and table , and sank herself into him once more , but after a moment became conscious that he was having to make a considerable effort to hold the hot saucepan away from her at arm 's length . |
| 20 | Botham had the first six wickets before Marshall and Baptiste held him up for while , Marshall being lucky not to be on the wrong end of a legendary catch when Don Topley , a groundstaff boy who went on to play for Essex , brilliantly caught him one-handed on the square leg boundary , only to put one foot over the rope . |
| 21 | Her hand shot out and caught him fully on the side of the face , causing him to wince . |
| 22 | It could have saved him this time , but the policeman , half nerved up for aggression , caught him fairly in the doorway and hung on with professional ease . |
| 23 | ‘ She says she found him just outside the ship . ’ |
| 24 | I found him here on the floor with his neck broken . |
| 25 | He found him out in the garden , sitting on a wooden bench by the pond . |
| 26 | As I understood , he was asleep for much of the time , and indeed , I found him so on the few occasions I had a spare moment to ascend to that little attic room . |
| 27 | James was full of praise for the medical teams who helped him both at the scene and at Coleraine hospital . |
| 28 | His mother helped him up onto the seat beside Mr McDoodle . |
| 29 | A bulky label helped him up to the belt . |
| 30 | Charles was grumbling as Damian supported his weak body and helped him out to the car . |