Example sentences of "[vb past] him [vb infin] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Isay helped him dress for the banquet that evening , showing no resentment at having to double as valet as well as bodyguard . |
| 2 | But even though the fridge helped him acclimatise to the cold , the temperature of minus twenty degrees celcius was still a little on the warm-side ! |
| 3 | Lady Dawkins , who had never heard him speak before , surprised herself by her reaction when she heard him speak at the Albert Hall in January 1912 : |
| 4 | I waited till I heard him go into the bathroom , grabbed all my gear and tiptoed out of the house . |
| 5 | She spun into the bathroom and locked the door , smiling to herself as she heard him leap from the bed , too late to catch her . |
| 6 | I heard him refer to the Danuese as ‘ natives ’ and myself once as a ‘ Chinaman ’ . |
| 7 | He thought he heard him chuckle from the shadows once , but his eyes could not penetrate the gloom . |
| 8 | She heard him gasp at the sheer beauty of her superb feminine body . |
| 9 | His shoes squeaked on the hard floor and Julia heard him walk towards the door . |
| 10 | Patrick climbed out first and them helped Jane down ; Collins was the last man out , and Patrick heard him murmur to the driver , " Around the block the long way , only stop if you see us on the street . " |
| 11 | Edward followed ; she heard him skid on the floor , in whose black and shining depths were reflected the chandeliers above their heads . |
| 12 | From her hut she heard him call to the Moi and her sons , and a moment later they all plunged naked into the river . |
| 13 | Edging between the two tall , upright stones , Tug heard him mutter at the Woman , ‘ Lock up the car and bring the Kalashnikov . |
| 14 | She heard him turn on the tap and drink a glass of water noisily . |
| 15 | He pretended to me that he was already booked in there , but he was n't — I heard him ask for the room afterwards . |
| 16 | However , when we were living at Gosport , the aircraft from there and Lee-on-Solent , and in particular the excitement of the Schneider Trophy Races , made him decide on the RAF rather than the Royal Engineers . |
| 17 | It made him long for the open fields of the island , again . |
| 18 | He spurred forward , sword raised , then a shout from his rear made him twist in the saddle . |
| 19 | Athelstan made him sit on the floor with his back to the wall and , crouching down beside him , told him quietly what he had learnt : how the wood carving being made for the coronation pageant might hold a clue to the killer 's identity . |
| 20 | She took him into the living-room and made him sit in the black leather armchair . |
| 21 | Jack 's Irish blood made him sympathize with the Levellers — the Irish have never forgiven Cromwell for the Drogheda massacre , you know . |
| 22 | They had suddenly pulled up his breeches and made him stand in the corner . |
| 23 | The lepers made him think about the two who lurked in the cemetery of St Erconwald . |
| 24 | ‘ Knowing him , I expect he wanted to get rid of anything that made him think of the separation from his family , ’ she said sympathetically . |
| 25 | That was how it was going to be between them , just as she made him sleep on the floor beside their honeymoon bed in the Ritz . |
| 26 | Her frozen surprise made him pause at the door , a gleam of amusement touching his eyes for the first time . |
| 27 | Perhaps it was these journeys that made him realise to the full how many of the world 's species were on the brink of extinction . |
| 28 | Instead she made him stop in the next street ; she did n't want Uncle Vernon storming up the basement steps and putting his oar in . |
| 29 | This inevitably made him suspect to the more militant . |
| 30 | As for Forrester , Whelan , Bowman etc I got the impression that it was more desparation that made him turn to the younger players , granted their performances were top notch but I think the injury situation had more to do with it than Wilko 's judgement , after all where are they now ? ? ? |