Example sentences of "[det] [vb past] him [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She watched as Luke fought his own anger and then half threw him to the ground . |
| 2 | He had held a greater ambition for some years , however , and this dominated him until the summer of 1952 — he wished to be President of the United States . |
| 3 | Two trucks overtaking one another brushed him to the side . |
| 4 | She caught hold of him by the hand and half ran , half pulled him across the room to the door . |
| 5 | It gave him four and a half years of power without full responsibility — although he no doubt did not consider that this placed him in the harlot class . |
| 6 | He grabbed hold of Steve by the scruff of the neck , half lifted , half dragged him to the front door . |
| 7 | Hari half lifted half pushed him through the window and then she waited breathlessly for any sounds that would indicate that Will had been discovered , but when there was nothing , she moved to the door and to her relief , she saw it swing open . |
| 8 | This pushed him into the path of an oncoming vehicle driven by the second defendant . |
| 9 | For another , it was the opportunity to take proper revenge for the discomfort that Private Eye had caused him over the years , a revenge more satisfying than that afforded him by the Music Box April Fool 's joke . |
| 10 | The latter provided him with the income needed to purchase a house beside the bowling green at Whitehall , and York also secured his election as MP for New Romney in 1661 . |
| 11 | The obituaries published in Britain , on the Continent and in America all acknowledged him as the originator of military precision dancing and reported how he had dominated a whole era of show business . |
| 12 | It all swung him towards the burning reality of Kee . |
| 13 | That formed him in the womb ; |
| 14 | That put him on the 142 mark alongside Sam Torrance ( 72 ) , with McAllister just behind . |
| 15 | The conclusion that there was not going to be any hit him at the same time as Rincewind , whirring wildly down the passage , kicked him sharply in the groin . |