Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] him [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | The only way to banish the bogeyman was to look him in the eye without flinching . |
| 32 | Owen knew from the title that this was a member of the Egyptian Royal Family but which of the Khedive 's numerous progeny it was escaped him for the moment . |
| 33 | I was accompanying him in the show anyway and I think we just had the nerve . ’ |
| 34 | About once a week or fortnight I had to attend some quite high-powered meetings in London to which James came too , as I was feeding him at the time . |
| 35 | Still peering from the corner of his eye , Frankie stared at her breasts for a long time before he realized with a jolt that she was observing him through the mirror . |
| 36 | The doves were fluttering upwards to the music , and his Maria Filippa — an unusual diva , wearing spectacles — with Pericle on her arm in a lace bonnet and button boots , was greeting him under the olives . |
| 37 | The Perm was soon taking pity on Charlie , as people tended to , and Charlie was asking him about the pressures of fame as if it were something that concerned him from day to day . |
| 38 | In 1901 he was elected to a fellowship at Caius ; among his colleagues there was ( Sir ) Ronald Fisher [ q.v. ] , who was to succeed him in the chair of genetics . |
| 39 | LUCKY BREAK : A young Joe shows the style that was to turn him into the world champ |
| 40 | Someone was shaking him by the shoulder as the band played ‘ God Save the King ’ and everyone else in the cinema stood to attention . |
| 41 | Duvall was shaking him by the sleeve , bringing him back . |
| 42 | The only option , as far as the doctor was concerned , was to get him into the local hospital where he would be well looked after and out of sight for the time being . |
| 43 | Yeah , I think he did er , Rumpole was put him in the big time really . |
| 44 | And again he looked around , this time for the devil who was tempting him with the prospect he most profoundly desired . |
| 45 | Behind the scenes , Sir Reginald was negotiating with political leaders about the composition of the Executive Council which was to assist him in the government of the country until elections could be held . |
| 46 | Poor love , ’ she smiled faintly , ‘ he was half asleep , and at first when he heard what I had to say he thought I was leaving him in the lurch after all . |
| 47 | She was watching him through the cigarette smoke to judge the effect she was producing . |
| 48 | I like him , I was watching him on the telly the other day , I think he seemed nice . |
| 49 | ‘ I was telling him about the Glory , and I said I 'd driven it over and what did he think — was he looking forward to driving it and all that — ’ She paused excitedly . |
| 50 | I was beating him in the storyline , but he was , in reality , desperate to win all the races . |
| 51 | The woman was holding on to him with one arm , and with the other she was pounding him on the back , very hard . |
| 52 | Even as the BeSHT delighted his listeners with his pearls of wisdom , his stunning turns-of-phrase , his aphoristic acuity , so Leonard was learning his own , parallel metier ; the butterfly was following him down the hill . |
| 53 | Now , all that mattered was that she was following him up the stairs to an elegant Georgian town house . |
| 54 | And now I understand how Selden knew that the hound was following him in the dark . |