Example sentences of "it amuse him [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It amused him to see how the gullible idiot deferred to him , even when they were in the midst of a vicious argument . |
| 2 | He liked on occasion to talk of his earlier days at his parents ' cottage in Scotland , and it amused him to remember that his sensitive mother could never bring herself to pronounce or write the word ‘ toilet paper ’ which was always , either in speech or on shopping lists , abbreviated simply to T.P. |
| 3 | It amused him to flirt with her and flatter her and see her blush . |
| 4 | Patiently occupied with his household tasks and with his sketching of Willem , it amused him to notice that ‘ already he seems to oppose himself to all social institutions and conventions . ’ |
| 5 | It amused him to think how much Maggie and Eileen Arbuthnot had in common , with their rooted prejudices . |
| 6 | It amused him to think that , although Marcus Judge was no longer taking an active part in the running of the Brotherhood , leaving most of the day-to-day organisation to his son , Josh was still afraid of the old man . |
| 7 | Yes , she thought — because he liked power and it amused him to practise dominating people on her . |
| 8 | Again it amused him to note the general application of what he was beginning to think of as Wexford 's Law . |