Example sentences of "and [vb past] him [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 it was n't good because erm I did n't love him and right so , so if I kissed him and met him the next day would I , would I snog , would , would he , he 'd give me the hat so I said yeah sure , you know , whatever , so he goes okay and he like prepared himself and goes no I ca n't do it in here and so I had to go outside with him , snog him , got his hat and pissed off , never saw him again .
2 Bill Williams , a journeyman , witnessed how he had met Day in the Barley Mow at Hungerford , and sold him the incriminating tobacco box .
3 She came down to him and made him a hot drink and felt his forehead which was burning hot and covered in drops of sweat .
4 Is it my fault if the King has spoilt his son and made him a laughing stock in Europe ?
5 His extreme empathy coloured his behaviour and made him a heady , if unpredictable companion .
6 Charles I was equally well disposed towards Salisbury and made him a privy councillor in 1626 .
7 With Dawson it was his bulk which undoubtedly contributed to his premature death along with his broad , rubber face that became his trademark and made him an ideal pantomime dame in true bawdy music hall tradition .
8 But his bulk , along with his broad , malleable face , was virtually his trademark and made him an ideal pantomime dame in the finest bawdy music hall tradition .
9 Others said that their driving was risky because friends and , to a lesser extent , the public , police and insurance companies labelled him as ‘ high risk ’ and charged him a high premium , he might as well get his money 's worth .
10 In 1925 the Post Office , which operated independently or through other licensees outside London , went to the length of installing , for a private subscriber in Eastbourne , a free line to St Andrew 's Church 933 yards away , and charged him an annual rental of £1 17 6d ( £1 8712 ) under a three-year contract .
11 The dragon 's tail whipped around as it passed and caught him a stinging blow across the forehead .
12 The drummer lashed out at Tom and caught him a glancing blow on the jaw and Tom had to be held back by Ollie to prevent him retaliating .
13 Unlike Hitler , however , the Americans were anxious for Franco 's consent and found him a reasonable interlocutor .
14 ‘ We obedience-trained him and found him a new home .
15 The head waiter , enchanted to see Ricky after three years ' absence , kissed him on both cheeks , enquired after his elbow , and found him a quiet corner .
16 I have met Mr. Watkin , and found him a lively and stimulating character .
17 The Sinn Fein man claimed two plain-clothes men approached Mr Fox in Thomas Street , Dungannon on September 2 and promised him a new house if he agreed to work for them .
18 I patted Armstrong 's stubbly radiator and promised him a good clean-out .
19 And er so this student came to and I organized a conference and took the chair for him you know and er and helped him every possible way .
20 Nick , who had feared a torridly emotional hour or so was relieved by this ; grateful , he had shared half a bottle of brandy with Martin and told him a great deal about the behaviour of adolescents in certain African tribes , a safe subject , and one he was apt to enlarge on when drunk .
21 Drinking half her cup she put it down , twisted round to face him , her chin resting in her hand , and told him a strange story .
22 I refreshed his glass and told him the terrible truth .
23 I gave McDunn the two names last night and told him the respective professions of their owners , then clammed up , just refused to say any more about them or about the body .
24 ‘ Then , before I could stop her she got my father out of bed and told him the whole thing .
25 Frequent travel made his leg swell up , and caused him a considerable amount of discomfort .
26 He held for Alice altogether a great fascination , but she steadfastly refused offers to go and see him in the nursery , and ignored him the few occasions he was on show .
27 A combination of clerical opposition and papal objections thwarted his attempts to tax the clergy directly , but to the king Winchelsey constituted a far greater problem than the pope who , susceptible to more and wider pressures , gradually modified his objections to Edward 's aims and granted him a papal tenth in 1301 .
28 She could believe that this was the creature that had floated inside her — yes , like a starry astronaut in his liquid capsule , attached to his red life-support cable — she had pored over photographs of embryos and imagined him a hundred times .
29 Fortunately , Prince Nikolaus Esterházy was an enlightened and civilized person , who appreciated Haydn 's outstanding abilities , and allowed him a certain degree of freedom to pursue his own interests .
30 so I , I went back in house and fetched him a little bowl back with me taters in , peeling taters ,
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