Example sentences of "the [noun] [vb past] him [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The abruptness of the change made him shudder . |
| 2 | The feel of her body close to his in the carriage made him want to hold her , and he was tempted to cover her attractive though work-worn hand with his . |
| 3 | Another warning jab of the gun through the seatback made him start , and he dropped a couple of coins at his feet . |
| 4 | Akram 's hour at the crease saw him punish Salisbury , take his side into the lead , survive at catch to Malcolm 's outstretched hand at deep mid-off , and finally go , bamboozled , when Salisbury put a googly , from wide of the crease , around the wicket , between the batsman 's legs and into the stumps : 263 for 7 . |
| 5 | Only the porters saw him come in , and they wo n't talk ! |
| 6 | Lou Macari says … he ; s very annoyed about what happened at swindon.the people that ran the club let him doww … but it was up to him to get on with his football and he 's happy at Stoke having won a cup at wembley and promotion to the first division |
| 7 | Jesus , even the words made him shiver . |
| 8 | The cold made him gasp ; it nipped his cheeks . |
| 9 | Once , when a messenger brought bad news to Cuchulain , the hero let him go in peace . |
| 10 | I mimicked his slow accent , and the mimicry made him turn and stare at me , and the look on his face instantly made me regret my mimicry . |
| 11 | The lepers made him think about the two who lurked in the cemetery of St Erconwald . |
| 12 | The Connons saw him leap into his car like a Le Mans driver and accelerate explosively up the street . |
| 13 | ‘ No ! ’ he said , so relieved when it was out that the recoil made him faint and set him shaking . |
| 14 | For weeks it threatened to be a cesspit of scandal , and not to be outdone the controversial English striker Stan Bowles , whose behaviour over the years made him seem like a surrogate Scot , admitted that he frequently took drugs . |
| 15 | He told Newman to hold on and the Englishman heard him call out in German . |
| 16 | The slippers made him feel less tired . |
| 17 | The sounds made him go a little faster , but progress was slow and difficult and he was near the point of exhaustion . |
| 18 | The shock made him shout . |
| 19 | The nomination helped him avoid the feuds between Francis Clifford , fourth Earl of Cumberland , and Lord William Howard ( 1563–1640 , q.v. ) , and signalled that he was ‘ tied to none in dependancie ’ . |
| 20 | The mask made him seem menacing , and she suddenly had the sensation that with Lucenzo she was playing with fire . |
| 21 | 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 ! |
| 22 | She tried surreptitiously to refasten them , to conceal the bare expanse of flesh with the ruff that lay open , and looked away when the movement made him glance round at her . |
| 23 | The sound it made rustling outside in the trees made him feel comfortable and protected . |
| 24 | So has a summer of bombing round country lanes and setting psychics loose in the circles helped him figure out whether whirlwinds , UFOs or tabloid journalists are responsible ? |
| 25 | The thought made him flush hot with embarrassment even though chilled to the marrow . |
| 26 | The gazebo made him suck in his breath . |
| 27 | His lips were only inches from hers when Rosa 's tap at the door made him lift his dark head . |
| 28 | The effort made him flop forward on the table . |
| 29 | The assassin 's blow threw him back against the wall , hitting it so hard he brought books tumbling from the shelves , but before the assassin 's fingers found his throat he delivered a punch to the man 's belly that must have touched some tender place , because the assault ceased , and the attacker let him go , his eyes fixed for the first time on Gentle 's face . |
| 30 | The moustache made him look like Albert Schweitzer , but not benevolent . |