Example sentences of "he [vb past] him [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he says to he phoned him the other day on my down this morning ha so just to say , you know , that was crime of the century ! |
| 2 | He found him a hard-working and honest man , if a little curt and tacit . |
| 3 | He found him a charming host without any touch of stiffness or pomposity ; ‘ like a merry rollicking schoolboy ’ . |
| 4 | Leavis did to Blackadder what he did to serious students ; he showed him the terrible , the magnificent importance and urgency of English literature and simultaneously deprived him of any confidence in his own capacity to contribute to , or change it . |
| 5 | He handed him a thick pair of woollen socks . |
| 6 | He called him a skinny runt and a half-grown whelp , and he bellowed with amusement whenever a threatening movement or a deliberately sudden yell of ‘ Boo ’ caused the boy to flinch with alarm . |
| 7 | Somebody asked why the Bright Palace was no longer bright , and Dorrainge said , ‘ Because of Medoc 's dark enchantments of course , ’ and looked at the soldier as though he thought him a complete fool . |
| 8 | ‘ With his left hand he snatched the gun from the Pole 's hands , and with his right he gave him a violent blow to the ear . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ You walk alongside of me , ’ and he gave him a gentle push into the field , and swung the gate behind him . |
| 10 | When his father realised that Christian had no intention of returning to the family estate in Oxfordshire , and breeding prime Herefordshire cattle for the rest of his life , he gave him a small capital sum and washed his hands of him . |
| 11 | A few people were waiting and one of them called out angrily as Joe stepped in ahead of them all , but he gave him a one-second blast of his sub-zero gaze and said , ‘ Police business , ’ and then he turned his back and forgot the man completely . |
| 12 | yeah but he do n't get done , he does n't get done , that is the problem , the kids do n't , I 've written a letter to Mr yesterday , why they were waiting for the games teacher he was hitting Geoffrey and he gave him a dead leg , kneeing him in the leg , he said before drama , he 's got drama tomorrow he says he hates drama because the teacher takes no notice , he said one week Stuart was hitting me with a stick and the teacher just said calm down you boys , and he was being hit with a stick oh no and this I find totally disgusting and I feel like complaining about this , one of the teachers and I do n't know whether its drama yeah I think it was drama and |
| 13 | Like Alexei , he had nails on the ends of his fingers instead of talons , and he stared at Alexei 's hands as he gave him a filled cup , then raised his eyes and bowed solemnly . |
| 14 | He gave him an affectionate pat on the bottom . |