Example sentences of "they [verb] him [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he slipped into a deep sleep , and all at once the warm feeling of happiness deserted him and his stomach heaved as he recognised the same old nightmare returning : the walk along the jetty , the cruel hands dragging him to the edge , the utter helplessness as they lowered him into the icy water , the wave that broke over his head — and at last , that terrible choking sensation . |
| 2 | They got him in the boat and they he had to lie down in the bottom of the boat and they and they covered him with a tarpaulin . |
| 3 | They laid him on the cool grass and bathed his forehead . |
| 4 | Eventually , they laid him on the bed in his own room , and undressed him . |
| 5 | Following this , they laid him on the bed again , and when he started to groan May said , ‘ He 'll live , ’ and turning and looking at Mrs Funnell , she added , ‘ Unfortunately , ’ before marching out of the room . |
| 6 | They battered him over the head and threatened him with a shotgun . |
| 7 | The rich merchant thought the children should always salute him and call him ‘ sir ’ when they passed him in the street . |
| 8 | They led him through the great court and round the cloister to the flank of the east end of the church , where the mitred graves of the abbots lay . |
| 9 | ‘ So we all go up in the lift , and the two bucks as good as carry the mother 's boy into the room ; he 's almost completely gone , and they sit him on the bed and they pour some of the champagne down him and then they come out . |
| 10 | They sit him in the rocking-chair in front of the hearth , to rock himself back and forth as he muses out loud about the enslavement of man by natural technology . |
| 11 | It 's followed by more noise , sharp and ugly , as they drag him into the kitchen . |
| 12 | What is more , the Spirit who has become resident in the followers of Jesus mediates to them the victory over the world which Jesus had ( 4:4 ) as they trust him for the power to overcome temptation ( 5:3,4 ) . |
| 13 | So How did they catch him in the dog 's home that 's what I was thinking . |
| 14 | They found him under the yew tree and after a rather stormy scene , during which Bigwig grew rough and impatient , he was bullied rather than persuaded into going down with them into the great burrow . |
| 15 | And they found him on the floor ? |
| 16 | They described him as the " enemy of all chastity " and ascribed to him the intention of founding an abbey of prostitutes in which the offices of abbess , prioress and so on would be distributed according to the professional skill of the inmates . |
| 17 | Then they beat him with the pipes once again , but when they realized that he had managed to keep his secrets from them , that this small Englishman was not for talking , they turned on him in their fury and kicked and beat him until they feared they had killed him . |
| 18 | Some entrepreneurial showmen then decided they would try to make money out of his popularity and they caught him with the hope of transporting him to London to put on display . |
| 19 | He tried to get away in his wheelchair , but they caught him in the hallway . |
| 20 | They buried him in the churchyard here . |
| 21 | He alienated those he feared were becoming too important to him , and they rejected him in the manner to which he had become accustomed . |
| 22 | Mantack then returned to Donna 's parents house , where they told him about the message . |
| 23 | Knock out a rabbit at fifty paces , they told him in the shop . |
| 24 | They they put him on the rail they tied him to the railway track so he 'd get run over by a train but I do n't think he did . |
| 25 | He could still feel eyes on him , they were like fingers , they poked him in the ribs , the shoulderblades , the neck , it was hard not looking round . |
| 26 | The thin , pitiful cries were somehow unearthly when they waked him in the dark small hours . |
| 27 | His find was still there when they stripped him at the mortuary . ’ |
| 28 | They allowed him through the security system first , leaving them trapped behind the time-lock doors as he made good his escape . |
| 29 | Then they were both fearful for him and they took him into the cold scullery , where they hid him from the intruders . |
| 30 | They threw him to the ground and beheaded him in front of his son . |