Example sentences of "they [verb] him [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did not put up any resistance when they flung him down on the rainswept slabs , and tied his ankles with a thick cord . |
| 2 | Towards the end , and no doubt full of beef and beer , they got him on to his feet ; but despite encouraging shouts he was speechless . |
| 3 | I wear them every Sunday because they bring him back to me . |
| 4 | So why 'd they make him up to a supervisor then ? |
| 5 | Impressed , they passed him on to an agency with a good reputation for seeing young people . |
| 6 | , six days a week , I mean it 's like this year I mean he 's going to be working , I 'm working as well right up to Christmas Eve , so are you , his gon na have the Christmas Day and they want him back at work on the Boxing Night . |
| 7 | They bore him off to their favourite cafe . |
| 8 | They helped him up to bed , and he slept until nine o'clock the next morning . |
| 9 | But he was smiling as they helped him out of the herbaceous border . |
| 10 | It seemed like a minor miracle when she found herself seated within touching distance of the small group of musicians , until she realised that Rune was well-known here , not only by the management but , as the current number drew to a triumphant close , to the players as well , as they drew him on to the low rostrum and surrounded him with much back-slapping and laughter . |
| 11 | When he came out of hospital they fixed him up with a job in a parachute factory , but he 'd just finished the training period when the war ended , and they did n't think they 'd need so many parachutes for the next one . |
| 12 | They beat him up in the alleyway , tied his hands and led him off to the Marshalsea . |
| 13 | They turfed him out as an 18-year-old before Cambridge gave him a lifeline trial . |
| 14 | As they lifted him on to a stretcher and then on to the jeep the blanket slipped away from his shoulders revealing his red hair and a very white arm covered in freckles . |
| 15 | They cut him off without a penny . ’ |
| 16 | They cut him off during televised debates . |
| 17 | Yeah , one firm six six grand they done him out of |
| 18 | As they passed one of the Mason 's guards , they startled him out of dozing , and he hastily got up , cursing them and telling them not to go out of sight . |
| 19 | like to look after my mother , er she was one , and she died now erm she died two years ago , I think she was one of the first to go and er , the other one they fetched him out of the street the chap then they corresponded with him up to the war but , but after that , they , I do n't know whether they stopped writing because of the war , I do n't know , but they never , never got in touch with them never again so |
| 20 | The front desk apologises for the inconvenience and they accompany him back to his room with a duplicate key . |
| 21 | Eb could not scream for help , because his jaws were gagged with a handful of dirty cotton-waste , and every time he slipped on the wet paving-stones , they hauled him back to his feet with a blow and a curse , dragging him with them . |
| 22 | They turned him down on ‘ security grounds ’ ; a lot of the Surinamese living in Holland make it plain that they do not like him at all . |
| 23 | They threw him out of college because of cocaine , and he was damn lucky that they did n't call the police , but all he 'd say to me was to stay cool ! |
| 24 | They rushed him through to Resus , and got him going again , and while Kathleen put the monitor leads on Jack checked him for injuries and ordered X-rays . |
| 25 | Father Peter handed them their cloaks , taking his own from a wooden peg , and they followed him out into the cold . |
| 26 | They followed him out of the camp in single file and headed along the riverbank , making for watering places where buffalo liked to wallow in the heat of the day . |
| 27 | The Police were so worried about Davies in the sixth round of the Schweppes Cup last season that they knocked him out by giving him a Saturday shift . |
| 28 | Anyway , I do know they hung Him up on the cross so it did n't do Him a lot of good . |
| 29 | They hung on as the plane made an emergency dive to a lower altitude when they pulled him back on board . |
| 30 | Then they pulled him out of the room . |