Example sentences of "been [vb pp] [verb] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The remark had been intended to put him in his place , but it had come out sounding peevish and sensitive , as though she actually gave a damn about what he thought of her . |
| 2 | He believed the order had been given to kill him by the DO . |
| 3 | The sentries had been primed to admit him without challenge , Alexei noted , and as soon as his escort had dismounted a trooper wearing the gorget of a provost came out of the gatehouse and led them away towards the stables . |
| 4 | The popularity of Taylor 's devotional books , his sufferings for the Church , his piety , engaging manner , and contacts in influential Royalist circles might have been expected to qualify him for high preferment in the restored Church in 1660 . |
| 5 | My hon. Friend the Member for Norwich , North ( Mr. Thompson ) is grateful for what has been done to help him with the preservation of his local Anglian Regiment . |
| 6 | " I am the sentry who is never relieved " , he said at the opening of new rooms at the Military Museum in Madrid on 7 March 1946 , conveniently overlooking the fact that several unavailing attempts had been made to relieve him since 1939 . |
| 7 | Specifically , an attempt has been made to present him as the architect of Salisbury Cathedral . |
| 8 | Rory , who had been told to trust him by his father , never pressed him . |
| 9 | He said that , during the 20-minute journey to the quarry at Furnace on Loch Fyne , a lit cigarette had been used to burn him on the back of the neck , he had been struck constantly , and as the car travelled at speeds up to 70mph , the man beside him had opened the door and told him to take his chances and jump . |
| 10 | WILLSFORD , whose careful preparation this season has been timed to bring him to his peak on Martell Grand National day , will carry maximum stable confidence at Liverpool today . |
| 11 | None of these were things that had been known to occupy him on other mornings . |
| 12 | Wexford , Ireland , and was sent to the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb at Paris after no expense had been spared educating him at home . |
| 13 | Top firms have been asked to supply him with sales data to help him understand how the economy is doing . |
| 14 | She remembered how she had n't been allowed to hold him for more than a moment before he had to go back behind the bars of his crib . |
| 15 | The protagonist had punched one of the soldiers , whom he accused of throwing the glass , and Mr. Long had been forced to hit him in self-defence , which ended the fight . |
| 16 | Claudia lost her breath ; this was intolerable — not only had she been forced to accompany him on a wild chase after Garry Turner , but she was being subjected to what amounted to sexual harassment . |
| 17 | To Ariel , Roukoubé was the creamy colour of a peanut kernel , as if she , in her cinnamon tawniness , had been shucked to reveal him inside her ; and inside him , the pulse of his life , beating in the soft place of his head where the plates of his skull had not yet met . |
| 18 | Gusev deduced that Volkov was in love with a woman who 'd been sent to entrap him for political purposes , so Gusev deduced . |
| 19 | Once his appearance has been changed to identify him with the group ( it may be dyeing his hair shocking pink or wearing a big badge ) , then not only will other people assume that he has agreed to all the ideas and implications of the movement but he himself will be more likely to feel this to be true , even to throw all doubt to the four winds without further investigation . |