Example sentences of "him [conj] [vb past] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suffering , commonly seen as ugly and distorting , stirred emotions in him that brought the word beauty to his lips . |
| 2 | And somethin' else — ’ There was an excitement about him that showed the boy behind the man . |
| 3 | The youth snaked his hand behind the door but as his fingers curled around the hilt of the sheathed poniard Graham appeared behind him and pressed the Beretta into his back . |
| 4 | Then they and the Russian had deposed him and installed the Shah himself on the throne in 1941 . |
| 5 | Wexford ignored him and followed the widow to the sideboard from a drawer of which she took a long cream-coloured book . |
| 6 | We know that Wilson married , for his wife Mary helped him and continued the business for a time after his death , but nothing is known of her origins or ultimate fate . |
| 7 | She held the door open as he shuffled through sideways with the bag , and then closed it behind him and led the way up the stairs . |
| 8 | Rory sat beside him and checked the chambers , which were full . |
| 9 | Until then , he had been sure of his memories , certain that he could not have forgotten his parents and everything that had happened to him and reinvented the whole of his life before he woke in the attic . |
| 10 | The sword became embedded in the wood of the handrail , and while his attacker was struggling to free it , Alexei stepped up to him and forced the trooper 's sword through the protecting mantle of a leather coat and into the flesh beneath . |
| 11 | They chased the man , caught him and retrieved the bag . |
| 12 | Rachel watched him and felt the dam burst , smashing back the last barriers to her soul , and flooding her with a rush of overwhelming emotion . |
| 13 | He could sense her there behind him and felt the hairs rise along his spine and at the back of his neck . |
| 14 | Magistrates made a commitment order against him and asked the court to issue a warrant for his arrest . |
| 15 | Even four successive nights seemed an almost too generous slice of happiness , and on that fourth night , with the waning moonlight glittering on the sea and the crickets noisy in the hayfield on the other side of the wall , she gazed sadly up at him and asked the question that had been uppermost in their minds for some time . |
| 16 | Luke took the reins from him and struck the horse 's hindquarters with the handle of the whip . |
| 17 | Farrell took a step towards him and swung the butt of the .45 hard , catching him across the forehead . |
| 18 | It relaxed him and drove the nightmares away . |
| 19 | She crouched next to him and summoned the courage to peer over the end of the girder . |
| 20 | They 'd fed him and had the decency to give him fresh clothes , the shirt , blue jeans and a broad leather belt with embossed brass buckle to hold them up — camping-shop gear but adequate against the chill of November . |
| 21 | She put her arms up to embrace him and noticed the sling . |
| 22 | But Merry crawled and got into the pigsty ; and I almost fell on top of him and slammed the door . |
| 23 | Wycliffe thanked him and replaced the receiver . |
| 24 | He took the scuffed leather document case off the seat beside him and banged the door shut with the violence of someone who had not learned that car doors do not need the same sort of treatment as those of railway carriages . |
| 25 | She handed the receiver to him and left the room without a word , closing the door quietly behind her . |
| 26 | Theda was busy with her hair , but at that she glanced at him and saw the hurt in his eyes . |
| 27 | Hitch looked at him and saw the anger in Scott 's eyes . |
| 28 | ‘ He played it into the side but it powered off again and he complained that his arms were hurting , so I took the rod back from him and landed the fish , ’ he added . |
| 29 | Jessica , still in her shirt , moved to him and undid the buttons down his chest . |
| 30 | He put the opened bottle down next to him and smelled the top . |