Example sentences of "him [coord] [vb base] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 Hitherto the older waist-band had tended to slip on to the horse 's neck and either throttle him or prevent him from pulling hard ; hence the slower and less efficient ox had been generally used .
2 There 's no proof , and … and she 's fond of him and she would n't do anything to hurt him or get him into trouble .
3 I 've seen the man 's face actually resting on the foot of the horse ; but never at any time the horse stand on him , tramp on him or damage him in any way .
4 I realise you were desperate to protect him and keep him from harm .
5 Listen well when he tells us what happened out there to him and respect him for what he has done , and honour him , for at least he has given each of us hope and proof that escape is possible . ’
6 Low Churchmen , High Churchmen and Broad Churchmen can all find themselves in him and claim him as Master . ’
7 In some species the male will also take an active part in egg care , in other the female will reject him and prevent him from attending to the eggs .
8 It had been arranged that a trustworthy man would come then to collect him and take him to a safe house .
9 If he woke up , I 'd feed him and take him around the block until he dropped off again . ’
10 He had a nice temperament and you could go up to him and stroke him without fear .
11 A few of his fellow citizens would wait until the train was about to depart , nobble him and throw him on the train , slip the guards a few dollars and wave goodbye .
12 Josh Thayer 's warm brown eyes swam before her , and for a moment she wished she could simply find him and throw herself into his comforting arms .
13 Creatures often seem to have gone out of their way to find him and display themselves to him .
14 The man 's trembling want of her made her feel that speck grow into a force ; she began to enjoy denying him , then permitting him again , she used her strength to grip and pin him and squeeze him in parts that made him cry out , to gouge and scratch his pale , thin flesh , she fortified him with tisanes that make men what was called in her language ‘ cross ’ , and gave him leaves to chew to stay his excitement so she could explore the crustacean pinkness of his flesh and turn her curiosity and its tinge of disgust to a form of power over him which gave her pleasure .
15 He took Duncan 's suitcase from him and put it on the back seat .
16 But , as he rode , a terrible curiosity began to rise up in him and prick him like a gimlet .
17 He met his own fate when the wizard Thomas of Ercildoune instructed Soulis 's enemies how to capture him and boil him to death in a cauldron on the Nine Stane Rig , a Bronze Age stone circle which can be reached by a scramble up the hillside above the modern B6399 between Newcastleton and Hawick .
18 He requests that I accompany him and pipe him into the restaurant .
19 Charlotte was glad of the excuse to leave him and busy herself in the kitchen .
20 But make sure you do n't miss : as most World War One biplanes had no bomb ports , the pilot had to keep the bomb in the cockpit with him and drop it by hand !
21 If I was you now I 'd go to him and give it to him , I tell you !
22 ‘ I went to the front of the house and saw the dogs catch up with him and knock him to the ground .
23 Some of these girlie fans must think that David is wonderful but I do n't think they want to grab hold of him and shag him to death .
24 Slide on top of him and slip him into her , gasp with the pleasure and the size of him , warn him to keep still as she reached her first wet climax on top of him , side to side , circular motion , up and down …
  Next page