Example sentences of "him [vb base] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both victims were brought to him limp in the arms of their supporters and their condition appeared dire . |
| 2 | Her finely shaped brows met in dark disapproval as she watched him pick at the lock with a thin piece of wire that he had produced from somewhere in the depths of his pocket . |
| 3 | She watched him kneel on the floor and , taking a deep breath , she switched off all sensitivity to close her lips over his wrinkled anus . |
| 4 | Winston watched him hurry down the drive to his car . |
| 5 | A delighted , if somewhat bewildered smile tugging at her own mouth , her eyes alight with laughter , she watched him melt into the crowds . |
| 6 | She watched him climb from the bed and put on his dressing gown . |
| 7 | At Meehan 's appeal Nicky asked the presiding judge , Lord Clyde , if he could call Mr Ross to the witness box to have him listen to the recording . |
| 8 | She watched him walk to the door and open it . |
| 9 | ‘ A bit , ’ she said , and she watched him walk to the end of the bed . |
| 10 | Willie watched him walk down the path and towards the church . |
| 11 | She watched him walk down the path and get into his Rolls-Royce . |
| 12 | A later ( later in terms of the Quarto numbering , that is ) example of this type of sonnet , with its disgusted ‘ withdrawal of the Poet ’ gesture , is 95 : The exclamatory style , the notably affectionate gestures , the epithets of praise ( ‘ sweet and lovely ’ , ‘ sweets ’ , ‘ beauty 's veil ’ in line 11 ) almost convince us that the Friend 's personal attractiveness can somehow transmute evil to good , a form of paradoxical hyperbole that Shakespeare gives to Lepidus , attempting to excuse Antony 's faults to Caesar : ‘ His faults in him seem as the spots of heaven , /More fiery by night 's blackness ’ ( Antony and Cleopatra , I.iv.13f ) . |
| 13 | Scott had watched him get into the rocket many times and he dreamed about going with Space Man . |
| 14 | Rachel crimsoned , watching him disappear up the stairs as she and Damian walked in tense silence to the living-room . |
| 15 | Watch him wobble onto the dance floor as he goes looking for a decent record collection ( ie no Alice Cooper or Frank Zappa ) in CodeMasters ' happenin' hit … |
| 16 | Wexford watched him feel for the girl 's hand , but she was occupied with Mrs Hatton , dabbing at her face and smoothing her hair . |
| 17 | He watched him go to the bar and get a glass of wine , looked away , aware that he was approaching . |
| 18 | ‘ Aye , where else ? ’ she said as she , too , rose from the settle and returned to the couch , from where she watched him go to the box that was standing on the end of the sideboard , and from it take a piece of silver , then button his coat across his broad chest , take his cap from his pocket and , having put it on at an angle , salute her , saying , ‘ Your servant , madam . ’ |
| 19 | She watched him go down the steps . |
| 20 | She had watched him go amongst the caskets , then lift one of the lids , peering inside . |
| 21 | Wakelate came into the kitchen and Cleo , still standing stiffly by the sink , watched him turn on the gas of one of the wall lamps . |
| 22 | There were tears in Johnny 's eyes as he watched him turn into the laneway and out of sight ; he had a feeling he would never see him again . |
| 23 | He is a systems analyst , and his work is driving him spare at the moment . |
| 24 | ‘ What on earth are you doing ? ’ she felt compelled to ask while watching him stride across the room . |
| 25 | When the first contestant to go for the top prize , Marine Captain Richard MacCutchin who , oddly , specialized in haute cuisine , pulled it off by describing the ingredients of a royal banquet given by George VI to the president of France , three-quarters of American television sets were tuned in to watch him wrestle for the answers . |
| 26 | She watched him cross to the pile and rummage around . |
| 27 | Isabel watched him vanish beneath the barbican and felt as though she had been abandoned to face the enemy without weapons or protection . |
| 28 | Her voice was cracked , coming like a broken note from a rusty instrument ; and again she appealed to him as she watched him move towards the bedroom door . |
| 29 | They watched him come to the door . |
| 30 | to love him come in the pub , you know what I mean he nice to talk to and that |