Example sentences of "him [subord] they [was/were] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few days later he begged for the offices held by his father and complained that it would be a great disgrace to him if they were granted to anyone else . |
| 2 | They asked him if they were making too much noise and he said no , not at all , he was just checking that everything was in order . |
| 3 | He suffered serious injuries to his arms and legs when the dog bit him while they were playing . |
| 4 | Would he have listened to her then , if she had not flung that furious retort at him before they were confronted by Ralf ? |
| 5 | There was a place — he recalled it now — Burkett had pointed it out to him when they were fishing on Derwent Water — a sheer cliff coming suddenly out of woods and fronting the valley . |