Example sentences of "him he [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a lifetime of practice behind him he rolled a passable cigarette in his fingers and lit it . |
| 2 | The tour was a shock to the system , particularly Gordon 's : back home afterwards , his doctor told him he had a damaged liver . |
| 3 | When he eventually turned eighteen his father told him he had no further objection to his being baptised , a decision based more on Rajiv 's co-operative attitude a year before than on his recent coming of age . |
| 4 | People had been telling him he had the wrong attitude since he was potty trained . |
| 5 | From behind him he heard a single cry , like a wounded animal in mortal pain . |
| 6 | Behind him he heard the faint sounds of a wooden mallet driving the stake through the suicide 's heart . |
| 7 | As the thought struck him he felt a sudden wild dizziness , and fatigue ran through him like an electrical surge . |
| 8 | She was exquisite , even in a shabby dark gown , and as she came up to him he saw the luminous eyes filled with what he most wanted to see . |
| 9 | Phil Gelderd praised the list in glowing terms before going to his first Leeds game for years — sadly for him he picked the recent one against Norwich . |
| 10 | Doctors tell him he needs a complete rest for six months . |
| 11 | As I looked up at him he placed a steaming hot mess-tin full of what looked like Machonachie stew on the floor of the barn beside me. |
| 12 | To one soldier who told him he worked a seven-day week , the Prime Minister retorted : ‘ I know the feeling . ’ |
| 13 | To one soldier who told him he worked a seven-day week , the Prime Minister retorted : ‘ I know the feeling . ’ |
| 14 | To help him he has a hand-picked team of the country 's most experienced prosecutors . |
| 15 | Dragging the pad towards him he found a clean page and wrote : Dear Harsnet , I know you never answer my letters or return my calls , and I know that you handed over your notes to me on the understanding that I could do what I liked with them and not bother you , but I have to say that while there is much in them that I admire , as I will always admire much in you , no matter what , there is also much in them that seems to me to be puerile and , to put it mildly , bigoted . |