Example sentences of "him and [vb past] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He drew her back against him and pressed a kiss to the top of her head . |
| 2 | Jacob Brailey was standing by the wagon and when he saw Seb he called to him and thrust a tankard of ale into his hand , saying , ‘ Here , boy . |
| 3 | Wexford ignored him and followed the widow to the sideboard from a drawer of which she took a long cream-coloured book . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Owen had closed in behind him and flung a cloak over his head and shoulders , and twisted the skirts of it tight round his body and arms . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The bolt shot past him and blasted a hole in the wall next to his head . |
| 10 | Elinor turned to him and laid a hand on his head . |
| 11 | They chased the man , caught him and retrieved the bag . |
| 12 | And he looked away at the crowd so near to him and felt a stab of real fear . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 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 | She crouched next to him and summoned the courage to peer over the end of the girder . |
| 19 | and er , anyway he hobbled in , oh he said , me knee , hmm , anyway sat with him and had a cup of tea , she did n't have nothing to drink like and er , anyway we had our tea and he hobbled in to the front room , and er and er , she says well you bugger you are , er batter mixture up for ya |
| 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 | I got hold of him and got a punch in the face as well . |
| 24 | I got hold of him and got a punch in the face as well … ’ |
| 25 | Wycliffe thanked him and replaced the receiver . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | She handed the receiver to him and left the room without a word , closing the door quietly behind her . |
| 28 | Theda was busy with her hair , but at that she glanced at him and saw the hurt in his eyes . |
| 29 | Hitch looked at him and saw the anger in Scott 's eyes . |
| 30 | Isabel looked up at him and knew every feature was indelibly impressed on her mind . |