Example sentences of "and [verb] to him " in BNC.
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| 1 | I shuffled along behind Werewolf and whispered to him , ‘ Head for the Wood to the right and wait for me somewhere near that big conifer . ’ |
| 2 | Her beauty and glamour and downlooking to him made him feel worthless and common . |
| 3 | He remembered the many faces of Sylvie , the child-woman with the mischievous glance who had stolen apples in the Paris market , the girl he had obsessively trailed , the passionate creature who had boldly come to his flat and pleasured him to the point of pain , the frightened child who pushed him away and clung to him simultaneously . |
| 4 | When he came , it was an anticlimax , but she squealed anyway and clung to him as if he 'd showered her with a gallon of spunk . |
| 5 | Cora-Beth reached up her arms and clung to him as Harry started to kiss her . |
| 6 | When he came for Sunday lunch , I wept and clung to him , begging him not to leave until he had to prise me off . |
| 7 | Isabel gasped and clung to him . |
| 8 | And because of that it tipped Ruth 's heart so desperately she curled her arms around his neck and clung to him . |
| 9 | Gandhi was enchanted by the viceroy 's frankness , and recalled to him that Smuts had treated him with similar candour , recognizing , as he said , the justice of his claim on a certain issue , but advancing unanswerable reasons from the point of view of government why it was impossible to meet . |
| 10 | It had happened again while he was screwing his resolution to go and see a certain man in London and make to him an excessively embarrassing confession which justice demanded . |
| 11 | Until a few weeks ago she had been scarcely aware of him except as a friendly and familiar face in class ; but now , now she was very much aware of him — and he was very definitely aware of her ; much to Erika 's embarrassment sitting with her and Rosa at lunch , at the next desk in class , asking her out to the cinema and even , to Erika 's amazement and , she suspected , his own , offering to help Paul with his homework — in the Nordern home , that is — an offer declined both by Erika and Paul , although Paul did corner Fritz in school and suggest to him that if he actually did the homework then he , Paul , would further his , Fritz 's , courtship of Erika ; Paul being shrewd enough to guess the motive behind Fritz 's philanthropic gesture even though the square on the hypotenuse might remain a mystery to him . |
| 12 | Sometimes I stop a total stranger in the street And say to him : Let's do that one more time , But this time walk past slower , with a limp , Or smiling to yourself , as one gone mad . |
| 13 | I may go to my son 's room and say to him : ‘ Since today is a special day you may play in my study while I work there . ’ |
| 14 | But what they have done is something quite unprecedented in my view and that is to actually write to the Secretary of State and say to him do not exercise your rights to call this matter in to consider beside or above th the County Planning Authority . |
| 15 | If any of the you , I challenge to go to your bank manager tomorrow , and say to him , I 've had a heart attack , I 'm not going to pay my loan of a hundred thousand pounds . |
| 16 | and say to him so and so and so and so he 'd always answer back and say I want to do it this way |
| 17 | Yes but I mean how you say if they 'd played their cards right , but are you saying just go down there and say to him ‘ get off ? ’ |
| 18 | Daniel saw a big man in a blue coat , and shouted to him . |
| 19 | There was Leningrad , his father in his uniform kneeling by his side and explaining to him how quickly the waters of the Neva flowed , flowed into the Gulf of Finland . |
| 20 | Helen regretted giving her consent , because she intended to see Edward and to write to him . |
| 21 | How do we know it 's stolen ? ’ and warmed to him , grateful that he was willing to defend her , though fearful in case she was asked direct . |
| 22 | The Welshman in Philip understood and warmed to him , but the thwarted diplomat would willingly have beaten him . |
| 23 | Sister Mary Leahy , who organised the prayer week at Seacroft , explained the purpose of these personal interviews ; ‘ Prayer is a relationship with God , so as a prayer guide , I would want to help people to recognise God in their lives — relating person to person — speaking to God and listening to him — coming to God just as they are and not as they think they ought to be . ’ |
| 24 | IT MUST be awful being in Guns N' Roses , standing next to Axl Rose and listening to him making that funny noise all the time . |
| 25 | As he watched them , he released the spell , and they began to rouse , and when at last he turned to Dierdriu , she was awake and listening to him . |
| 26 | Sara , watching , and listening to him , felt her heart expand with sweetness . |
| 27 | I have very unpleasant recollections of sitting for him , for it was of utmost importance not to move but to fix him right in the eye and listen to him complain , saying as he always did that he was getting nowhere . |
| 28 | All we have to do is : Give Him time , and listen to Him . |
| 29 | When we make something like these ten steps our daily discipline , we are aiming for it to be a vehicle through which we meet God and learn to love him and listen to him and abide in him . |
| 30 | She got up and came to him ; she leant down and kissed him . |