Example sentences of "they [verb] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some story about a raid , that was it , them finding ST with a stainless steel jig screwed to his pate , them sticking him in a sack , jig and all . |
| 2 | The point dogs catch him and one of them nips him on the leg — take that for being more popular with the boss . |
| 3 | On the following Monday some of them pursued him to a review that was taking place on Wimbledon Common , while others went to the City , occupied the Royal Exchange and picketed the coffee houses , carrying placards reading More Wages . |
| 4 | A similar reason was given for refusing the remedy to a convicted prisoner who brought an action against the Home Secretary and the prison governor requiring them to provide him with the necessary medical treatment in accordance with the Prison Rules . |
| 5 | There he revealed himself as god and ordered them to serve him as priests in his new shrine . |
| 6 | Some of them poked him with sticks to see if he really was a savage and threw books shouting , ‘ Build us a tower . |
| 7 | The sight of them filled him with pride . |
| 8 | George , at one stage , tried to get up , but one of them hit him over the head with his rifle . |
| 9 | If he is in a bargaining mood , he might like to ask them to furnish him with a new typewriter . |
| 10 | In November 1819 the poverty of Kitto 's family finally forced them to send him to the workhouse , where he was set to learn shoe making . |
| 11 | He again went to see them and persuaded them to accompany him to a meeting at the police station with Mr McLean on August 24 . |
| 12 | After Charlie had finished dressing , he found Sal and Kitty waiting for him by the front door , but he refused to allow them to accompany him to the station , despite their tearful protest . |
| 13 | Afterwards , when told he had best wait for his bodyguard , Caledor replied that he could expect no better bodyguards than these hunters , and asked them to accompany him on his quest to the shrine . |
| 14 | She liked flowers , liked even more the thought behind them , but Gaily only remembered when he caught them staring him in the face — or in the feet , as now . |
| 15 | Then he slipped into a deep sleep , and all at once the warm feeling of happiness deserted him and his stomach heaved as he recognised the same old nightmare returning : the walk along the jetty , the cruel hands dragging him to the edge , the utter helplessness as they lowered him into the icy water , the wave that broke over his head — and at last , that terrible choking sensation . |
| 16 | I think that 's an implication of what they were accusing him of , but were they bringing him to trial for . |
| 17 | The other prisoners gasped because they expected him to be shot on the spot . |
| 18 | ‘ They got him to hospital , but then he had a second attack . |
| 19 | They got him in the boat and they he had to lie down in the bottom of the boat and they and they covered him with a tarpaulin . |
| 20 | ‘ His parents were too poor to keep him so they lent him to a forester . |
| 21 | I mean when he was born they laid him on me , he 'd had the cord round his neck three times and he looked like a tortoise with his long neck and this little tiny head [ laughs ] . |
| 22 | They laid him on the cool grass and bathed his forehead . |
| 23 | Eventually , they laid him on the bed in his own room , and undressed him . |
| 24 | Following this , they laid him on the bed again , and when he started to groan May said , ‘ He 'll live , ’ and turning and looking at Mrs Funnell , she added , ‘ Unfortunately , ’ before marching out of the room . |
| 25 | I think sometimes I ca n't help but think it 's how they made him in a way , you know , like I , you , sometimes your , I think you should sit down and play with something , but he wo n't sit quiet and amuse himself |
| 26 | They battered him over the head and threatened him with a shotgun . |
| 27 | Whether they get the computer software , dolls and musical instruments they asked him for remains to be seen . |
| 28 | They asked him for a swimming pool and a better playground , but he was n't making any promises . |
| 29 | Also they asked him about some people rating him better than Best . |
| 30 | The rich merchant thought the children should always salute him and call him ‘ sir ’ when they passed him in the street . |