Example sentences of "they [verb] he [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I think that 's an implication of what they were accusing him of , but were they bringing him to trial for . |
| 3 | The other prisoners gasped because they expected him to be shot on the spot . |
| 4 | ‘ They got him to hospital , but then he had a second attack . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ His parents were too poor to keep him so they lent him to a forester . |
| 7 | 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 ] . |
| 8 | They laid him on the cool grass and bathed his forehead . |
| 9 | Eventually , they laid him on the bed in his own room , and undressed him . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | They battered him over the head and threatened him with a shotgun . |
| 13 | Whether they get the computer software , dolls and musical instruments they asked him for remains to be seen . |
| 14 | They asked him for a swimming pool and a better playground , but he was n't making any promises . |
| 15 | Also they asked him about some people rating him better than Best . |
| 16 | The rich merchant thought the children should always salute him and call him ‘ sir ’ when they passed him in the street . |
| 17 | Lionan , the dandy , was talking behind his hand to the brutal Mullach , who was gulping his beer moodily and staring at the serving maids as they passed him in a bustling procession . |
| 18 | Many aspects of his analysis were similar to those advanced by Blauner , but they led him to an opposite conclusion . |
| 19 | They led him through the great court and round the cloister to the flank of the east end of the church , where the mitred graves of the abbots lay . |
| 20 | The Court of Appeal dismissed an Inland Revenue challenge to a High Court ruling that £75,000 paid to England and Derby County goalkeeper Peter Shilton by Nottingham Forest when they sold him to Southampton in 1982 should be treated as a ‘ golden handshake ’ . |
| 21 | The story going around at the time was that he had ticked off the Lebanese bureau staff to the point where they sold him to Hezbollah for a bit of peace and quiet ! |
| 22 | United will be getting around three hundred thousand pounds of that … they sold him to Stoke on the proviso of a share of any future deals — bingo ! |
| 23 | ‘ So we all go up in the lift , and the two bucks as good as carry the mother 's boy into the room ; he 's almost completely gone , and they sit him on the bed and they pour some of the champagne down him and then they come out . |
| 24 | They sit him in the rocking-chair in front of the hearth , to rock himself back and forth as he muses out loud about the enslavement of man by natural technology . |
| 25 | It 's followed by more noise , sharp and ugly , as they drag him into the kitchen . |
| 26 | You come to trial and you 've been accused of something , what were they accusing him of ? |
| 27 | Why did they want him on this particular job ? |
| 28 | What is more , the Spirit who has become resident in the followers of Jesus mediates to them the victory over the world which Jesus had ( 4:4 ) as they trust him for the power to overcome temptation ( 5:3,4 ) . |
| 29 | They attacked him with a gun barrel before escaping . |
| 30 | the school are doing nothing , okay what did they do , they stopped the money , yeah , they stopped him from having money , they made him pay money back which I 'm pleased about that he got |