Example sentences of "him [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ We 'll dump him somewhere up the Pan-Am . ’ |
2 | There had always been a trap waiting for him somewhere along the way when Isambard loosed the reins a little , and it would be the same now . |
3 | We remember him most as the best diver ever to grace the Gorbals swimming pond . |
4 | Was there a part of his career that had helped him most in the development of My Kinda Town ? |
5 | I prayed to him furiously in the van when I thought I was going to die ( that 's a proof against , I can hear G.P. saying ) . |
6 | Prue steers him discreetly towards the house . |
7 | However , for several seconds Lexandro 's boots clamped him inflexibly to the plasteel surface like two puppies clinging to their bitch mother 's teats — till he remembered to lower the magnetism . |
8 | She followed him slowly up the stairs , and her heart dragged her down like a leaden weight . |
9 | The mystery of the communal Trinity was revealed and the Holy Spirit descended upon Jesus , who received him gladly from the Father who spoke of his love for his Son , though the crowds at the baptism did not understand the significance of the event . |
10 | For a moment he launched himself upon them alone , and Owen closed with him gladly against the glare , though dazzled by the flickering gleams and blinking shadows . |
11 | He peered at him suspiciously through the gloom . |
12 | We sat down and talked for a while before setting off towards Hawes , as the sun broke through the clouds and the dog pulled him downhill towards the cairns . |
13 | ‘ Then I shall get a train in the opposite direction , ’ he said , thinking that there was something sad about it , especially now that she was thanking him politely for the drinks . |
14 | The blast took the oriental in the right shoulder , knocked him off his feet and hurled him clear across the room , where he crashed to a stop with his head and shoulders propped against the far wall . |
15 | Studying him now , dispassionately , without the emotional blindness of the aftermath of her accident , or the initial shock of finding that he was last night 's rescuer , it was like seeing him properly for the first time … |
16 | Con settled down opposite and when the boxer leaped to lick his face he clumped him companionably on the head with his fist . |
17 | Unlike the previous soft glow , this new light had a sharpness about it , and it beckoned him upward like the guiding beam of a lighthouse in a dark stormy sea . |
18 | Shiona eyed him challengingly over the bonnet of the car . |
19 | Duncan followed him right through the gate as Myeloski flashed his warrant-card . |
20 | ‘ What , you mean to be a kind of private prompter , whispering at him right through the play ? ’ |
21 | Much to Dudley Moore 's surprise , I pull out a small shiny silver pistol and blast him right between the eyes . |
22 | The bullet took him right between the eyes , blowing his brains out through the back of his head . |
23 | Junior wants granddaddy to carry him right to the car . ’ |
24 | The strip had carried him right to the end of the branch . |
25 | She beamed at her husband , bravely facing the barrage of produce , and winced as a particularly juicy specimen caught him right on the chin . |
26 | Opened the fridge door and hit him right on the |
27 | The second Lady Deverill , having pulled her horse off Hullabaloo at the last minute , leaving herself just enough time to put him right at the ditch and hedge , did n't even bother to stop and admire her handiwork before riding on up the hill to rejoin the hunt and tell her husband that there seemed to have been a rather fearful accident . |
28 | Without pausing to measure the distance , he launched himself into a desperate leap that carried him right across the opening . |
29 | We get up and Molloy gets hold of Mowat again and Mowat swings round battering him right across the road . |
30 | 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 . |