Example sentences of "him [adv] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | Charlotte , her eyes on Albert who was taking her attention , asked him rather half-heartedly to desist , but the boy threw the ball out of the window . |
2 | Yes it fits him rather well does n't it ? |
3 | He had a confused impression of coming into the dining room while the man was there and hearing him rather grudgingly assess the value of the glass cabinet . |
4 | He looked around him slowly then disappeared back inside the aircraft . |
5 | Theodore Mann , co-founder and producer of Circle-In-The-Square since 1951 , had seen Dustin on stage and wanted him badly enough to have dismissed two directors instead of the actor . |
6 | First Parker put him clear only to see him miscontrol and allow Gunn to save — and then Gunn kept out his close-range diving header . |
7 | He had slept well , entirely oblivious of the thunderstorms that Edith told him somewhat reproachfully had kept her sleepless an night . |
8 | This task was for him somewhat infra dig , but until Burden and Sergeant Martin brought him some information he had little else to do , and this way he could , at any rate , be certain it was well done . |
9 | She had not known him long enough to become accustomed to the impact of his looks , but she felt confident she could hide any extra fluttering of the pulse which he gave her . |
10 | He brought you back here , and you stayed with him long enough to get him to part with the doge 's ring … ’ |
11 | The thought that she had failed him so awkwardly added to the weight of her pain . |
12 | The thought of presenting her naked behind to him so crudely filled her with a wild abandon . |
13 | It would not be simple at all , because nothing she had told him so far had been trusted . |
14 | He was very worried about the rectal bleeding and believed that the consultant 's decision to admit him so quickly indicated his condition was serious . |
15 | She did n't like Mr Evans , no one could , but Nick hating him so much made her dislike him less . |
16 | I keep my distance and do not look at him , though from the comer of my eye I can see him so smartly attired , decked out in scarves and jumpers , set to brace the cold and the street at any hour . |
17 | Wild exultation at having him so close made sure her momentary pain was no more than that , as he slipped easily into the rhythm that had her half sobbing with delight until his voice joined her own . |
18 | Francis believes he could become Alan Shearer 's partner in the England side , and rated him highly enough to agree a new , four-year contract in the summer worth £4,000 a week . |
19 | Well we do n't see him much now do we ? |
20 | The hours which are wasting him away also seem to have a mental effect on Tithonus as well . |
21 | You 've got ta say no , very severely several times is n't it sort of just push him away so tell that that 's all you can do really . |
22 | She let the dress fall , pushing him away gently to slip out of tiny white satin briefs . |
23 | It 's just that I have arranged to meet him tonight sometime to sort out a few things for me would of made a lot more sense if he 'd been here ! |
24 | With him still carefully shielding his female companion with a large umbrella , they moved off toward the hotel entrance . |
25 | 1421–2 finds him once more using a dialogue convention to describe his woes , and it is now evident that there have been serious developments in the interim . |
26 | With the advertiser you meet him once never see him again . |
27 | You may , however , need to go further and meet him more regularly to discuss issues of current concern , so that any major problem is not withheld by this changed relationship . |
28 | Cheney declared himself " stunned , angry and frustrated " by his involvement in the scandal and , like many other offenders , blamed dubious administrative practices by the bank for not keeping a more accurate record of the state of his account and for not keeping him more closely informed of his financial position . |
29 | He was closer to William Rogers , Nixon 's first secretary of state , then to Henry Kissinger , though the press showed him more frequently embracing the latter . |
30 | In addition , they can shorten the child 's attention span and make him more easily frustrated — and this in turn leads to a poorer performance in school . |