Example sentences of "him [conj] [verb] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( ii ) has had a bankruptcy order made against him or has made a composition or arrangement with his creditors or has made a proposal for a voluntary arrangement under Part VIII of the Insolvency Act 1986 or is or has been a director of a company in respect of which an administration order under Part II of the Insolvency Act 1986 or a winding-up order has been made or in respect of which a resolution for voluntary winding up has been passed or which has made a proposal for a voluntary arrangement under Part I of the Insolvency Act 1986 or in respect of which a person has been appointed receiver or administrative receiver ; or |
| 2 | The heat and strength of him that had alarmed her that first night now enthralled her . |
| 3 | It had been worship of him that had aroused Michael 's interest in boxing . |
| 4 | Of course it was him that had messed up his diary , drawing those stupid pictures in it . |
| 5 | It had been him that had wanted to nick Mrs Wright 's helmet . |
| 6 | His caresses had urged her to a wild , uninhibited passion she 'd never known she possessed — but it was the love she felt for him that had sent her into such a breathtaking completion . |
| 7 | Broad-shouldered and lean-hipped , he still had that fluent , athletic look about him that had marked him out so long ago . |
| 8 | The same sight would confront him that had confronted him for the past fifteen years . |
| 9 | He was lucky it was n't him that got stuffed . ’ |
| 10 | It 's him that 's signed it . |
| 11 | He who shall find his field , or his vineyard , or his garden , desert , let him incontinently enter thereon ; and he who shall find his husbanded , let him pay him that hath cultivated it the cost of his labour , and of the seed which he hath sown therein , and remain with his heritage , according to the law of the Moors . |
| 12 | He glimpsed Dame Agatha smiling mischievously at him and felt comforted by her friendship . |
| 13 | Instead I closed him out , continued without him and became absorbed in my old routine . |
| 14 | He had seen her passionate anger and had wanted to kiss her senseless , had heard her lie to him and had wanted to shake the truth out of her , had almost caused her to swoon and had wanted to hold her close and tell her he would n't allow anything to hurt her again — all in the space of about half a minute . |
| 15 | Zaidie 's deposition , it should be added , contained a statement that about 20 or 21 December 1986 , on Zaidie 's return from his honeymoon in Miami , the defendant had telephoned him and had said he was sorry for the threats he had made against the lives of Zaidie and Paulette . |
| 16 | Nicky responded because , probably for the first time in his life , someone had shown trust in him and had treated him with respect . |
| 17 | Charles adored him and had done since he was a small child . |
| 18 | Molly had stood beside him and had pointed out one particularly small drawer close by the door . |
| 19 | Cleveland Coroner Michael Sheffield said Mr Owens may have been startled by a car swerving to avoid him and had stepped into the path of the van . |
| 20 | Michael Green draws attention to the fact that the Gospels represent an entirely new literary form , which was neither history , nor biography , but a highly selective weaving together of fragments using preaching and teaching ‘ arranged in order to show what sort of person Jesus was , to give the evidence on which the disciples had followed him and had adjudged him the Messiah and Son of God , and by the strongest possible implication , challenge the readers to make the same act of faith in Christ as they themselves had done ’ ( Green 1970:229 , 230 ) . |
| 21 | Sean always had his wits about him and had tried to placate him by saying there was nothing they were doing at Rafferty 's Bar that would offend a brother , or would concern a policeman . |
| 22 | From observing Star Eye , he thought she 'd modelled herself on Cabochon : she even sat like him and had started scraping her hair back into a ponytail , even though it was n't really long enough yet . |
| 23 | By now Tom had related the whole of Genesis to him and had read the Just So Stories twice . |
| 24 | It looked as if St Christopher , the patron saint of travellers , had been watching over him and had guided his steps to Longford and Granard . |
| 25 | When the last file had been placed in the briefcase , Berowne had looked across at him and had seemed to want to talk . |
| 26 | Hebbert joined him and moved left to the obvious beetling crack and groove line he had spotted from below — omitting to pause and wonder why this particular line soared up straight as an arrow , on a route called Curving Crack ! . |
| 27 | Harold Carter , some of you will know of him and have heard of him who was er , a preacher within one of the early preachers within the pentecostal movement in this country , and one of their teachers , said that to teach people to wait for the Holy Spirit is nothing in the world but a combination of works , and unbelief . |
| 28 | She has been grateful to leave the arguing to him and has rewarded him with gold medal after gold medal . |
| 29 | If a testator has left a legacy of something belonging to him and has alienated it as a consequence of urgent necessity , the trust can be claimed unless it should be shown that the testator intended to adeem it : moreover proof of changed intention is to be required from the heirs . |
| 30 | Well it 's , I mean I feel sorry for him but having said |