Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | A pipe feeding the power steering system came adrift on the climb oil to pump out of the hydraulic system , and Fisher seized the opportunity to start building a lead that was eventually to carry him to a record fourth successive Lakes victory . |
| 2 | Realising that his visitor was no ordinary mortal , the watchman did not challenge him but jumping to his feet he kept his eyes fixed firmly on the intruder , hoping thereby to induce him to retire . |
| 3 | She had no idea how exhausted she would be , how lethargic , and she opened her eyes slowly to find him watching her , his breathing still ragged . |
| 4 | Lisa found herself rushing on to inform him , ‘ This is one of my more conservative creations . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ We 're all fine , there 's no damage to the building and we 've been able to continue broadcasting without interruption , ’ she assured him , her voice sharp as resentment rose , and she went on to inform him of the decision she had taken . |
| 6 | It was hardly a secret that Gallieni , no admirer of Joffre ( who , among other things , had stolen much of the honour due to Gallieni for the victory of the Marne ) , wanted eventually to pull him back to Paris in the largely administrative capacity of a CIGS , while placing the executive command of the armies in the field under de Castelnau . |
| 7 | And some go on to accuse him of tunnel-vision , saying they doubt whether he ever really wanted a peaceful settlement in the Gulf ; whether he now has a view of what American policy after the war should be ; and whether his single-minded determination to win the war is blinding him to other dangers . |
| 8 | She goes on to accuse him and the others of , as it were , defining themselves into respectability : ‘ They are not prepared to count as concept or understanding anything which does not involve speech . ’ |
| 9 | He would n't let anyone near enough to heal him . |
| 10 | Johnson arrived in Winnipeg for the Canadian championships , but his advisers notified organisers late on Friday that a week-old hamstring injury had not healed sufficiently to enable him to race in Saturday 's 60 metres . |
| 11 | He 'd managed to grab a couple of hours ' sleep in the cell since they 'd brought him in , but it was scarcely enough to refresh him . |
| 12 | He took a great gulp of the fresh air , enough to sustain him . |
| 13 | Are we trusting him enough to enjoy him ? |
| 14 | We have only to monitor him closely . ’ |
| 15 | I could not move fast enough to support him . |
| 16 | I brought my family in to see him , but he crawled off to hide among some pots . |
| 17 | One day Fred Workman called me and Matt Smith in to see him . |
| 18 | I rang Peter from a callbox in Paddington station and asked if I could drop in to see him before going back . |
| 19 | Sien came in to see him on visiting days , and she was keeping an eye on the studio . |
| 20 | Lawyer B wrote to the neighbour , who called in to see him . |
| 21 | ‘ They was clean on at beginning o' week , ’ said master dyer Mike Barraclough , ruefully surveying rainbow-spattered grey trousers as 47 assorted housewives , secretaries and teachers on a Rowan Travel weekend crowded in to see him chuck red and yellow powders into a battered plastic measuring jug . |
| 22 | He had explained all this to the police officer as the man confirmed when Rain and Oliver trooped in to see him . |
| 23 | He was still in bed in the late afternoon when Mary called in to see him . |
| 24 | Close friend the director of the Lord Taverners Patrick Shervington has been in to see him too , he got to know Leslie Crowther through the entertainer 's extensive charity work . |
| 25 | She wondered if she would be fortunate enough to see him when they returned to Millfield . |
| 26 | ‘ Is there anyone you know who thought Mills was a traitor and cared enough to see him dead ? ’ |
| 27 | Above all he knew little more about Matthew Glynn than might reasonably appear in his obituary , but he needed to know the man well enough to see him going about his daily life against the background of his home and shop and in the context of his family , friends , and acquaintances . |
| 28 | Surveying the results of her handiwork , she stayed only long enough to see him scrabble for the safety of the bank . |
| 29 | Even Emmie , though she knew Mr Hellyer to be a thief and therefore in some ways unreliable , was still young enough to see him as grown-up and therefore entirely competent in an emergency . |
| 30 | While the shame of the public defamation felt by the typical Nazi lawyer was allegedly almost enough to drive him to suicide , reactions of astonishment , disbelief , anxiety , and criticism can be read between the lines of the responses from judges and the justice administration , and the most outspoken reaction was that the Führer had been badly misinformed and his ‘ wholly unexpected attack on justice ’ much ‘ discussed and criticized ’ . |