Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was used to his ostrich ways — his ability to bury his head in the sand and shut out the things that displeased or upset him . |
| 2 | This difference in the forces would stretch our astronaut out like spaghetti or tear him apart before the star had contracted to the critical radius at which the event horizon formed ! |
| 3 | Do you have to walk miles to turn him out or bring him in ? |
| 4 | You are to search out the traitor Raphael and , when you find him , kill him or bring him back for me . ’ |
| 5 | He supposed they would lock Ho in the boot or hide him somewhere while his father was fetched . |
| 6 | Or she might drown him in the bath or push him under a train . |
| 7 | Or push him off the ball or something |
| 8 | When he said , " I ca n't believe this is me , man , " they looked at each other , unable to bear that they could not express what they felt for him , but they could laugh , and — it was Pat who sat next to him — stroke or pat him , or embrace him . |
| 9 | ‘ For your own sake you should get rid of him — or make him live out , ’ Frank said quietly after a period of silence . |
| 10 | Her hands flew to his shoulders , but whether to fend him off or make him stay she could not have said . |
| 11 | Rain said : ‘ I do n't know whether to admire him or despise him . |
| 12 | He can fine a player up to 75 per cent of his match fee or suspend him for up to three Test matches . |
| 13 | She would not wake him or touch him or even lie close enough to feel his warmth . |
| 14 | Call Ed Mantaring at ( 516 ) 231–5400 ext 834 or fax him at ( 516 ) 231–7378 . |
| 15 | Or mock him . |
| 16 | Go to his office and make a scene , or send him some flowers there with a really embarrassing message , or something . |
| 17 | We are prepared to clobber the ganger working on the Keighley and Worth Valley railway or his notional supervisor , or send him to prison . |
| 18 | I 'll ground him , or send him to his room . |
| 19 | office place and give him a bag of plaster and tell him to plaster there for a day either that or send him up |
| 20 | We argue about whether everyone has a right that the state protect him from assaults by other citizens , or provide him a decent level of medical care , or guarantee his security from attack by foreign powers . |
| 21 | In the corner of another carriage there sits , his face screened by a magazine , some lonely soul who has no one to bid him adieu at this end of his journey or welcome him at the other . |
| 22 | Hitherto the older waist-band had tended to slip on to the horse 's neck and either throttle him or prevent him from pulling hard ; hence the slower and less efficient ox had been generally used . |
| 23 | The [ draft ] FRS therefore requires that the facilities must be committed and that there must be no reasons expected or likely which would either permit the lender to avoid his obligation to provide new borrowings or prevent him from providing them . |
| 24 | The relevant provisions state that an employee has the right not to have action short of dismissal taken against him ‘ as an individual ’ by his employer to : prevent his belonging to an independent trade union ; or prevent him from taking part in the activities of an independent union ; or compel him to join any trade union . |
| 25 | If you decide at the end of the day the thing to do is to pick up this kid and run like hell for somewhere you can gain , wave for help , or put him in the car and drive like mad to the hospital , then you might just do that , even though it breaks all the golden rules of first aid |
| 26 | The seller then becomes a trustee for the buyer and must account to him for any dividends he receives and vote in accordance with his instructions ( or appoint him as his proxy ) . |
| 27 | Would release embarrass him or cut him off from that obscure membership of the masculine club ? |
| 28 | The relevant provisions state that an employee has the right not to have action short of dismissal taken against him ‘ as an individual ’ by his employer to : prevent his belonging to an independent trade union ; or prevent him from taking part in the activities of an independent union ; or compel him to join any trade union . |
| 29 | Or let him damn himself with his own words ? |
| 30 | Susan wondered how she would feel if he did ; or if she touched him or let him know in some other way that she was there ? |