Example sentences of "him [adv] [prep] " 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 | ‘ But now you have him somewhere under lock and key , and with nothing good to look forward to , whatever follows . |
| 4 | He swallowed deeply as Michael Ryan took his hand and shook it , the animal strength of the handshake reminding him acutely of exactly what he had done . |
| 5 | One was overwhelmed by its huge peace , opening to him little by little like the rose of peace in his own breast . |
| 6 | He 'd made his fortune selling baths , bidets and toilets , which lent him little by way of mystique . |
| 7 | Perhaps what disturbed him most about his daughter was her uncharacteristic calm . |
| 8 | We remember him most as the best diver ever to grace the Gorbals swimming pond . |
| 9 | Looking at his glistening face , his cheeks and forehead like apple-skins , Cameron wondered what fired him most at this moment — self-satisfaction ? or a true pleasure in poetic language ? |
| 10 | But Bristol students will remember him most for his teaching . |
| 11 | Was there a part of his career that had helped him most in the development of My Kinda Town ? |
| 12 | The worker was eventually to benefit from better conditions of work ; for the moment , electricity probably affected him most by providing transport for travel to his work from greater distances . |
| 13 | He was like a gold miner , chipping away at the rocks and occasionally discovering tantalizing little nuggets that spurred him on towards his dream of striking a rich seam . |
| 14 | Marjorie helps him on with his camelhair overcoat , a garment she persuaded him to buy against his better judgement , for it hangs well below his knees and , he thinks , accentuates his short stature , as well as making him look like a prosperous bookie . |
| 15 | Apparently this did not produce the desired reaction from Stanley , so Wyatt went on 17th December to see Scott who , with a disarming naïveté , immediately agreed to a proposal from Wyatt that he should take him on as an equal partner and relinquish half the work to him . |
| 16 | Never went pro , but I used to put him on as part of my act . |
| 17 | No but they thought he was far too good for him , put him on as trainee manager then they sacked him ! |
| 18 | Its prime time is shortly before the 8 am news , but it decided to put him on at 8.20 am , when many listeners will be on their way to work . |
| 19 | He refused to talk about his businesswoman wife who often followed his rounds wearing bright , tight dresses and cheering him on at every green . |
| 20 | But Shuckburgh 's long exposure to the whims and sensibilities of Eden and Churchill led him on at least one occasion to comment favourably on Eisenhower and Dulles as political leaders . |
| 21 | The Campbells steamer his mother had once taken him on for a day trip to Ilfracombe . |
| 22 | He found another vessel whose captain ( a Scot ) was prepared to sign him on for the voyage to New York . |
| 23 | ‘ You could have kept him on for two quid a week . |
| 24 | Call him on for appointments . |
| 25 | I concluded from what Heather told me that Alan had taken him on for old time 's sake . ’ |
| 26 | Provided that you have reduced the distance between you , your turning hip will jar against the opponent , lifting him on to the ball of his foot . |
| 27 | In this case , you should put him on to the defensive by maintaining a series of very strong attacks delivered from the correct distance . |
| 28 | A Polish farmer fits him out with a complete set of dry clothes and sends him on to the West German embassy in Warsaw . |
| 29 | As they lifted him on to a stretcher and then on to the jeep the blanket slipped away from his shoulders revealing his red hair and a very white arm covered in freckles . |
| 30 | THE man responsible for uncovering South Africa 's hit-squad scandal , the condemned security branch policeman Almond Nofomela , is being brought to court tomorrow by the authorities who are seemingly intent on hurrying him on to his postponed appointment with the hangman . |