Example sentences of "[verb] [art] [noun sg] [to-vb] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this explained Mason 's reluctance to pressure Biggs in the middle rounds , thereby allowing the American to pepper him with jabs , it can not obscure the possibility that the British heavyweight will always experience difficulty if required to take on a long contest . |
| 2 | Even as he uses the accommodation in Annexe A to manoeuvre Serafin into discovering for himself the waiting garret , so he is using the garret to manoeuvre him into rejecting all the proposed associates in Annexe B. Once Serafin has insisted on installing himself in the garret — against all reasonable advice — he is going to discover that the kind of staff he needs will be young and agile , with a good knowledge of the backstairs of Government buildings and an ability to duck their heads and remain inclined slightly forwards for long periods of time . |
| 3 | diverting attention from his hopelessness , while helping the group to support him vis-a-vis the child to be helped — not by recounting their own success stories but by recognising what support potential he might already have , buried as it was but ready to be drawn out by support from others . |
| 4 | I went and got the pressure-cooker to brain him with and was just about to bring it crashing down on his bonce when I heard Mike calling from the next room . |
| 5 | ‘ He does n't want the world to see him like this , ’ says Howard . |
| 6 | Lissa did not know where she found the strength to answer him without betraying anything of her inner turmoil . |
| 7 | Damiani senior maintained a chauffeur to take him round the family olive groves . |
| 8 | Ted was a natural , so unless he managed to find a right-hander to take him through the Backdoor , he was always looking over his shoulder . |
| 9 | He has an analyst to advise him on life . |
| 10 | He simply asked permission to visit the pope to consult him about his troubles . |
| 11 | Tweed caught a cab , told the driver to drop him at the Piccadilly entrance to the Burlington Arcade . |
| 12 | The Presbytery appoints the beadle to summond him pro secundo again nixt being the 13th. instant . " |
| 13 | She had given his name to Golding on Tuesday but had made no effort to contact him since to explain the situation . |
| 14 | Chairman Lord Younger has announced that , in addition to a tour of the building , Her Majesty has accepted an invitation to join him for lunch . |
| 15 | I wish that Deane was scoring 3 a match — but I have nt had the opportunity to see him in action recently . |
| 16 | The arrests gave Seth a record of at least nine drink driving incidents , leading the judge to order him into Alcoholics Anonymous and on to two years ' probation . |
| 17 | After a while Rostov allowed the press to carry him into a corner . |
| 18 | The chairman was clearly annoyed at Maradona 's claim that he had had no time to notify him on Monday before returning to Argentina for the friendly against Denmark . |
| 19 | The Divisional Court , on 27 March 1991 , on the applicant 's motion for judicial review by way of orders of certiorari and mandamus , had granted him a declaration that on the true construction of the statutes of the university the university had and had had no power to dismiss him by reason of redundancy and that his purported dismissal was without effect . |
| 20 | So the film company organized a car to take him from Reading to Pangbourne . |
| 21 | A frog asked a princess to take him to bed with her so that he could turn into a fairy prince . |
| 22 | She made no attempt to prevent him from taking her into his arms , gave no sign that she knew of his presence . |
| 23 | It became a joke to ply him with half-pints of beer and fantasies about each other 's unfitness for battle . |
| 24 | He must first obtain leave to move for judicial review and then , if he obtains leave , must succeed in persuading the court to help him in the exercise of its supervisory jurisdiction . |
| 25 | ‘ Certainly , Doctor , if you say so , ’ she replied sweetly , containing the urge to crown him for his patronising ignorance . |
| 26 | He 'd board the chopper when he 'd finished his drink , tell the pilot to take him to London Airport . |
| 27 | Celtic 's offer of around eighty thousand pounds stands and Macari is now considering a package to take him from Stoke City where he 's a firm favourite with the fans after leading them into the English First Division . |
| 28 | He just stood there with hands on hips until Waters raised a hand to tap him on the shoulder . |
| 29 | In Donaghy [ 1981 ] Crim LR 644 ( Crown Court ) , the accused ordered a taxi-driver to take him from Newmarket to London and made threats to his life . |
| 30 | They found it difficult to rouse him and on seeing the bottle of tablets on the floor next to him , called an ambulance to take him to hospital . |