Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] him [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that did not prevent him seeing the possible significance of what she had told him . |
| 2 | This did not prevent him joining the revolt of Henry , third Earl of Lancaster [ q.v. ] , against the corrupt government of Queen Isabella [ q.v. ] and Roger Mortimer , first Earl of March [ q.v. ] , in 1328 . |
| 3 | Paisley was back in prison , this time for his part in the Armagh demonstrations , but that did not stop him characterizing the Cameron Commission as a betrayal of the Ulster people to the rebels . |
| 4 | Besides , the words could be construed as flirtatious , and she did n't want him getting the wrong impression again . |
| 5 | Heartily wishing she had never been provoked into volunteering that piece of information , Fabia did n't want him getting the idea that at twenty-two she could n't be a too well-seasoned journalist . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't see him storming the barricades . ’ |
| 7 | Therefore I do n't mind him hearing the very worst about my past . |
| 8 | He was a bright child ; my father intended to send him off to school properly when the time came , and had already started him learning the alphabet . |
| 9 | But I had n't noticed him clocking the fact until the day he decided to bugger off to Box 29 with Veronica . |
| 10 | This had n't stopped him following the actual strategy , but Richmann was n't about to let anyone tell him how to do his job that was a matter of principle . |
| 11 | She had never imagined him doing the ordinary things of life : taking a bath , shaving , going shopping , or sitting in a bar somewhere with his friends , laughing and telling jokes . |