Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [to-vb] him [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unlike the Beggar , the friend does return once , looks over Hoccleve 's work ( a translation from the Gesta Romanorum ) , and goes home to fetch him a better copy , including the moralising of the tale which Hoccleve 's copy lacks , and which he immediately begins to translate . |
| 2 | She turned slowly to give him a long , searching look and decided he must have become expert at keeping his emotions on a tight rein . |
| 3 | ‘ Chris was hanging around in the pool room and we kept going out to play him the mixed songs on my ghetto-blaster . |
| 4 | Her composure regained , she turned back to hand him the long tall glass of iced tea , managing with an effort not to flinch visibly when his fingers touched her . |
| 5 | ‘ UNCLE ! ’ she squealed , and rushed over to give him a big hug . |
| 6 | However , the organisers decided not to award him the individual trophy since he already had a team trophy and instead awarded the individual trophy to the person with the lowest score . |
| 7 | Davide caught his start when she leant over to give him a clean plate , how he set his chair straight and then , after a falter , flowed on , hammering the air with his clenched hands as he made his points , as if determined not to notice her . |
| 8 | She fought hard to get him a part-time playgroup place in the group his older brother attended . |
| 9 | Yet England still are n't sufficiently sure of the young man from Zimbabwe — they have yet to offer him a guaranteed winter contract . |