Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] him [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The German and French leaders told the Prime Minister they did not want to see him in the run up to the Edinburgh summit , which begins on Friday . |
| 2 | He believed the order had been given to kill him by the DO . |
| 3 | Promises quite often concern the actions of others : to consent to be governed by another is to promise to obey him ; to consent to his joining the expedition is to promise to provide him with the facilities and the help made available to members of the expedition . |
| 4 | Another time , I had arranged to meet him in the Naafi , a popular meeting place on the camp , at 5pm . |
| 5 | A bit o' glass 'ad caught him on the fore'ead , but otherwise we 'ad n't a scratch to show for it between us . |
| 6 | Want to nail him to the fence you should think he 's not |
| 7 | When that news hits him , the narrator seems to crumble , even though a premonitory dream the night before has readied him for the shock . |
| 8 | Stuart is too good to be kept on the sidelines at a time when England have looked to include him in the B squad as the next stage of his international career . |
| 9 | They tried to eject him from the podium . |
| 10 | They held him in a detention camp for three months , the Germans , and then the officers had come to see him from the SS . |
| 11 | She had n't really expected to see him at the funeral , though she had looked forward to the possibility with unseemly excitement considering the solemnity of the occasion . |
| 12 | ‘ You are naughty , wicked and bad , ’ she cried as she pretended to hit him over the head . |
| 13 | As he passed Garry he pretended to punch him in the arm . |
| 14 | Italian club Torino tried to tempt him to the land of loads of lira , but Nigel 's mother put the block on that move . |
| 15 | Marc got up , face like a thunder-cloud , the look he gave Peter designed to shrivel him on the spot . |
| 16 | He 's missing but I want to find him without the law knowing I 'm interested . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ a very long boy , with a very little head , and an open mouth of disproportionate capacity ’ , devotedly attached to Betty Higden who has rescued him from the workhouse in which he has been brought up , having been a foundling child . |
| 18 | ERIC Butler , a charity worker , fought back with his swordstick when a mugger tried to strangle him on the London Underground in 1987 . |
| 19 | I dived towards the scarlet streaks and touched him at once , but there was no movement in him , and when I tried to pull him to the surface , I could n't . |
| 20 | PETER MARSHALL 's double-handed style has carried him to the top of the British rankings , and many observers were looking to this week 's British Open Championship at Wembley Conference Centre to provide proof of his potential at world level . |
| 21 | SUN man Paul Welford has reported him to the police , and Flashman said : ‘ If people want to do that , then fair enough . |
| 22 | It was clear that she had not expected to find him in the room . |
| 23 | I asked if she remembered Old Red , and described meeting him in the subway , but not his current reputation , for that would have been less than tactful , as I hoped one day to marry them off , and unfair , since he had been so pleasant to me . |
| 24 | Our men tried to shoot him in the water , but it was dark , there was no moon — and we lost him . |
| 25 | But while many small traders blame the lenders for many of their difficulties Mr Miller says the Royal Bank of Scotland has helped him through the downturn by being flexible . |
| 26 | Dalgliesh got out of the Jaguar and tried to extricate him from the pushchair , but the anatomy of the chair momentarily defeated him . |
| 27 | The poll tax has been an outstanding success for the right hon. Member for Wirral , West ( Mr. Hunt ) — it has got him into the Cabinet . |
| 28 | The Hammers are considering a move for the 31-year-old , but Crosby said : ‘ I would n't consider selling him at the moment . ’ |
| 29 | Marco has been brought up by his rather in a way designed to fit him for the future . |
| 30 | But Mrs Thatcher has told him in the Commons the Government 's not to blame : |