Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] he in the [noun sg] " 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 | As he passed Garry he pretended to punch him in the arm . |
| 3 | It was clear that she had not expected to find him in the room . |
| 4 | Our men tried to shoot him in the water , but it was dark , there was no moon — and we lost him . |
| 5 | On one occasion , they tried to interest him in the piano but that finished within three weeks with two surprises . |
| 6 | He then tried to toss him in the air . |
| 7 | As an agriculturist he has to take him in the garden for practical training . |
| 8 | Now she wants to join him in the ring at Moscow State Circus . |
| 9 | ‘ We tried to sign him in the summer that we bought Jim Leighton from Aberdeen , but the money Brondby were asking was out of the question , ’ said Mr Ferguson . |
| 10 | The Campbells were waiting to greet him in the hall , and Elizabeth saw him for the first time . |
| 11 | No doubt there were minions in plenty to see to the plane and Maggie noted that his sister had not come rushing to meet him in the car . |
| 12 | I 'd like to punch him in the face for his insolence . |
| 13 | You 're going to knock on his door and you 're going to bring him outside and you 're going to put him in the car . ’ |
| 14 | hello , hi Matt , alright I did an absolute steamer , excellent , did it really well , it only took me an hour and ten minutes it took me an hour and ten minutes I have n't no I knew , I knew vaguely , knew vaguely enough I mean I have , perfect question came up just describe er the youths portrayed in the er book and there was only two , there was the main character who I got most of the stuff from , from what Katie told me and the rest was the other bloke was called Carston Corsalius and basically all we knew about him was he fancied this other one , the main character , and erm was a journalist , that was it ah put it in nine times , no , I , I do n't know what it means eh , er Matt did n't come in , er a bit of a shame could n't no yeah , what did you really want ? or was that it ? yeah yeah , fixed , flexible and managed yes fixed , flex , fixed , flexible and managed oh right yeah , yeah , yeah , yeah , do n't they and er advantages and disadvantages of indirect tax was , untax and direct was the other one , you know it indirect taxes yes yeah I ca n't remember , I really ca n't remember , like a colour yeah , you wan na know both of those , I 'd , I , I could n't remember all of demand pull , I put down the wage , price , wage spiral or the waged price spiral , that 's a stinker that is , that 's a beauty , I put that down , its ' a beaut , that 's my best diagram and I did three diagram' in four essays I hate doing diagram' yeah he 's here now , we 're about to go for a quick drink like , he says he 's been revising all day so erm , and I shall , I shall brief him , just as you would expect , I shall tell him all he needs I do n't , I do n't want to leave him in the lurch okay see you in French yeah , bye , bye , bye |
| 15 | As the weather became colder , I did n't want to leave him in the pond . |
| 16 | Anwar would find him something else to do to get him in the grocery mood . |
| 17 | She 'd have to catch him in the morning — But catch him she would , she vowed silently . |
| 18 | I decided to phone him in the evening . |
| 19 | I decided to telephone him in the hope that he was still soothing his habitual hangover with buckets of orange juice , followed by gallons of coffee . |
| 20 | She lashed out suddenly with her crop , intending to hit him in the face . |
| 21 | Both their voices were low ; they did n't really mean to include him in the conversation , and it was noisy in the room ; people laughed and shouted , the music next door had been turned up . |
| 22 | If they chose to greet him in the street , he did not acknowledge them . |
| 23 | Norton 's Coin 's participation in the race was something of a mistake , for Sirrell Griffiths had wanted to run him in the Cathcart Challenge Cup on the same day of the Cheltenham meeting , only to discover that the horse was ineligible . |
| 24 | This is the same young man who bit the ear of the governor — and we can only meet and get to know him in the novel itself . |
| 25 | She lived in Paris , he at Croisset ; he would n't come to the capital , she was n't allowed to visit him in the country . |
| 26 | The girls were allowed to visit him in the clinic . |
| 27 | He grabbed Rohmer by the arm and swung him around so that he was forced to look him in the face . |
| 28 | WPC Ackland is hot on his trail — but for some reason never manages to catch him in the act . |
| 29 | Their theme was simplicity itself : the precentor wished to become a monk ; the bishop wished to retain him in the service of the cathedral . |
| 30 | They wo n't continue to keep him in the Tower . |