Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] him on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had stood naked in front of him in the bedroom , tried to kiss him on another occasion and put her arms round him . |
| 2 | Harris , of Shieldhall Road , West Drumoyne , Glasgow , had been found guilty of assaulting Mr Brown and attempting to murder him on 18 February last year in Shieldhall Road . |
| 3 | Anthony McDonald , 29 , of Deanston Road , Shawlands , Glasgow , admitted wearing a mask and presenting an axe at an employee of the Bank of Scotland , Kilmarnock Road , Glasgow , and attempting to rob him on 20 January . |
| 4 | Rising stars like Phil Tufnell , Chris Lewis and Graeme Hick have never shared a dressing room with him purely as a team-mate , getting to know him on equal terms . |
| 5 | But as they started to grill him on such matters as his attitude to South Africa and Northern Ireland , it was his actions , not his befuddled replies , which riveted the panel 's attention . |
| 6 | None of these were things that had been known to occupy him on other mornings . |
| 7 | Feared as he was , the townsfolk had gathered to oppose him on several occasions , once when he affronted their God-fearing attitudes by ordering his men to rip the timber fan-faulting from the local church to use in the construction of Lambourn Palace . |
| 8 | Wright , who lent him money that he never repaid , continued to consult him on technical matters after he left Derby ; Burdett in turn seems to have procured purchasers for some of Wright 's pictures , including Washington Shirley , fifth Earl Ferrers [ q.v. ] , and Catherine the Great . |
| 9 | Thames Water Utilities wanted to put him on light duties . |
| 10 | Matchsticks would have been the last one at the Pessarane Behesht camp he would have chosen to accompany him on this mission . |