Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] him [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem this poses for the educationalist is formidable because , as well as designing curricula that will help the surveyor cope with future changes , he has also to provide the basis of a training experience to enable him to cope with contemporary practice . |
| 2 | The poignant melody made him think of soft feminine sighs , warm arms and whispered words of love in the dark of night . |
| 3 | But Pat remembers him saying to various children : ‘ Why do n't you lay down at the bottom of the swimming pool for half an hour ? ’ |
| 4 | A period in the engineering department saw him promoted from senior mechanical engineer to head of mechanical engineering before he was appointed head of facilities for BP 's northern district which included the Buchan , Beatrice , SWOPS , Clyde , Thistle and Magnus upstream activities . |
| 5 | The fact that Nikon overreached himself was clearly exposed when Tsar Alexis forced him to withdraw from public affairs and subsequently had him deposed and replaced by a more pliant successor . |
| 6 | His first student essays in photography show him fascinated by natural order and symmetry , the geometry of nature , the abstract face of concrete things . |
| 7 | His reputation , style and personal charm enabled him to recover from serious mismatches , such as the ill-advised moving from ITT to RCA of Maurice Valente , who lasted a mere six months in his new job . |
| 8 | In what can only be regarded as the ultimate pilot 's ‘ Jim 'll fix it ’ fantasy come true , he persuaded the RAF to let him go through key parts of the four-year course that ends with a posting to an operational fighter squadron . |
| 9 | Cerberus is nonetheless fallible , for HERCULES managed to overpower him in his Twelfth Labour with his bare hands while Orpheus lulled him to sleep with soft music . |
| 10 | The Frenchman 's dark aquiline features and unsmiling silences made him think of history-book pictures he 'd seen of the warrior heroes of ancient Greece and Rome , and the dismay he had felt at first when their car had struck the Annamese villager had increased his sense of awe . |
| 11 | Here Yakovlev met him surrounded by packed shelves and metals acquired with two months ' credit from the Tartar Republic . |
| 12 | ‘ Either you increase my husband 's wages to reflect the work he does on your behalf , or I might find it my duty to persuade him to look for other employment , perhaps with one of the many property owners hereabouts . ’ |
| 13 | James Brown only owed Bance 8s 6d which , if he had paid earlier , he would not have found increased by 3s 6d costs which Judge William Furner ordered him to pay in monthly instalments of 4s on top of his debt . |
| 14 | Jaq switched on the magnetics in his boots to give him purchase for possible combat . |
| 15 | Dalziel watched him go in amused exasperation . |
| 16 | Leonora watched him go with mixed feelings , not really sure she could make it to the bathroom alone , despite her fine words . |
| 17 | Schofield , who had threatened legal action to force Leeds to allow him to play for Manly in the close season , revealed : ‘ Manly have withdrawn their offer in view of the problems . ’ |
| 18 | Jimmy saw him coming through blurred vision and wished that he could get to his feet , but he could n't move . |