Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [prep] him [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do you have a message for me ? ’ said Huy finally , recognising that the boy looked to him to break the silence . |
| 2 | Christopher went with him to feed the chickens and let out the sheep which were used as ‘ mowers ’ for the steep lawns . |
| 3 | Ginny waited for him to break the silence . |
| 4 | ‘ That 's because you 've let him get away , ’ Whitlock snarled but the policeman snapped at him to face the front when he tried to look round . |
| 5 | Maxim reached around him to pull the front door shut and ushered him down to the car . |
| 6 | Her embarrassment forgotten , Folly craned across him to see the dome which , until now , she had seen only in pictures . |
| 7 | Victorine pushed past him to collect the baskets . |
| 8 | Major appealed to him to withdraw the threat to break off talks with the South African government [ see above ] , but at a press conference Mandela reiterated that such negotiations would cease on May 9 unless de Klerk acted to halt township violence . |
| 9 | The giant , for sport , set Wolfhead to worrying the sheep and when Gunda pleaded with him to call the dog off , the giant turned upon her and , struck by her beauty , tried to ravish her there and then . |
| 10 | As vicar , the Rev W H Dale Chapman owned a piece of land which went down to the lake but , when he began to plan such a service , the idea came to him to follow the example of Christ and preach from a boat . |
| 11 | Major Vine , thus unable to confirm or deny the sound which had so alarmed his Colonel , merely offered a bad-tempered scowl as a reply , so Colonel Ford looked past him to seek the opinion of the Captain of his light company . |
| 12 | — Tony leaned over him to lock the safety-bar into place and Simon said : ‘ Tony , turn the lights out , on the Wheel . ’ |
| 13 | Robyn waited for him to break the spell of this wonderful , strangely companionable silence . |