Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] him in [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Frith could have killed El-ahrairah at once , but he had a mind to keep him in the world , because he needed him to sport and jest and play tricks . |
| 2 | It costs a great deal to keep him in the home , as well as your father . ’ |
| 3 | He therefore need not be cautioned if questions are put for other purposes , for example , to establish his identity or his ownership of any vehicle or the need to search him in the exercise of powers of stop and search . |
| 4 | He therefore need not be cautioned if questions are put for other purposes , for example , to establish his identity , his ownership of , or responsibility for , any vehicle or the need to search him in the exercise of powers of stop and search . |
| 5 | Several influences combined in this period to help him in the search for an alternative theological approach . |
| 6 | Thus ( 66 ) implies " He did n't dare oppose his wife 's whims any more than he dared commit high treason " , ( 67 ) that the speaker is of the opinion that they would n't dare say a word against him , and in ( 68 ) the speaker very clearly believes that the addressee does n't have the cheek to look him in the eye and tell such an obvious lie . |
| 7 | If the rumour is true that Ceauşescu recruited his future guards and secret policemen from among these abandoned souls , then their failure to save him in the crisis of his regime is hardly surprising . |
| 8 | General Elio offered the support of his troops to maintain him in the fullness of his rights ; at the same time the Manifesto of the Persians , signed by 96 ‘ servile ’ deputies , reached the king at Valencia . |
| 9 | An oilman offered me fifty petrodollars to blow him in the lift . " |
| 10 | He must first obtain leave to move for judicial review and then , if he obtains leave , must succeed in persuading the court to help him in the exercise of its supervisory jurisdiction . |
| 11 | She came last to Lachlan , and for the first time since he had startled her raised her head to look him in the face . |
| 12 | Mains was recalled for the solitary Test against Tom Grace 's Irishmen at Athletic Park , in which the All Blacks gained an undistinguished win , but Mains got a penalty goal and enough credit to keep him in the team for the great tour — South Africa , 1978 . |
| 13 | What you must do is tell Irina to keep him in the clinic till I can come . |
| 14 | The judge also ruled that medical staff could administer a painkilling sedative to assist him in the process . |
| 15 | Sacko , a UN Development Programme ( UNDP ) official serving in the Central African Republic , had been Finance Minister for six months before resigning in August 1987 in protest at the unwillingness of Traoré 's government to support him in a drive against corruption [ see pp. 36085-86 ] . |
| 16 | At the House of Commons he could at least rely upon one of the whips to put him in a cab , and pay the driver . |
| 17 | Powell has earned , the hard way , the respect that prompted a dozen jockeys to telephone him in the week before the race . |
| 18 | On 27 November 1609 Bowyer succeeded to the office of clerk of the parliaments and shortly afterwards brought Elsynge to assist him in the House of Lords . |
| 19 | Many believe that Mr Kinnock 's heart may have been cut out and stamped on but that it beats anew in Mr Brown , and for this reason alone the party leader is credited with wanting the 41-year old Scot to succeed him in the event of disaster . |
| 20 | ‘ If a guitarist smokes a couple of weeds to get him in the mood to play no-one bats an eyelid because he 's a public entertainer . |
| 21 | Simon had asked Hilary to marry him in the morning before he went into work . |
| 22 | On 26th May , Hunt came to see him and said that he was taking over the purchase negotiations for the Downing Street scheme , and particularly upset Pennethorne by producing one of Pennethorne 's drawings to assist him in the work . |
| 23 | Wednesday were shattered at giving up a three-goal lead at home but their plan to expose right-back Paul Parker 's size by getting Hirst to attack him in the air paid off with two goals — plus one for the striker himself . |
| 24 | Tom Jones held his young hurdler Jackson Flint in enough esteem to enter him in a race at the Cheltenham National Hunt Festival meeting even though he does not yet have a win to his credit . |
| 25 | He 's a fabulous guy and very funny , but it took a long time , and I do n't take credit for it , but it took a long time to put him in a situation where I felt that he was at maximum ‘ comfortableness ’ , so that his shyness — and he was very shy — was overcome . |
| 26 | He would grab a completed section of the overall plan from Mark 's private secretary just as soon as she had typed it , and dash off to his own office down the corridor to study it carefully many times over , before taking it along to Muldoon to keep him in the picture . |
| 27 | Both of them took turns to kick him in the mouth and eyes . |
| 28 | That master craftsman would then himself employ helpers to assist him in the completion of that contract . |