Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] him on the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 She prised Burton out of digs in Streatham to install him on the top floor of her house in Pelham Crescent — just a few doors down from Emlyn Williams .
2 As the last of the militiamen were swallowed up by the forest a great roar of delight rose from the gipsies and they crowded around Noah to congratulate him on the unexpected victory he had scored over the Burford magistrate .
3 But James said his son had needed some firm , fatherly advice to keep him on the right track as a teenager .
4 On March 1 , 1991 , Bolger personally telephoned US President Bush to congratulate him on the allied victory .
5 But Gloucestershire 's decision to place him on the restrictive List One of available players has been initially supported by the TCCB registration committee .
6 I trust that at some stage I will have the opportunity to tax him on the curious proposal that legislation which increases the wage bill of companies does not necessarily increase the costs of those companies and therefore can be regarded as having nil effect on their competitiveness .
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