Example sentences of "[verb] him [verb] [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Amenhotep 's foreign diplomacy fostered political stability and international trade , enabling him to spend lavishly on domestic programmes that virtually rebuilt his empire stretching from Syria to the Sudan . |
| 2 | If , instead of persuading B to break his contract or causing him to do so by direct unlawful action against him , A brings about the breach of the contract between B and C by operating through a third party , X , A may still be liable to C , provided unlawful means are used . |
| 3 | Mrs Preston added : ‘ In my opinion he looked too upset to work in an operating theatre so I allowed him to go home on compassionate grounds . ’ |
| 4 | Then Jaq and Googol heard him pray squeakingly in proper Imperial Gothic , as if thus he might be heard across the galaxy . |
| 5 | It made him think again about contemporary language . |
| 6 | Thereafter financial stress obliged him to concentrate increasingly on short pieces . |