Example sentences of "[verb] him [verb] [prep] his own " in BNC.
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| 1 | His child-like enjoyment of the new equipment and gadgetry he came to be able to afford in later life gave warmly affectionate amusement to his friends especially when they found him camping in his own front garden in the latest tent and sleeping bag , or were asked to take him , when he was stone-blind from glaucoma , to the locations of his favourite plants to photograph them with an auto-focus camera . |
| 2 | And what 's more , Uncle Pumblechook , realizing that this boy 's fortune may be made by going to Miss Havisham 's , has offered to take him into town tonight in his carriage , and let him sleep in his own house , and deliver him tomorrow to Miss Havisham 's . |
| 3 | They walked together through Dobbs 's field and Tom stood by the gate and let him walk on his own up the lane . |
| 4 | Of course , Kate could have shrugged and let him stew in his own juice , or lack of it . |
| 5 | Having chosen Ernulf , Anselm allowed him to work in his own way . |
| 6 | Such photographs are very popular , and Parish Clerk Weekley has one which shows him sitting on his own roof . |
| 7 | Moreover , where a woman dares not register her non-consent because of a man 's violent or frightening behaviour , the law is permitting him to benefit from his own wrong if it grants him a defence on the basis of an honest but unreasonable belief in consent . |
| 8 | We would certainly like to him to come out of his own free will and that 's what we are trying to persuade him to do for his own good . |
| 9 | She heard a footfall , she pressed herself back , keeping an eye on the street ; in a doorway , further on , a silhouette detached itself for a moment , and she saw a man throw his head back and shake it as if intoxicated , while holding his arms extended , and she fancied she heard him speak to his own fidanzata of that evening , she imagined him murmuring about her hair — as dark as a raven 's wing , perhaps ? |
| 10 | And at Nottingham County Court , Judge Elisabeth checkedFisher granted an order under the 1989 Children Act letting him live with his own father 's parents . |
| 11 | Although he sometimes wondered if the Doctor was dangerous , he needed him to return to his own time . |
| 12 | I shall nevertheless oblige him to dance for his own good . |
| 13 | Jeremy started school during the first week in January , and she was glad to see him engrossed in his own school affairs and friendships again . |
| 14 | This shows that George is not only trying to protect Lennie , he is also trying to teach him to stand on his own feet , and learn things , although he knows Lennie will never really improve . |
| 15 | She 'd let him stay on his own at any rate . |
| 16 | Because Dustin had eaten a few hours previously , the anaesthetist had to insert a tube in his mouth to stop him choking on his own vomit . |