Example sentences of "[verb] him [adv] [adj] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Force knew that their meticulously erected edifices of proof would n't fall to pieces under cross-examination when he was in the witness box , although he sometimes suspected that they found him too scrupulous for complete comfort . |
| 2 | Although Nicholas 's victories over the Persians in 1828 and the Ottoman Empire in 1829 had made him temporarily safe from international complications in this area , they did little for the extension of Russian control over the peoples who lived to the north of Georgia . |
| 3 | The summer conversations in Kissingen , the presence in St Petersburg of the Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich , the greater enthusiasm for reform of Lanskoi at the Ministry of Internal Affairs — all these undoubtedly altered the balance of opinion to which he was exposed and made him more susceptible to reformist sentiments ; but he may also have been naive enough to believe that the gentry at large would follow the example of the north-westerners and welcome the measure he was putting to them . |
| 4 | Kossuth 's tragedy was that the very fervour of his nationalism made him so intolerant of other ethnic groups within Hungary , that he damaged the cause he sought to promote . |
| 5 | A bachelor friend of mine takes great pride in culinary art which leaves him never short of admiring girlfriends . |