Example sentences of "[verb] him [adv] [prep] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Although practical experience was not required , Balliol decided to build its own laboratory , and asked Smith to run it , sending him off to various distinguished chemists to obtain an appropriate training .
2 He 's got a bad knee and without the union to keep him out of hard physical work he 's stuck really — he 's got no qualifications or anything . ’
3 Providing his French colleagues agree , which is akin to the BBC agreeing to retain Dan Maskell , he will stand for another four year term as President of the French Federation , which will take him through to early 1997 .
4 They were , however , able successfully to fob him off with various working parties , with joint industry — civil service membership , to look at detailed questions such as the principles of pricing and the possibility of load limiters .
5 Napoleon III in his capacity as sovereign had great personal dignity as well as charm , but as an individual his knowledge of human beings and their behaviour set him apart from other European monarchs , whose more cloistered and conventional upbringing had given them a less perceptive outlook on people .
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